Hancock

With all the comic book movies coming out now, and with them doing so well (finally), it was only a matter of time before someone made a non-comic book super hero movie. This is defiantly different then most hero movies. It appears that they were trying to make a real world hero movie. If someone had these kinds of powers how they would affect him in real life. And what the public reaction would be to his feats.

I really like the idea of the hero being so apathetic. After a while I’m sure every super power would grow tired of the same old thing over and over, and eventually realize they are above everyone else. It’s great to see him realize that everyone hates him, and slowly begin to care about it. And begin to take steps to be better.

This role defiantly didn’t test Will Smiths acting skills. He doesn’t do a bad job of it, mostly because there really isn’t anything there. Same goes for most of the cast. The only one that really has to show any range is Charlize Theron.

My biggest pet peeve with this is that it suffers from a Michael Bay like Summer Blockbuster Shooting Style, which is quiet frankly, crap. Half the movie is out of focus. They try to be creative with camera angles, but end up falling completely flat and leaving you asking “why is the screen filled with the back of some guys head?” Most of this really seems like it was done to help cover up cheap special effects. Many other comic movies have made use of special effects far better then this one. Almost feels like they spent their entire budget on big names.

I am a little suprised that they managed to get away with using the term Super Hero through out the movie. Marvel and DC comics have that term copywritten.