A Will Smith movie packs in millions of people over Fourth of July weekend. No surprises there.
Yet Smith's "Hancock," the tale of an anti-social boozer who happens to be a superhero, comes with an abrupt plot twist, one that has divided critics and the moviegoing public in the real world (Critics and everyone else can't agree. Now there's a real surprise).
For those who have yet to see "Hancock," we won't give the secret away, but it has something to do with why Charlize Theron's soccer-mom-style character doesn't want Smith's surly superhero anywhere near her family.
Critics generally thought the turn the movie takes halfway through was a cheat, spoiling what had been a promising idea that was a fresh twist on the superhero genre in its own right.
The people who turned "Hancock" into an instant blockbuster beg to differ to the sum of $185 million worldwide at the box office in just a few days.
NVDL: I watched Hancock on Saturday night. I think the plot twist is definitely something that is going to divide movie audiences. I wonder - if it was an opposite scenario, say a black couple, with a white superhero doing the dirty...I wonder how y'all would feel about that? Others would say race is irrelevant. Perhaps it should be, but the reaction so far shows otherwise.
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