Todd’s Movie Blog

With the exception of Roger Ebert, Hancock has been universally panned.  I’ve read quite a few reviews and they all say the same thing; the main character is unlikeable, the plot has too many holes in it, etc., etc. (ironically many critics said the same thing about Wanted, yet they all loved that movie).  Is this a back lash against  superhero movies in general?  After all we’ve had  Iron Man,  The Incredible Hulk and Indiana Jones (he may not wear tights but Indy is a superhero nonetheless), with a new Hellboy and Batman movie still to come.   Personally I don’t think it is a superhero backlash myself.  It feels more like a Will Smith backlash on the part of many critics.  Why would critics be anti Will Smith you ask.  Well, he is one of the few people to come to the defense of Tom Cruise on his bizarre behavior and overly forceful advocation of Scientology, which had brought about a backlash on Cruise and this could have spilled over onto Smith.  Of course that might be reading too much into it.  It could just be that many critics are tired of every movie Will Smith makes going to Number 1 in it’s first week.  Or maybe I’m just not in tuned with what makes a good film and Hancock really is as mediocre as they claim.  Whatever the reason, it didn’t affect the box office as I and millions of other movie goers pushed the film to the top spot last weekend.  After all, it’s not the Fourth of July any more without a Big Willie Weekend.