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THURSDAY AM: Sony Pictures now has a hefty $24.1 million total domestic gross in 1 1/2 days for its dramedy Hancock starring Will Smith and directed by Peter Berg: $6.8M Tuesday (from two evening shows starting at 7 PM at 3,680 North American theaters) and $17.3M Wednesday (from its full run in 3,965 venues for its official opening). I hear Sony is hoping for rain on July 4th around the country because it's traditionally not a big moviegoing day. Still, Hancock should have no trouble getting over $100M and maybe to $115M for the 5-day holiday

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/will-smiths-hancock-soars-to-fast-start/
 
Blueblur1 said:
I'm ignoring reviews, etc. and watching this movie this weekend. CONFIRMED.
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Same. Like I pointed out already, critics have NEVER been good to Will Smith except for Men in Black I think.

And opinions are mixed enough where I could either love or hate it. I'm going in thinking I'm like to like, but not love it.
 
peterb0y said:
Saw it last night... and it was the definition of mediocre. I like Will Smith and I love Bateman, but even those two couldnt save this mess. The acting between these two is the only good part of this movie, since it adds much needed humor. I had a lot of issues with the film, and heres my negatives list:

CGI: Absolutely craptacular... Looks like it belonged on a TV show. I honestly think Heroes has better special effects.

The Villain: I'm not lying, this movie had the cheesiest (the costume looked so stupid), dumbest, weakest, most retarded villain ever.
they even gave him a hook hand GOD was it bad

The Score: Shitty, shitty, shitty. Wow, I've never seen a more pretentious score. It blares during minimal action scenes and the movie would have been better if they had just left a lot of scenes without music.

Charlize Theron: She's sooo hot, and she ruins the twist. The second she sees Hancock, she puts up like a HRM OMG I KNOWS SUMTHING look that gives the twist away.

Lastly, the film had tonal and mythological problems. Tonal problems because its not sure if it wants to be a character drama, a straight comedy, or a traditional superhero. And mythological problems because you're never really sure how the "rules" of these superheroes works. You'll see, there are scenes that happen and you just go... "oh, so that just automatically happens cuz theyre superheroes?" huh


Overall: Iron Man>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hulk>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hancock
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A bit harsh (especially the CG bit), but after seeing this I have to agree.

I usually enjoy Will Smith's movies, but I have to say, this is easily the worst film I have seen him in. The first half is pretty good, but the second half just devolves into a storm of stupid. The plot holes are pretty glaring, and the premise itself near the end gets really dumb.

But hey, Charlize Theron is fucking smoking, so it wasn't a total loss.
 
Ugh, I should have listened to you guys. It played out exactly as you said. T_T The first half was enjoyable enough and it started to give me hope. Then, the plot twist and all the crap after quickly eradicated that hope.
 
Saw it tonight. I found it a good summer flick, entertaining and with some degree of substance.

I loved the first half, but I found the second half a bit more interesting with the concept that they came up. It was like 2 different movies altogether, but I found it enjoyable and intriguing (the quietness of the theater at some scenes gave away that people were really INTO the movie). The final "battle" was good, nothing spectacular, but it got the suspense job done.

The plot twist was kinda obvious. What I found lacking was a "movie-story" perse. The villain, if it can be called that, was a pushover... and the fact that he had a hook shouldn't be taken seriously, it was definitely a nod to older movies.

I give it a 7/10
 
Well I wasn't very impressed. I thought the first half moved too slowly, and I thought the "twist" was just plain silly. Some entertaining parts, the comedy parts were pretty good.

It was still a somewhat enjoyable summer film, but I think with Ironman and Hulk, I expected more from a superhero film.
 
Xenon said:
Hancock as a comedy - Ok

Hancock as a superhero action movie - Very Bad
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I thought even as a comedy it was pretty lackluster. The only line that made me LOL was Bateman's "Do you want him to kill us all?", and that was mostly from the classic Michael Bluth delivery. Even in the first half, Will Smith was ridiculously, terribly unfunny. And the writing has to be pretty damn bad for that to be so, because we all know how he killed on Fresh Prince and MIB (not a joke sentence; that shit was good).
 
I don't think I've ever seen a movie move so rapidly from passive, mindless fun to total failure before. They flushed the commode during the scene of Hancock being thrown out of the house and the rest of the movie was just the follow through as the turd spiraled down the drain.
 
You guys are nuts, I thought the entire movie was enjoyable and my girlfriend agrees. The drama may have bee a little overwrought in the end but I still think it worked. I liked the tension that spawned from
love story between Hancock and Charlize Theron's character
, I also quite liked that he didn't all of a sudden turn into a super coordinated flying hero, he was still very clumsy.

