
I saw Hancock yesterday. Well, the movie is not really bad but it’s not good either. It’s good fun but on an overall level somethings just isn’t right. Thing is I kinda felt that there was missing something which had to be there but got thrown out during the development process.
I haven’t read any of the screenplays but I’m pretty sure that there must have been a pre suit version of that movie that rocked. The things that are there are not bad but the interesting parts are missing. There are several problems and I would like to address two them.
1. The missing villain. Seriously a Superhero movie without a villain, what’s the point.
2. What’s the point of a backstory/mythology if you’re not using it.
Thing is both problems can be solved with the help of each other. Sure my movie would be a lot different but let me try.
Thing is we have this mythology about these gods/angels/… and we have the backstory about Hancock. First of all I want to see some of the mythology. Give me just five minutes of superheroaction in Persia or Grecce or wherever and I’m happy.
You can show Hancock and Theron’s charakter together because the moment she sees him in the movie you know something’s up there. I don’t know they could defeat an army or battle other gods (some of them must be bad, they could tie them together and wait until they die of old age or so). I would use this ancient action scene as an intro that leads into the current beginning of the movie. Hancock drunk and alone.
From here I would let the movie run its course until the part where Hancocks amnesia is explained. Why not create a villain at this point. Another god who fights Hancock until they both end up almost dead and with memory loss and now wait for my spark of genius. The movie establishes that Mary (theron) and Hancock are made for each other. They love each other but their powers fade when they’re together. That means that she has to leave him to save him. But what with the other god let him die? Well thing is they’re only three of the left and he lost his memory. What’s the best way to control him? Exactly move in with him and start a family. Yeah, you read right I just turned Jason Bateman into a Supervillain.
Thing is this would lead to a great climax. Ray and Hancock learn the truth and take it from there. In the end I wouldn’t kill Ray and I think making him a real badass villain would be wrong. He’s not a bad guy, there must have been reasons why he did the things he did but I think the movie would benefit from these changes.
Sure the whole thing needs some tweeks and the ending needs some serious work but who cares now, too late.
What do you think my version or the “suit” version?