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  • jmood88
    Sean Payton: Retribution
    • Jul 2003
    • 34639

    #46
    Re: Hancock

    Originally posted by YankeePride
    Nah, it's longer than that. It's definitely about an hour and a half. And really, you don't want it going longer than that.

    Not saying the movie was bad. I enjoyed it. I thought it was a fun movie and also emotionally driven.

    You know, it's hard for movies of this nature to really make an audience feel for the character the way they did here. And what I enjoyed about it is that they didn't try to force the emotionally driven moments on you. It was like, "Here, this is supposed to be a sad moment. See? Oh, ok, you're tired of that? Ok, more laughter coming your way."

    It's not tacky either. It's done in a smart way. The movie never seems to hammer away at one genre for too long. It's always throwing drama, comedy, and action at you at different intervals and for a reasonable amount of time.

    I wasn't sure if there was a way that anyone could really care about John Hancock. But, the writing is very natural and the acting is not over done and it allows you to just listen to the story and take in the moments. Because of that, you almost have no choice but to listen when Will Smith makes Hancock a lovable character for the first time in the film.

    For those that watched the film, I think the moment he was dragging that car into the driveway, the conversation that followed, to me, that was the point in which the audience thought, "Wow, this guy really does care and there's more to him that I absolutely want to know."

    The movie doesn't drag though it does take a little turn half way in. I would say that 50 minutes into the film I thought it was going to end. It could have. It had told it's story. But there was more and the first trailers (I never watched the most recent ones so I don't know if most of this has already been ruined) don't show you how the world around Hancock changes.

    It's starts off as a story about a super hero looking to change his image and it becomes a story about a super hero trying to understand his origin. Both are done very well. I just didn't expect the second half. I consider it extra material.

    Oh, and Charlize Theron is still hot. I never want to hear anyone suggest otherwise.


    edit: This is no spoiler because everyone should expect this but the way this movie ends you can almost guarentee there will be a sequel.
    Will seems to be really good at showing some depth to a character without having to explain how he feels. Hancock never said anything about how he felt with everybody ****ting on him but Will did a good job of showing that he actually did care about his image.
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    • luv_mist
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      • May 2004
      • 9596

      #47
      Re: Hancock

      I want to watch this movie so bad but I have my nephew here for two weeks. I refuse to take him to the movies cause he'll talk my head off the whole time. Was just thinking that Will Smith has really come a long way from that rapper joint he was in the 90s. Wow, I would have never thought it.

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        yellow
        • Sep 2002
        • 66469

        #48
        Re: Hancock

        Originally posted by YankeePride
        Nah, it's longer than that. It's definitely about an hour and a half. And really, you don't want it going longer than that.

        Thanks YP

        I appreciate the non revealing recap and im going to see it tomorrow

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        • GAMEC0CK2002
          Stayin Alive
          • Aug 2002
          • 10384

          #49
          Re: Hancock

          I have the MIB ecoupon to go see Hancock, so definitely gonna check it out. Still pretty excited to see it despite mixed reviews.

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          • WDOgF0reL1fe
            MVP
            • Apr 2005
            • 3427

            #50
            Re: Hancock

            I thought it was fantastic. Will Smith has yet to entirely dissapoint me. This movie had a lot of action and comedic relief to boot, and that is a great mix for hollywood
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            • The 24th Letter
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              • Oct 2007
              • 39373

              #51
              Re: Hancock

              just saw it..im starting to lose faith in rotten tomatoes....I enjoyed this movie...

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              • CMH
                Making you famous
                • Oct 2002
                • 26203

                #52
                Re: Hancock

                Originally posted by The 24th Letter
                just saw it..im starting to lose faith in rotten tomatoes....I enjoyed this movie...
                Yea, I read a review from a local paper and it was very confusing. The guy talked about the movie being bad and did nothing but praise Will Smith, Hancock, and the story.

                He did say that he didn't like how the story changes more than half way in. And I can understand that. The story does change and I'm going to guess that if anyone here doesn't like it it's going to be because of this.

                I definitely thougth the first half was better than the second but the second half wasn't bad. It actually helped you undertsand the first half even more. Though, the reviewer said it was full of plot holes. I'm not sure how a story about a super hero with an origin that no one knows about can have plot holes. It's called revealing the past. It doesn't matter if you thought his past should have been different.
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                • CMH
                  Making you famous
                  • Oct 2002
                  • 26203

                  #53
                  Re: Hancock

                  Originally posted by KDRE_OS
                  Thanks YP

                  I appreciate the non revealing recap and im going to see it tomorrow
                  I read your comment as 50 minutes or something because I remember someone saying it was really short.

                  Now I look at it and my response was pretty stupid.

                  You: Is it really only 80 minutes?

                  Me: Nah, it's longer than that. It's about 90 minutes!

                  Wow. I want to smack myself for that one.
                  "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace

                  "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

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                  • N51_rob
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                    • Jul 2003
                    • 14805

                    #54
                    Re: Hancock

                    I enjoyed it a lot. It's a summer movie and it did what it was suppose to. Made me laugh and there was some action in it.
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                      yellow
                      • Sep 2002
                      • 66469

                      #55
                      Re: Hancock

                      N51 that's all I ask for, im with you, and most of the time when the crtics say its bad, its usually good

                      YP...LOL, no worries man, you answered my question

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                      • Whaaaazuuuuup
                        MVP
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 3620

                        #56
                        Re: Hancock

                        saw it yesterday. not bad. will smith has a thing for making you wanna cry though. his last four movies he's been doin that to me. Jason Bateman does a good job and Charlize Theron is a babe. i didnt realize is was her til the end of the movie. wonder if ther will be a sequel. OK NOW BRING ON THE DARK KNIGHT!!!!...
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                        • J0nnD0ugh
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                          • Feb 2003
                          • 16602

                          #57
                          Re: Hancock

                          Here's the problem w/entertainment critics, batting coaches, political advisors etc. They treat their profession like its a haiku. They want everything to be structured within their own little rules and don't allow for anything different.
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                          • Beantown
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                            • Feb 2005
                            • 31523

                            #58
                            Re: Hancock

                            Just finished watching it.

                            Damn good movie, in my opinion. I'd give it a solid 4/5.

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                              yellow
                              • Sep 2002
                              • 66469

                              #59
                              Re: Hancock

                              From everything i heard, im on my way to see it right now.... later

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                              • jfsolo
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                                • May 2003
                                • 12965

                                #60
                                Re: Hancock

                                The movie never seems to hammer away at one genre for too long. It's always throwing drama, comedy, and action at you at different intervals and for a reasonable amount of time.
                                In my opinion this is what keeps the movie from being better than just O.K. The script is all over the map, trying to do too many different things at once, and as a result doing all of them in a mediocre fashion.

                                The three main stars(four, if you count the kid) do a fine job of acting, its just that they aren't given enough to work with. In fact only a superstar of Will Smith's caliber could drag this material up to respectability.
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