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Post by ck100 on Jul 2, 2023 3:50:56 GMT
I haven't seen the movie. I just know Will Smith plays some drunken, broken-down superhero who must pull himself together to battle the bad guys. Charlize Theron is also in it. Leonard Maltin Movie Guide Review: Hancock (2008) - 1.5 out of 4 stars"Foul, wrong-headed "comedy" about a drunken, antisocial superhero and a struggling p.r. man (Bateman) who tries to rehabilitate him. It's bad enough that the material stinks, but director Berg shoots it in nausea-inducing handheld style, with pointless macro-close-ups of the actors. Woe to parents who share this with their kids in the misguided belief that it's going to be fun. Film's coproducers Michael Mann and Akiva Goldsman appear briefly. HD Widescreen."
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Post by jcush on Jul 2, 2023 3:55:36 GMT
I liked it when it came out, but have liked it less over the years. I think the last act is what really lets it down. I just don't care for some of the directions they take the story. Still, it's fairly entertaining and I think Will Smith is quite good in the role.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jul 2, 2023 4:06:51 GMT
Completely disposable
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Post by kolchak92 on Jul 2, 2023 4:27:45 GMT
Peter Berg is a talented filmmaker (just look at Friday Night Lights), but I have no idea what he was trying to do here. Not a good movie.
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Post by Cat on Jul 2, 2023 4:43:38 GMT
I liked it when it came out, but have liked it less over the years. I think the last act is what really lets it down. I just don't care for some of the directions they take the story. Still, it's fairly entertaining and I think Will Smith is quite good in the role. That's how I felt too. I chalk it up to failing to compete with my imagination starting with the 3rd act. It made a choice. It didn't not work out, but I wonder what might have been if Hancock remained the only one. Charlize Theron being one too felt like the safe choice, even though I did kinda like how they were connected in the end.
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Post by James on Jul 2, 2023 5:02:24 GMT
I thought it was fine but could've utilized its concept much better.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jul 2, 2023 5:23:55 GMT
This is what happens when two subpar films with conflicting tones are combined to make one below-average film.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jul 2, 2023 5:32:33 GMT
5/10 Just a very average superhero film.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jul 2, 2023 7:28:51 GMT
A bland mess of a film
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Post by Hurdy Gurdy Man on Jul 2, 2023 11:06:18 GMT
I remember that the user Hancock_the_Superb on old FG had reviewed it in a thread.
He wrote: "I don't mind being played by Will Smith, racially inaccurate though the casting is."
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