Great, until it took itself too seriously.

Rating: 4/10 (5 August 2008)

I walked into the cinema with high hopes, after countless times of watching the trailer. And for the first 40 minutes or so, I was pleased. very. The movie was funny, easy to watch, and very easy to enjoy, seeing as it new people didn't watch it with the same perspective as they would when watching, say, The Dark Knight. Hancock was the light-version. The unserious one. THe so-far very funny one. Then it seems, the script-writers ran out of ideas and realized their script was too short, and took the film into another, and much worse, direction. They tried to make it into a serious super-hero film.
after watching the trailer, here's what I thought the plot was: "Will Smith plays an alcoholic super-hero who struggles with everyday problems".
After watching the movie: "Will Smith plays a superhero who flies around trying to deal with his memory-loss and fighting the one person who can tell him"
Which one sounds like the best action-comedy flick to you?
SERIOUSLY
WHY on EARTH didn't they come up with something better than letting his PR agents wife, ACTUALLY be his immortal super-hero soul-mate , who adds nothing positive to the movie WHAT-SO-EVER?
Ugh.
They should have left it off when he first saves the day. Or just discarded the whole idea. The ending is just pure garbage.
RATING: first 40 min: 8/10 - funny super-hero parody. last effin bit: 2/10 - WAY to serious, disappointing, batman wannabe.
Total impression : 4/10. And I'm being kind.