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Hancock Haters?

July 7th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

Wait, wait…wait, just a second.

When I first saw the previews for Hancock (like two months ago), I got really, really hype. I had no idea what the movie was about, but I saw Will Smith doing something completely awesome and had to go see it. I am NOT afraid to say I support this brotha whole-heartedly and love everything he does (including Wild Wild West). Am I fanboy? Perhaps.

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Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett-Smith

So the movie launch date got closer and closer and the point of the movie was slowly revealed. Much to the chagrin of my wife, I still was hype. After all, it was Will Smith…on the 4th…doing awesome things. Dude is Mr. 4th of July and I had to support him. And, like most people, I started perusing the reviews of the movie and….wow. They tore it apart. ‘An utter failure’ to ‘Will Smith and his charm cannot save this disaster of a film’ to ‘Seriously…wtf!?’

Ok, so maybe that last part was a little exaggerating, but still. Rottentomatoes.com pretty much summed up how the critics’ were reacting to the film. They gave it a resounding thumbs down.

Of course, being that he is Will Smith, dude still pulled in a total of $66 million this weekend. Further more, I conferred with my sister-in-law and father-in-law and they said the movie was great! While I don’t know their premise of going to see the movie (perhaps they were bored) or whether the negative reviews lowered their expectations, this whole scenario of downplaying ‘the new Big Willie flick’ sounds familiar.

They hated I, Robot. I loved it.
They hated I Am Legend. I loved it.
They even hated on him with the Academy Award for The Pursuit of Happyness. You KNOW he should have won something in that one. Forrest Whitaker was amazing, but the scene when him and his little boy had to sleep in the subway bathroom was too heart-wrenching.
They’re even hating on his school and trying to tie it to crazy Scientology.

I haven’t seen Hancock yet, but I’m guessing I’m going to love it. Have you guys seen it? Are they really hating on Will Smith because he is a great role model, has a great family, married to a beautiful Black woman, and can’t find any dirt on him?

Things that make you go….hmmmm.

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