Hancock - Loved it!!

Rating: 10/10 (4 July 2008)

I usually read as many reviews on movies as possible. So when I saw that this movie was getting mixed reviews, I was a little skeptical. Imagine my surprise when I went to see this movie today and loved it. I've seen Iron Man, Incredible Hulk, Indiana Jones 4 and now HANCOCK. The only movie that was even close was Iron Man. Indiana Jones, and believe me this is coming from an IJ fanatic, was OK at best. It went from being a believable "Average, Everyday" Hero, to this alien crap. I was waiting for Dr. Jones to peel back his skin and reveal that he too was in fact an alien. The Incredible Hulk...what can I say? Ummm.. it wasn't bad. As oppose to IJ4 we new what we were going to get CGI, CGI, CGI. But c'mon how many times can a movie be made. They come out with a new Incredible Hulk, Spiderman, Superman, Batman every other year, seriously! No new story lines just...This is batman, this is the Hulk as if they are introducing them to us for the first time. Yeah, yeah I know who they are, I seen a similar version last year.
I look at Hancock as a refreshing new story that hasn't been told on the big screen. I'm trying my best not to give out spoilers because I hate knowing what's going to happen before I see a movie. But the general idea is that Hancock is a superhero who basically hates the world and the world hates him (except when they need him) You can see that he is obviously depressed which leads to his drinking, which leads to a wake of damage left in his path as he tries to fulfill his roll as a superhero. We watch as he goes from being an anti-hero to a superhero that the people can get behind.
I loved everything about this movie. The acting was very good, special effects were great and it had a lot of comedic moments in this film. My comment is not here for the HATERS. You can go to the Godfather or Shawshank Redemption page and you'll have idiots saying they were the worse movies ever made. For whatever reason they want to hate so....let them hate. This comment is for the Will Smith fans who think these haters are right. I promise to all the Will Smith fans out there, you will not be disappointed. In fact, tomorrow I'm going to see it again. And trust me, this is something I haven't done in about 10 years!