It Was Better Than I Expected

Sadly, this weekend I was unable to see Hellboy 2. So, as I promised, I'm reviewing last weeks big release; Hancock.

I was pleasantly surprised by Hancock. After trudging through the first hour, the ending, though predictable,  was rather refreshing. The movie definitely had it's flaws though. It tried way to hard to make us hate Hancock in the beginning... WAY too hard and the music was really quite annoying. I also thought Will was miscast. Don't get me wrong, I think Will Smith is a great actor, I just don't think this role was for him

On the flip side, the movie was actually funny. I lol'd 5 times, and chuckled quite a bit. It should come as no surprise that it was Jason Bateman that made me laugh four out of those five times, simply because he is brilliant. Not to mention Miss Charlize Theron is eight shades of gorgeous. I also liked the mythology behind the super powers, which made an odd sort of sense.

I'm not really sure I'd recommend it to anyone, at least not while WALL-E is still in theatres, but it's worth a view if you have the time/money, especially if it's paired up with another movie at the drive-in (which was WALL-E =D).