My only gripe was the TERRIBLE camerwork. It looked like it was intentional that throughout the entire film they'd have tight shots, many many closeups, many objects in the shots that would be out of focus, and even a lot of times where the camera would move so fast that it was hard to focus on anything (the first scene in particular). I never ever harp on any kind of cinematography, but this was just plain bad all the way through the film.
 
Second Will Smith movie in a row that shows scenes in the trailer that does not show up in the movies.

I am legend trailer showed the alternate ending in the trailer. The one with the zombies face breathing down Will's neck and waited to see that in the move and later learned it was an alternate ending.

Now in Hancock the movie trailer shows him flying kinda sideways on the ground and did not see that scene in the movie.

STOP IT WILL!!!
 
One thing I didn't quite get:
Whenever Hancock and Theron's character got together, eventually one of them would get into mortal trouble. She mentioned a 'they', but I don't understand if there was an external force dooming their romance or they were just very very unlucky all the time
That was my major complaint really, the mythology about his powers was just brushed aside, and nothing was explained. A bit too sappy, some funny scenes, but not enough - overall fun, but forgettable - C.
 
i watched it last night and can pretty much echo the sentiment that the first half was awesome, 2nd half was pretty mediocre, paint by numbers predictable superhero stuff (though i have to admit the idea that they were immortals/gods was kinda cool, i was expecting that they were going to be some sort of bioengineered/weaponX super soldiers or something). That was pretty much what i was expecting after the trailers pretty much gave away the plot, so i can't say i was disappointed. I think it would have made for an amazing show on HBO or something, where they could have milked the "Hancock as a drunk asshole fuckup thing for a full season. Overall a fun move though.


vangace said:
THURSDAY AM: Sony Pictures now has a hefty $24.1 million total domestic gross in 1 1/2 days for its dramedy Hancock starring Will Smith and directed by Peter Berg: $6.8M Tuesday (from two evening shows starting at 7 PM at 3,680 North American theaters) and $17.3M Wednesday (from its full run in 3,965 venues for its official opening). I hear Sony is hoping for rain on July 4th around the country because it's traditionally not a big moviegoing day. Still, Hancock should have no trouble getting over $100M and maybe to $115M for the 5-day holiday

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/will-smiths-hancock-soars-to-fast-start/
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i know people seem to say this every year, but i wonder if the high gas prices will keep people away from their usual vacation spots and keep more people home to do shit like going to the movies.
 
Good summer flick. Don't get all the disappointment over the movie. The 2nd half wasn't as bad as people were making it out to be. At least me and my wife didn't think so.

I am sick of seeing the average comic movie movie so this was a breath of fresh air for me.
 
this movie is the definition of mediocre, as a full comedy it would have been a good movie but when it tried to be something more it failed miserably.
 
I really enjoyed it.

Had a fairly good time marred by one biggie.....damn stupid teenagers who wouldn't shut the hell up!!! If it weren't the guys behind us, it was the girls several seats across the other side of the theater hollering things like "No Will, baby!! NOOOO!!" during the more intense scenes.

You paid like $8-10 for a movie ticket just to talk to your douchebag friends throughout making 'witless' comments?! You could have done that outside for free!!
 
Man this movie really sucked.

I would have rather watched Wall E or Wanted over again than this filth.

The twist with Charlize was really stupid and the ending was also corny.

It started off pretty good, but now I want my money back.
 
i thought the movie was awesome. will smith is becoming a can't-miss actor (ala bale, denzel, etc).

i think it benefited from having no preconceived notions about the hero. i dont know if hancock is an actual comic book or not, but if it was i have never heard of it. i thought everything about it was great. great acting for a super hero movie, interesting premise, great pacing.

yeah there were some cheesy/corny parts, but this is a superhero movie, what do you expect? A+++ you anal bitccccccccccches!
 
Movie was funny for the first half (which is like 30-40 minutes). After that it takes a much more serious tone and completely fails IMO. Could have been a great movie but it's wasted potential.

I'd say wait to rent this on DVD.
 
Really fun movie. Wish it was longer.

Really needed a real badass villain. Hope they fix this for the sequel.
 
jiggle said:
Really fun movie. Wish it was longer.

Really needed a real badass villain. Hope they fix this for the sequel.
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I'm sure they'll be able to figure out some sort of way to work in AD again.
 
