hancock failing the hype

I recently watched the movie hancock with poytspot a couple of days ago. I was excited with this movie that even at late march and early june, I’ve already set aside some dough to watch this movie in the theaters (playdate here in the Philippines was july 3). I’ve seen the commercials, the ads and the media hype that made me more anxious. Time passed and the weekends came, we watched this at a nearby mall and even fought for some good seats in the theater. The anticipation and excitement was there as the film rolled but as the story progresses, I became pretty much disappointed.

As usual, Will Smith was livin his role as hancock but it lacked the depth for a film tainted with such hype. Its good point though is that hancock ain’t your average “hero” plus it infuses the “light” humor as the story progresses.

Given the chance, will I watch hancock again in theaters or just download from torrent? I’m most certain that I will just rent this movie or download it in torrent when I need some descent movie that can make me somewhat laugh. IMHO, this is Will Smith’s second flop for a movie (the first one being I am legend).

Next stop, the dark knight. We’ll see if the joker will live up to its name.