Hancock

Man, I read the reviews on this movie and it was all over the board. Over on Metacritic, people seemed to either hate it or love it. So understandably, I was confused as to what to expect. But with the mixed reviews, I wanted to see for myself. And since it was supposed to have some pretty neat affects, I plunked down the cash to see it in the theatre.



The theatre was about 75% full. I guess the initial buzz really died down. I went in not expecting whole lot so I figured, besides the promos, I was a blank slate. All I knew was that this was not your usual superhero movie.



A few observations (I don't think there are any spoiler below but you may not want to read down if you haven't seen it):

1) First of all, the movie is blatanly humanistic - people can change solely with the care of another, without God
2) Bateman is just a great deadpan guy

3) Pretty funny that writers let Smith's character back up his disgusting threat to one of the movie's thugs

4) In the same vein, language is...well...there

5) The special effects were pretty cool - less of the spectacular explosive variety but interesting none the less; though it did not make me grip the edge of my seat - but that's a product of the story

6) Smith is pretty good as a psychological mishap (see I Am Legend)

7) Interesting story line with a twist about how "superhumans" interact and how their power are affected. I'm not a comic book buff so take that comment with a grain of salt.

8) It's a good thing the story went along at a good clip because there's lots of questions left unanswered