Didn't expect to watch it because i noe it is a commercial movie and i noe Will is not getting together with Charlize in the end thru some movie review.
I went into the cinema with the thought of it being a comedy, and prepare to lol.
And indeed i get a good laugh in the 1st half of the movie with all the non-usual kind of superhero behaviour, always drunk and set himself to destruction mode even though he is indeed saving the world; acting like an enemy of the states rather than being a hero.
My opinion of Hancock was that he is a superhero but also a human being. He will feel depressed of not being understood; he will get mad at times; he will drink when he is feeling lonely, and yes, he is lonely.
The difference between him and all the other previous superheroes is that Hancock is straightforward and so he doesn't know how to put on a mask to hide his trueself from the normal human being. He doesn't have an black underwear put on his head; doesn't have a blue-red uniform which he claimed as gay (although later he gave in anyway by wearing a tight black suit). But maybe he doesn't know how to pretend and act differently in front of the public, he is hated. And because he doesn't get recognition from the public, he behaves in such manner.
That was my opinion at first.
The 2nd half of the story proved me wrong. Or should i say from the moment i saw the way Hancock looked into Mary's eyes, I knew there must be something between them. I then thought that it must be Mary who dumped him after he lost his memory and left him with juz 2 movie tickets.
But again, I am wrong. Or should i say it is not that simple.
The truth is that superheroes like Mary and Hancock (a.k.a Angel) were created in pairs. They had natural attraction between each other. However, after they got happily ever after, their superpower will also slowly decrease until they become normal husband and wife. (Just like the Chinese ancient legend, Gods were not supposed to have feeling of love and affection towards another. If they do, they will be sacked down to earth from heaven, losing their godstrength and immortality.) All the other superheroes had chosen to become normal human being, left with only Hancock and Mary. It is because eventhough Hancock are losing his superpower by getting together with Mary, he couldn't let go of his responsibility as superheroes and kept fighting against the dark forces which put them into a lot of danger and being hunt down by bad people.
I began to realise the reason why Mary chose to left Hancock after he lost his memory. She knew Hancock couldn't stop helping to save the world and their love with just brought up more pain and danger. So she left and endure the pain of not being together with the love one all by herself, in exchange for letting Hancock to continue to save the world. This also explains why Mary was always nearby with Hancock wherever he was. She could not forget him and had chosen a different way to love him.
But Mary underestimated their over 3000-year-love.
Though Hancock lost his memory, deep in his heart, he knew he had someone he loved. But he couldn't remember who was she. And so he put his frustration to the normal human being around him.
The mystery of Hancock being 'Jackass" or 'Handcock' or 'Handjob' was solved.
Actually, superheroes/god are born with blessing by the Great Creator. They could choose either live happily ever after as normal couples or being an immortal having godstrength. But because Hancock could not let go of his love towards Mary, this blessing turned out to be a curse. And Hancock & Mary lived with this curse for over 3000 years.
Sincerely, I was touched by their love and also pity their faith at the same time.
Hancock loves Mary so much that he had to leave her this time in order to save her life, and his also. He could just die on the spot with Mary and both of them will have eternal love, but he didn't.
When I saw him struggling to get up after he jumped down from the window, I knew he had finally made a decision. He had chosen to let Mary revived by putting aside his 3000-year-old love, forfeiting his rights of being together with the loved one as normal human being.
Maybe he finally realise that true love not only can bring them together, true love also can be beyond distance, time and dimension.
At the ending, when I saw him in that black tight suit, I felt very uneasy.
Not because he looked gay in that, but because I could clearly see the deep loneliness written all over his face, although he had a dog and a moon with red heart painted on it then.
p/s: Until now, i am still thinking whether if both of them die together is a better ending.
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