Will Smith IS Hancock and he ROCKS!!!!

Good Morning Family!

Yesterday, I spent most of the day hanging out with my mom & my stepdad. The plan was to walk over to the movies to check out Will Smith's latest flick...Hancock. My mom and I are both big Will Smith fans and we had been trying to get to the theater ever since it came out on July 3rd. However, the weather refused to cooperate most of the time (it's been raining a lot and neither one of us really "do" rain..lol). Anyway, I got to my Mom's around 1pm and after a short delay...(lol...last minute bathroom run) we headed downstairs. My parents got off at the lobby and waited for me as I took the garbage down to the basement.....

By the time I got back upstairs I was pleasantly surprised to see my oldest nephew standing in the lobby talking to his grandparents. He was in the area taking care of some personal business and decided to stop by and see them. Although I was still miffed at my nephew for standing me up on Father's Day and his um---apparent indifference to the whole situation...I couldn't help but marvel at how very handsome he is.

Well at his grandmother's prodding, he apologized and gave me a big hug and a kiss. I told him it was no biggie....because that was the last time I would him invite him to anything. If you know me at all - then you already know that I like folks to be consistent.

Anyway, we slowly made our way up the street when my mom announced that she was hungry and needed to complete some errands before we headed to the theater. Lol...my mom moves VERY slowly so I knew that I would be taking on the bulk of those tasks....not a problem at all. We decided to have lunch at the local diner and after we placed our food orders, I ran to the post office to complete the last of her errands (I had already done some on the way.)

The run to the post office took a little longer than I expected and by the time I returned my um....BACON cheeseburger deluxe was waiting for me. It tasted good going down....lol...but that lasted about as long as it took me to CHEW it. I was nauseous within minutes of the last bite. Anyway, the next stop was the bank and then after that we hopped on the bus for the short ride over to the movie theater.

After all that eating and running errands we arrived at the theater at 3:00pm....lol...15 minutes after the movie had begun. The next showing wasn't until 4pm so we decided to run ONE MORE ERRAND and wait for the 4pm show. After exchanging a pair of slacks bought for my dad the week before, we headed into the theater. We decided to sit on the padded benches near the concession stand. As we waited for the clock to tick down, we marveled at how ridiculous the prices are for snacks....a small soda & a small popcorn can run you close to $7.00 now - absolutely RIDICULOUS...lol. (THIS is why people sneak food into theaters...why would you pay $4.95 for a popcorn when you can buy a bag for .99 cents at a local bodega???).

While we were waiting some er...dirty looking chick with her two bad ass kids...took the bench next to us (even though I was praying she wouldn't) and proceeded to ask me (after asking my dad first) if I would give her $2.00 to buy sodas for her kids....What the hell????? After politely telling her no....we decided to make our way into the theater. We found some seats in the aisle and got comfortable....of course THAT'S when my dad decided he needed to go to the bathroom - IMMEDIATELY!!! So I hurriedly escorted him to the bathroom and got him altogether and rushed back to our seats....the moment I re-entered the theater....I immediately decided it was time to change our seats.

Now mind you, the theater was half empty, so why did this chick, her lover and HER two bad ass noisy kids decide to sit in the row of seats...RIGHT IN FRONT OF US!!!! I gave my mom one look and she KNEW we were moving....I wanted to enjoy the movie and not have to "shush" these folks the whole time.

So we found some new seats and after (I kid you not) 15-20 minutes of commercials & previews...the movie finally began. There is NO WAY that I am about to give away this movie out of respect for the folks who haven't seen it yet.....To make a long story short....Will Smith plays John Hancock a reluctant superhero who is absolutely wreaking havoc on the city of Los Angeles when he saves the life of a struggling publicist who then decides to give him a PR makeover as thanks for saving his life. There are a few plot twists and turns (some of which I didn't expect....go figure...lol).

At the present time, Will Smith can do no wrong in my eyes....I forgave him a long time ago for "Wild Wild West" and I absolutely LOVED Hancock!!!! And did I say that Will looks awfully good in black leather....dayum! Although the cameo appearance from Mike Epps confused the hell out of us all.....I am still a sucker for superhero movies, actually anything that has a comic book theme....So if it has a comic book theme I am probably gonna try and check it out.

So I know I REALLY took the long way around getting to my review, so I'll say it again....

I LOVED HANCOCK AND I RECOMMEND THAT EVERYONE GO AND SEE IT!!!!

"What we do for ourselves dies with us; What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal."