Hancock

Day 221 - 8/9/09 - Movie #217

BEFORE: Continuing the theme of the "dark side" of superheroism - though it will be hard to top last night's movie...

THE PLOT: A hard-living superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public encounters a public relations professional who's trying to repair his image.

AFTER: Actually, it's a great plot idea, the story of an irresponsible superhero - the closest I've seen would be the alcoholic Tony Stark issues of Iron Man comics in the early 80's - and the P.R. expert played by Jason Bateman is a good foil, with helpful ideas on how to improve Hancock's image. His suggestions include issuing a public apology for all the destruction caused while catching criminals, and actually serving time in prison, to prove that the crime rate would actually go up during his absence - so there's a similar plot point to last night's movie, when Rorschach was sent to jail and was surrounded by criminals he put there. Unfortunately, I knew a little too much about this movie's plot twist beforehand, because it was revealed in some of the reviews - I won't spoil it here.

RATING: 7 out of 10 meatballs