What can be said about Hancock? Watch the trailer right now and don’t see the movie because that 3 minutes is the only fun you will receive out of this movie. Hancock has a great premise, the human super hero who makes mistakes and has emotional problems, it could’ve made a great dramedy for all ages, but instead it loses its direction and doesn’t know where to go with the story at all. It seems like a smart man told his five year old mute son about an idea for a movie and had a heart-attack, then his five year old son had to write his own rendition of the idea. Hancock could’ve just been a good dramedy about a super hero who makes mistakes, but learns learns to do better, and a society that learns to love what they got. Instead half way through the movie, new pointless information keeps piling onto your lap that you don’t even care about or want to know about and if you see the movie you’ll know what I’m talking about. They took a fun, simple idea and tried to make it complex and epic, which it was anything but, it was exactly like the travesty that was Spider-Man 3 last year. The movie was terrible, Wanted was better and I didn’t like that movie either.
I’m showing you AFI’s 10 Top 10 incase you missed it and I’m telling you my favorite of that category and some aren’t necessarily on their list.
Animation
10. Finding Nemo (2003)
9. Cinderella (1950)
8. Shrek (2001)
7. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
6. Toy Story (1995)
5. Fantasia (1940)
4. The Lion King (1994)
3. Bambi (1942)
2. Pinocchio (1940)
1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
My Favorite: Nightmare Before Christmas
Fantasy
10. Big (1988)
9. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
8. Groundhog Day (1993)
7. Harvey (1950)
6. Field of Dreams (1989)
5. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
4. King Kong (1933)
3. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
2. The Lord of the Rings (2001)
1. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
My Favorite: Big Fish
Sci-Fi
10. Back to the Future (1985)
9. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
8. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
7. Alien (1979)
6. Blade Runner (1982)
5. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
4. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
3. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
2. Star Wars (1977)
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
My Favorite: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Sports
10. Jerry Maguire (1996)
9. National Velvet (1944)
8. Breaking Away (1979)
7. Caddyshack (1980)
6. The Hustler (1961)
5. Bull Durham (1988)
4. Hoosiers (1986)
3. Pride of the Yankees (1942)
2. Rocky (1976)
1. Raging Bull (1980)
My Favorite: The Color of Money
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Westerns
10. Cat Ballou (1965)
9. Stagecoach (1939)
8. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
7. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
6. The Wild Bunch (1969)
5. Red River (1948)
4. Unforgiven (1992)
3. Shane (1953)
2. High Noon (1952)
1. The Searchers (1956)
My Favorite: No Country For Old Men
Gangster
10. Scarface (1983)
9. Little Caesar (1931)
8. The Public Enemy (1931)
7. Pulp Fiction (1994)
6. Scarface: The Shame of a Nation (1932)
5. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
4. White Heat (1949)
3. The Godfather, Part II (1974)
2. Goodfellas (1990)
1. The Godfather (1972)
My Favorite: Pulp Fiction
Mysteries
10. The Usual Suspects (1995)
9. Dial M for Murder (1954)
8. Blue Velvet (1986)
7. North By Northwest (1959)
6. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
5. The Third Man (1949)
4. Laura (1941)
3. Rear Window (1954)
2. Chinatown (1974)
1. Vertigo (1958)
My Favorite: Fight Club
Romantic Comedies
10. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
9. Harold and Maude (1971)
8. Moonstruck (1987)
7. Adam’s Rib (1949)
6. When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
5. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
4. Roman Holiday (1953)
3. It Happened One Night (1934)
2. Annie Hall (1977)
1. City Lights (1931)
My Favorite: Hitch
Courtroom Dramas
10. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
9. A Cry in the Dark (1988)
8. In Cold Blood (1967)
7. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
6. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
5. A Few Good Men (1992)
4. The Verdict (1982)
3. Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)
2. 12 Angry Men (1957)
1. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
My Favorite: Primal Fear
Epics
10. The Ten Commandments (1956)
9. Reds (1981)
8. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
7. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
6. Titanic (1997)
5. Spartacus (1960)
4. Gone With the Wind (1939)
3. Schindler’s List (1993)
2. Ben-Hur (1959)
1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
They could’ve gone in four different directions when it comes to Wanted. They could’ve made it funny with corny action, serious with corny action, funny with serious action, or they could’ve made it an all around serious action movie. Well, they picked the first one and I disagreed with that choice. Wanted has the potential to be a serious action film because it has a decently good plot and story line, which surprised me, but instead you get lame attempts at humor that didn’t even get a smirk out of me and obvious plot twists that I guessed just from watching the trailer. I wouldn’t have even minded the whole bullet curving, or car back flips, etc. if they didn’t try to force incredibly lame and corny jokes at you. From the trailer I knew I was going to see laws of physics broken, but does that mean you can’t be serious with the rest of the movie. Everyone did a decently good job, but that doesn’t make up for the rest of the movie. At the end of the movie, the main character turns to the audience and asks “What the fuck have you done lately?” and I turned to my friend and said, “I just watched a dumb movie”. I’m not gonna lie to you though, this movie was dumb and deserves a lower grade because this movie could’ve been much better, but I’m gonna have to give this a decent grade because I was very entertained.
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