{"id":102,"date":"2008-07-03T07:00:08","date_gmt":"2008-07-03T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=102"},"modified":"2010-08-02T01:21:20","modified_gmt":"2010-08-02T05:21:20","slug":"i-liked-hancock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/07\/03\/i-liked-hancock\/","title":{"rendered":"I liked “Hancock”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hancock\"<\/a><\/p>\n

While the reviews have been somewhat mixed, I personally enjoyed the new movie “Hancock<\/a>“.\u00a0 I felt the movie delivered on what was promised in the trailers (a down-and-out superhero mends his ways to become a\u00a0hero).\u00a0 There were fun displays of superpowers, such as the way Hancock does super-jumps and his landings.\u00a0 They also did an excellent job showing the collateral damage caused by\u00a0superheroes.\u00a0 It makes you think how dangerous it would really be to have super-powered beings running around.<\/p>\n

Surprisingly, there is a whole other plot that takes place on the back-end of the movie that was not featured in the trailers.\u00a0 I won’t spoil it for you, but I imagine that is what most people are fussing about.\u00a0 The expectation nowadays is that every major plot thread should be featured in the trailer.\u00a0 When something hits you during the film you weren’t expecting, you should rejoice!\u00a0 Wow, a genuine surprise during a movie!\u00a0 When was the last time that happened?\u00a0 We’ve all become so used to knowing in advance what is going to happen, we’ve forgotten how much fun it is to be surprised.\u00a0 Good job Hancock!<\/p>\n

Finally, there were some concerns early on about the similarities<\/a> between the Hancock plot of a\u00a0down-and-out\/alcoholic superhero and the potential “Demon in a Bottle” plot for Iron Man 2.\u00a0 In fact, the director of Iron Man 2 suggested they may have to drop the entire Tony Stark alcoholic storyline if it would be too repetitious of Hancock.\u00a0\u00a0 After seeing Hancock, I don’t think they have anything to worry about.\u00a0 I think the storyline of Tony Stark spiraling into self-destructive alcoholism could still be done quite well without concern for plot repetition.\u00a0 Just my two cents.<\/p>\n

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