Radewart

Will has yet to make any movies as good as some of Tom Cruise's better ones like "Rain Man", "Born of the 4th of July", or "Jerry MaGuire".

Reviews are up from Hollywood Reporter and Variety, and their not positive. From reading the review, it seems like they just couldn't except the serious turn. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film/r...?&rid=11308 http://www.variety.com/VE1117937497.html

that's not uncommon for big event movies to have showings the night before it technially comes out. Most of the time it's at midnight, but studios have started making it earlier in the evening. Iron Man did the same thing.

The theater where I worked at got it's update film bookings sheet, and Hancock is only 92 minutes long! That's pretty damn short, espically with the reshoots they were doing! In more postive news, Seven Pounds will have it's first trailer coming out before Mamma Mia on July 18th.

do you have a link for this review?

No too much Hancock stuff though. Showed one clip and it wasn't too much. If you're movie is about a superhero, maybe show him doing something superheroic? I'm finally starting to think Hancock will disappoint in quality and at the box office.

They are defiently trying to mismarket this to people as a comedy and family friendly. Saw a trailer in front of the new Narnia movie and it was the trailer from before, but it had none of the going to prison scenes including the joke about shoving a head up another guy's ass. Also the part where he yells at the lady that he's been drinking was missing.

This upsets me, I liked the sound of the movie from the reviews, even from the negative ones. It seemed really differant and unique. Dark, unPC comedy with shift in tone seems like movie wanting to do something more that just broadly entertain people. I love all kinds of film but really appreciate ones trying to do something different. That's what Will has been talking about, but now it looks he and the filmmakers are trying to please the masses with the reshoots. That's the problem with test screenings. They pick the widest demographic with soccer moms, little kids, punk teenages, and people with just general "safe" taste in movies. General public want explosions, broad jokes, and easy to follow plot lines. They should just stick to what they have. A orginal different superhero movie with the ultimate anti-hero, a summer movie that changes tone and has some dramatics in it to go with the special effects and comedy. Really do something orginal. You do that and the movie will have people who champion it. There may be people in the general public who dislike it, who are conditioned to what a summer movie is and not like it when they see something different. You may have a movie that underperforms at the box office, but is remembered years later as something that is truely good and orginal. Something that, frankly, Will's movies don't usually do. Now they're gonna stick a happy ending and round off the dark comedy and drama edges for more broad appeal. It may help at the box office a little, but you get a nothing movie. One that no one, even general public, really remembers or cares about more than 5 minutes after they watch it. Sorry for rambling on and on, but this looks like what they are doing, and it pisses me off.

Here's some photos of Will filming. http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=%22Will+Smith%22&s=rec

It's nice if the movie is a hit with critics and makes a bunch of money, but ultimately it only matters if you like the movie, to hell with everyone else.

Opinion seems to be very mixed. Yes, there's some real negative ones, but there's been some pretty postive ones too! here's another postive review http://dellagoodpinarich.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-love-la.html

They cast a role of Sarah played by Robinne Lee from Hitch. She's playing the wife. I have the same script and was suprised by the same thing.

Really interesting article about Hancock from the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/movies/m...p.html?ref=arts

It talks about him wearing the same suit in the script. There's even a scene where Rosario Dawson's character forces him to get a new one.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=44414

There's been some really positve reviews on other sites like imdb, but since AICN reviews have been negative, people think the word on the film is bad. I hate that. So far most of the other reviews have been postive, a couple mixed postive, but still have alot of good to say. Most of the reviews of AICN are idiotic to read, with the reviewer trying to sound cool and hip instead of writing an informative review.

More short reviews! http://forums.lowerdecks.com/index.php?sho...mp;#entry382749 http://www.digitalpimponline.com/board/vie...81d871ac08c4f86 http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/sh...d.php?p=1286654

I wish it was from a better source than that site.

New review(at least I never saw it before) from the test screening awhile back. http://www.sliders.tv/bboard/viewtopic.php?pid=4484

Message board post from early Hancock screening article "I was there last night as well and this review is basically wrong. The movie does not break its own rules, you were just not paying attention. They lose their powers when they grow together. Guess you missed the last half hour of the film while you were thinking about writing on this site. I will say the last half hour of the movie dragged for me a bit but this is a case of editing more than anything else. The film is funny and has plenty of action. This is a superhero movie for intelligent adults and not your typical comicbook plot and characters. As soon as I was getting tired of the frenetic pace and plot of the first half of the movie it shifted into something else equally as enjoyable. Do not let this idiotic review put you off. The movie rocks. Charlize Theron is amazing in the film and provides the type of emotional depth you don't normally see in a summer blockbuster release."

New postive one on AICN http://www.aintitcool.com/node/36060

Well...this really sucks! Test screening reviews and they're pretty bad. http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/node/36044

http://hancockwashere.com/index.html check it out! pretty cool!

Who really cares! Dr. Dre hasn't done anything worthwhile for years now, and Will is the one of the biggest stars in the world.

Will's performance was great, the last half of the movie though left alot to be desired. Trailers are ment to get people in seats, so of course they are gonna highlight action and comedy. Peter Berg is good director, and Michael Mann is onboard with this. He's been attached to it for awhile. He doesn't associate with crap, he's one of Hollywood's best.