Hancock is harder to make nob jokes about than you might think

Completing my workdump all over this page, here is a link to my review of Hancock, wherein I have a huge nerd meltdown. This is the second paragraph, which is easily the dorkiest, and also gives a pretty good sense of how I felt about it:

Borrowing tropes and imagery from the asshole superheroes of modern comics, The Authority (circa the Mark Millar-Frank Quitely run), and the grown-up badassery of Grant Morrison’s New X-Men, the first part of Hancock stands up to the best superhero movies Hollywood has on offer, franchise or no. Unfortunately, a mid-story twist pushes the film toward the mythology-infused nerdfest of Neil Gaiman’s Eternals or Miracleman, and while this more sober, action-oriented affair is still handled with care and competence by director Peter Berg, all of the film’s initial charm slowly bleeds away. The high-concept of the film’s second half never delivers, and by the end it amounts to little more than a slightly-more-clever Heroes.