If the Dark Knight was the party, Hancock is the hangover

Rating: Null/10 (22 July 2008)

*** Written on 21 July 2008***
My title is, of course, on a personal level and not only because are my feelings about two films but also because and actually Hancock was released exactly one week before The Dark Knight yet I went to see TDK the day of its release and Hancock just last Sunday. But also my title is perfect for this film itself since we have a promising beginning that works because it is pure fun so is the party yet every party has an end and unfortunately this time is a mess. Definitely I'm not a fan of Will Smith and also I kind of dislike him pretty much and his previous big-budget film, I'm Legend, was not even near to be a good film and was a complete disappointment so is kind of obvious why I wasn't very excited about Hancock so I never felt desires to watch it on the weekend of its release in my country (also and mostly because Hellboy II was released the same Friday). Yesterday was a perfect Sunday for going to the cinema and more in the way of this-is-the-next-film-playing we finally saw Hancock. As I write, the first part of the film is actually really entertaining with a lot of fun and Smith carrying -in a good way- the film. In this part Hancock is a true bastard, a "superhero" who everybody hates and with a good reason since the bastard doesn't even respect kids and that's a funny scene, Hancock messing around with young Michael Myers. Still is fun when Hancock tries to be finally a normal superhero yet his story with Mary (Charlize Theron) tries to be as epic as memorable as moving but is actually quite ridiculous but also is not interesting all the background story of this two and the fact that there are not great enemies is just another bad point of the film.
Cast: after all Smith is good yet and like always he is not great. The extremely beautiful Charlize Theron has a decent performance in a part that I didn't liked and the rest of the cast is also decent but there are nothing more for remember, maybe just that French bully played by Daeg Michael Myers Faerch.
Then is Hancock worth to watch on the big screen? Well probably is but is far from other better films playing right now in my country (for example Hellboy II: The Golden Army). Is a complete waste of time? No because it has fun stuff yet is very very far from my favourites of this 2008 summer (The Dark Knight, WALL·E, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Speed Racer), those that are on my "DVD to purchase" list so I probably will never watch again this film.