http://toddsmovieblog.com/2008/07/08/superhero-backlash/ Todd Gault's thoughts on movies and entertainment Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:51:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://toddsmovieblog.com/2008/07/08/superhero-backlash/#comment-75 Neal Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:57:21 +0000 http://toddsmovieblog.com/?p=85#comment-75 A Will Smith movie is critic-proof, which I think fuels the ire of the critics even more. Burt Reynolds went through the same thing 25-plus years ago (although Burt's movies usually deserved panning more so than Will's). I haven't seen the movie, but the main criticism I saw was that Hancock falls apart at the end. Not uncommon for most commercial films nowadays. The studios are so fixated on the concept and how they can sell it that they don't care whether or not the story is any good. Oh well...nobody claimed it was Laurence of Arabia. A Will Smith movie is critic-proof, which I think fuels the ire of the critics even more. Burt Reynolds went through the same thing 25-plus years ago (although Burt’s movies usually deserved panning more so than Will’s). I haven’t seen the movie, but the main criticism I saw was that Hancock falls apart at the end. Not uncommon for most commercial films nowadays. The studios are so fixated on the concept and how they can sell it that they don’t care whether or not the story is any good. Oh well…nobody claimed it was Laurence of Arabia.

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