ManDudeChild said:
So anyone figured a logical explanation to how that superhero-esque fight started if they're supposed to become mortal when together
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It takes a while to take affect? I don't know, I probably shouldn't put too much thought int-
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ninj4junpei said:
It takes a while to take affect? I don't know, I probably shouldn't put too much thought int-
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Which of course would make a bit more sense, but
They had that flying chase scene before the fight, then both flew back. Not to mention in the hospital Hancock is tossing the bad guys around, but is able to take a knife in the back. He also is able to survive a fall that would kill a human being most likely, and jump his ass far enough away.
. Yea, i am bored lol.
 
yeah, i hated the shit out of this movie.

honestly, the first half hour of the movie was decent, and there were parts i laughed out loud.
but after, i was just wondering what was the fucking point of that movie? whats the purpose?
was there even a decent villain? for fucks sake
he had a hook -_-

sorely disappointed. i was really expecting a decent film too. and yeah, such awesome to such failure.. not to mention all those plotholes.

urgh.
 
it cracks me up when people go see a summer movie expecting some oscar winning shit. they analyze the plot and relationships between characters and everything :lol :lol :lol :lol

its a superhero movie starring WILL SMITH. you guys act all shocked at what the outcome was.
 
CB3 said:
it cracks me up when people go see a summer movie expecting some grammy winning shit. they analyze the plot and relationships between characters and everything :lol :lol :lol :lol

its a superhero movie starring WILL SMITH. you guys act all shocked at what the outcome was.
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:lol wat
 
Man, i was hoping this movie was gonna be good, but honestly this movie is so average...in fact no, it's crap.

shitty cgi, crappy soundtrack, stupid plot....

they fcould have done so much more with what I thought the movie was gonna be, but the twist and everything about the story was just stupid to me.

Wall e, wanted, hulk >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>average dvd you rent >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>hancock

seriously, i was so dissapointed, cause i really wanted to like this movie.

imo, don't waste ur money, wait for it on dvd or hbo or some shit.
 
was a fun movie to go see with friends. we laughed and had a good time. very good summer flick. its no ironman but its better than the hulk imo.
 
Well someone watched Eureka Seven when writing the ending. Anyway I liked it, the trailer gave away almost every joke but it was still fun to watch.
 
Wellington said:
You guys are nuts, I thought the entire movie was enjoyable and my girlfriend agrees. The drama may have bee a little overwrought in the end but I still think it worked. I liked the tension that spawned from
love story between Hancock and Charlize Theron's character
, I also quite liked that he didn't all of a sudden turn into a super coordinated flying hero, he was still very clumsy.

My only gripe was the TERRIBLE camerwork. It looked like it was intentional that throughout the entire film they'd have tight shots, many many closeups, many objects in the shots that would be out of focus, and even a lot of times where the camera would move so fast that it was hard to focus on anything (the first scene in particular). I never ever harp on any kind of cinematography, but this was just plain bad all the way through the film.
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THIS. This was my main concern with the fucking film.
The entire film, it seemed as if they got off over the idea of having Will Smith in the movie.
I swear to god, by 30 minutes into the movie, I had a raging headache.
One scene, they wanted to show the people standing around Hancock, so they zoomed in on his fucking nose and started turning the camera around. WOO. I GET TO SEE HIS NOSTRIL HAIR AND 2 CM OF THE SCREEN SHOWING OTHER THINGS.

Headaches aside, it was a fun popcorn flick.
 
Hasn't there been rumors that studio basically took over the film at one point..
That should explain why the first half is pretty good and then it looses it..
 
I actually liked this film saw it yesterday afternoon and was surprised how good it was especially with all the GAF hate here. This isn't the best Will Smith movie, but does not deserve so much hate either.
 
omg rite said:
Ironic.



Now how about you do me a favor and point out where in this thread I have "rabidly defended" this movie.

Go on. It'll be fun. Don't hurt yourself though.
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Because I KNEW that now, on page 5 and a week or so later you'd still be chiming in with your "I don't care! This looks great! What a wonderful movie! Dont' listen to critics!" bullshit.

Icalledit.gif indeed.
 
ninj4junpei said:
It takes a while to take affect? I don't know, I probably shouldn't put too much thought int-
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Still doesn't make sense, my exposing herself to the Hancock that she too had powers, She cemented the fact that he was going to hang around her more. If she just kept quiet, he wouldn't be near her much at all.
 
Man this movie was shit. Shitshitshitshitshitshit.

I laughed twice during the entire movie, and one of those was at
Mike Epps

And of course all the drama parts were fucking stupid.

Please save your money people.
 
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