History YMMV / Hancock

* TearJerker:
-->"Gotta wonder, though. What kind of bastard must I have been, that nobody was there to claim me? I mean, I'm... I'm not the most charming guy in the world, so I've been told, but... nobody?"

* HilariousInHindsight: [[BarackObama Ray bandies the word "change" in his Allheart pitch, in a 2008 movie with a black dude as superhero.]]

* WritersCannotDoMath : Hancock was released in 2008. The movie he and Mary were supposed to see "eighty years ago" was ''Frankenstein''. The Universal version was released [[Film/{{Frankenstein 1931}} in 1931]], and the previous version in 1910. So either Hancock is TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, the dialogue is rounding off the number of years they've been apart, the cinema had been playing the movie for a while, or no one bothered to look up the release date. Or, perhaps, TheyJustDidntCare.

* WritersCannotDoMath : Hancock was released in 2008. The movie he and Mary were supposed to see "eighty years ago" was ''Film/Frankenstein''. The Hammer verson was released in 1931, and the previous version in 1910. So either Hancock is TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, the dialogue is rounding off the number of years they've been apart, the cinema had been playing the movie for a while, or no one bothered to look up the release date. Or, perhaps, TheyJustDidntCare.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Some critics claimed that the first half of the movie was the best part and that the rest of the film wasted the potential of that plot.

* * WritersCannotDoMath : Hancock was released in 2008. The movie he and Mary were supposed to see "eighty years ago" was ''Film/Frankenstein''. The Hammer verson was released in 1931, and the previous version in 1910. So either Hancock is TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, the dialogue is rounding off the number of years they've been apart, the cinema had been playing the movie for a while, or no one bothered to look up the release date. Or, perhaps, TheyJustDidntCare.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Many viewers think this about how the movie evolves. Critics even claim that the first half of the movie was the best part, as we're introduced to some lazy bum with superpowers.
** Considering the entire latter half of it relies on ContrivedCoincidence this is pretty reasonable. [[spoiler: in addition to Hancock and Mary being ancient beings comparable to gods or angels that become weaker when they're close]].

** And dear God, [[AssShove he does]].

->"Gotta wonder, though. What kind of bastard must I have been, that nobody was there to claim me? I mean, I'm... I'm not the most charming guy in the world, so I've been told, but... nobody?"

** On the other hand, if the movie was just two hours of Hancock screwing around being a dick with superpowers, [[CompletelyMissingThePoint what's the point of the movie]]?

** Ray gets his CMOA on as well [[spoiler: when Hancock is down and a trigger pull away from getting his brains spread over the floor, who shows up with the axe to [[AWorldwidePunomenon disarm]] the bad guy.]]

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: When Hancock follows up on his threat [[LiteralAssKicking to shove a guy's head up his friend's ass.]] It gets even funnier when the SanfordAndSon theme song kicks in.

** And dear God, [[LiteralAssKicking he does]].

* HilariousInHindsight: [[BarackObama Ray bandies the word "change" in his Allheart pitch, in a movie with a black dude for a superhero.]]

** Considering the entire latter half of it relies on ContrivedCoincidence this is pretty reasonable. [[spoiler: in addition to Hancock and Mary being ancient beings comparable to gods or angels, and become weaker when they're close]].

** Considering the entire latter half of it relies on ContrivedCoincidence this is pretty reasonable. [[spoiler: in addition to Hancock and the woman being ancient beings comparable to gods or angels, and become weaker when they're close]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Many viewers think this about how the movie evolves.
** Considering the entire latter half of it relies on ContrivedCoincidence this is pretty reasonable.

** YourMileageMayVary as others saw it as RapeAsComedy, {{Squick}}, DudeNotFunny, or NightmareFuel.
*** To be fair he does keep warning people. Proving that GoodIsNotNice.

* LoveItOrHateIt: The revelation that [[spoiler: Mary also has superpowers]] pissed ''a lot'' of people off.

** [[spoiler: "Look up."]]

** [[spoiler: "Look up,"]] provided one can overlook the gravity of the [[spoiler:defacement]] of something that visible and significant.

** [[spoiler: "Look up."]] Although, for some people, the reaction was more like "Gee, thanks for [[spoiler:defacing the Moon]] for everyone else, Hancock."

** [[spoiler: "Look up."]]

** [[spoiler: "Look up."]] Although, for some people, the reaction was more like "Gee, thanks for [[spoiler:defacing the Moon]] for everyone else, Hancock."

** [[spoiler: "Look up."]]

* TearJerker: ->"Gotta wonder, though. What kind of bastard must I have been, that nobody was there to claim me? I mean, I'm... I'm not the most charming guy in the world, so I've been told, but... nobody?"

* TearJerker:
->"Gotta wonder, though. What kind of bastard must I have been, that nobody was there to claim me? I mean, I'm... I'm not the most charming guy in the world, so I've been told, but... nobody?"