Dec 18 2007 02:39 PM ET

Trailer Blazer: 'Hancock'

Wow. I mean…wow. Just…look.

He’s homeless and drunk, see. But he’s got powers, get it? And his life is still screwed up. That’s deep.Here, finally, is the film that will test Will Smith’s true box office power: Can he, through sheer force of STAR, make this lame-ass, Blankman-grade superhero satire a hit? Not since Wild Wild West has Smith shown up in a film that carried with it the overwhelming stench of misfire.

And I haven’t seen a tossing-of-marine-wildlife gag that good since My Super Ex-Girlfriend. And we all know how that turned out.

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  • stephen

    Do you hear that? That’s the sound of Will cashing his next paycheck.
    Who cares if it looks awful, you know it’ll still be #1 at the box office. I can’t see it, I ave to stay home and make sure my grass grows at an even rate.

  • Ceballos

    Marc…I’m just curious…after lightly trashing “The Dark Knight” trailer, are there any previews that you like?
    That being said, sure this movie looks stupid, but you know what? “Blankman” squeezed a few laughs out of me. I think it’s a bad trailer more than anything. Anyway, I think to say this is the movie that’ll stop Will Smith’s hot streak is absurd.
    Let’s see, it’s got a solid supporting cast (Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman…for British eyes on-ly!), it’s got a respected director (Peter Berg). Oh yeah, I almost forgot. It’s a freakin’ Will Smith movie in the summer!

  • Binky

    That’s weird, it just plays the same short cartoon clip over and over again for me. “Hey, ho, lets go.”

  • Chris G

    I want to see this because i was in LA on vacation when they were filming it. We got to see Will Smith and Charlize Theron. They were filming a scene on Hollywood Blvd in fron of Mann’s Chinese Theatre and from what I saw I couldn’t tell what the hell was going on in this particular scene. It was cool getting a first hand look at the filming!

  • whimsey

    Let see….
    Will Smith + blowing up stuff x summer = box office bonanza

  • Applejax

    Blinky, I see the same thing. Just a 5 second promo for the JoBlo website. Is the link for this trailer broken?

  • killervirgo

    I was in LA on vacation when they were shooting this film in the downtown area. Will was prepping for a huge FX scene, but he took time out to wave and say a few words to the crowd. He is just likable. I think that’s the secret to his success.

  • Rae

    I just read some article about Will Smith and he was talking about past movie mistakes and that he has grown up since then and now knows how to pick and choose the right ones. So, what happened here Will?

  • Tamara

    Jason Bateman is always a draw. I think it looks entertaining!

  • Kimi

    I don’t know, I think it looks pretty entertaining. And that whale gag is hilarious.

  • TVSlave

    Looks like fun to me…lighten up, criticboy…..

  • Rakeem

    It lloks fun! I was disappointed that the direction of movie changed from the original concept, when it was supposed to be titled “Tonight He Comes” and was more of a drama, but I’m kind of excited about it again! The only qualm I have is the use of Ludacris’s “Move” in the trailer, I like the song but it didn’t really fit this trailer.

  • monica

    i agree, that whale gag had me laugh-crying. And although the Super Ex-girlfriend reference is valid, I think it’s important to say that that shark looked totally fake.
    also, why didn’t you mention that this is (i believe) the first time Will isn’t playing a worshiped and admirable hero? At least he’s branching out.

  • Lauren

    It doesn’t look bad to me…might be fun to watch.

  • Anonymous

    I don’t see the trailer, just an advertisement.

  • Christine

    it looks like it might be funny. I laughed out loud at the whale throw. now if they have more moments like that in the movie it will pull in the knocked up, borat, 40 year old virgin crowd that likes slap stick style movies. i mean hey scary movie still makes money

  • Janice

    I’m hoping that the movie isn’t quite as dry as the trailer (maybe it’s the Ludacris music that is confusing me – clearly they’re targeting an urban audience here as opposed to the comic book/superhero geek audience) but I think the concept is kind of funny. And frankly as others have said Jason Bateman is more of a draw for me than Will Smith is anyway. I’d at least rent it.

  • Scott

    That does not look bad at all. Remember the trailer for Hitch? Now, that looked bad (granted, it had Kevin James…dancing). And who knew that Hitch wouldn’t be so bad? This could be pretty decent too.

  • NineDaves

    the fact that i saw wild wild west in the theater shows that i’ll see anything will smith is in. at least this one looks entertaining!

  • escargot

    Yup, just a joblo.com ad for me, too.

  • To Scott

    Maybe Hitch wasn’t THAT bad, but it certainly wasn’t good. This looks as bad, if not worse, than Wild Wild West.

  • mscisluv

    I love Will Smith to the point of being unhealthy, but this just doesn’t look appealing to me. I’ll probably end up seeing it anyway, although it definitely won’t be a rush to see it on opening weekend like some of his other movies. Surely the reviews will be awful, but Will Smith will probably escape unscathed. It does look kind of crappy though in a I-just-did-it-for-the-paycheck kind of way.

  • Gurtz

    For some strange reason, I just about wet myself laughing at this one. I don’t normally go for stupid humor, but I think I’ll enjoy this (assuming I’m in the right frame of mind when I watch it).

  • Jo

    It’s Will Smith on his patented 4th of July weekend. It’ll do just fine, even if the trailer is a little lame. I adore Will and will pretty much see anything with him in it. And Jason Bateman! I’m there on Friday or Wed…I don’t really know what day that will be.

  • Jo

    It’s Will Smith on his patented 4th of July weekend. It’ll do just fine, even if the trailer is a little lame. I adore Will and will pretty much see anything with him in it. And Jason Bateman! I’m there on Friday or Wed…I don’t really know what day that will be.

  • 42man

    They took the trailer off their website, in case anyone was wondering why it doesn’t work.

  • Nathan

    This looks like a whole lotta fun, the guys throws a whale for chrissakes! Love it!

  • Ryan

    If all you see is a joblo advertisement, click the little “next” arrow by the play button

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