Jul 9 2008What's With All the Eagle Apparel in This Japanese 'Hancock' Poster?

There is actually a reason for all of that. During the course of the movie the eagle becomes his symbol. There is also a scene with the insane weather you see in the background. It's a pretty accurate poster.

Dude, I've seen the movie and I still don't get the eagle thing. is it just an arbitrary animal they chose to represent him or something?

There are a few eagle symbols throughout the movie. They never really explain why he is closely associate with them... It was one of the many missed opportunities to make that movie interesting in any way.

Note to I Watch Stuff Writer:

Go see the movie like everyone else already you twat.

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Sheep

I have to agree - there's some cool hints in and around the whole Eagle thing... it definitely seems like an unexplored plot-device.

Shame. Perked my interest. Especially all of the drawings he does on the wall.

It's very possible that the eagle references allude to Hancock's original identity as the Greek god Zeus. Especially given Charlize Theron's hospital revelation during the movie. The eagle, king of the sky, is one of the primary symbols for this deity, along with his oh-so-useful lightening bolts. If you're thinking "Hancock didn't specialize in electrocution" I have one word for you: sequel. (Although I'm not expecting one.) Jesus was a black man; this isn't a stretch ;)

I'm with Jason. The fuckin guy writes a movie blog yet doesn't actually see a movie he's commenting on.

Get off your (with no doubt about this description in mind) fat, pimple covered ass, walk to a cinema and see some of the shit you're writing about. Don't worry you can sit for that part too!

Douche.

Will Smith is also from Philadelphia, home of the Philadelphia Eagles football team

The best explanation for the eagle that I've heard is that it and Hancock are allegories for the United States. He's perceived as an asshole who gets involved in situations he's not wanted. He ends up doing more damage in the process of trying to save the world.

He terrorizes the "French" for no reason bully. Who by the way calls him an asshole one too many times. The eagle is just a continuation of that theme.

there's an eagle on the snowcap he wears for the US poster also. obviously something's going on.

maybe my dreams are coming true and they've finally made a legit animorphs movie. yeah, i think will smith can morph into an eagle.

i would have chosen unicorn.

who cares, the movie sucked big time

Subliminal (Liminal?) American Eagle apparel advertisements?

Does anyone else notice Will Smith's face looks very Asian in this poster as well? I wonder if they retouched his face to appeal to the Japanese audience.

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I agree with Sheep and Douche. I believe it's a law in most states that you have to see every movie ever made (no matter how bad) in order to write a humorous movie blog.

The guy who writes this blog is funny and you are not Colin. Get off the itnernet and find a better hobby than trying to make it seme like you have a pair by leavign retarded messages on comments boards that serve no purpose to further a discussion on the article at hand. try and find a woman maybe and if all else fails your mum's aways up for a god dry hump. God i'm so sick of these peopel just saying stupid stuff for the sake of it can't we just get a good debate going?

I at first thought that the eagle was some sort of us nudge like he's an all american superhero and i mean you could argue but that fact of the matter is if he couldnt' save LA and he needed to get as far away as possible from her why not go to Baghdad or something? Why does america need so much saving?

Though the greek mythology thing soudns plausible too. Even with my arguments agains tthe eagle i still think it was cool in the movie and man i would actually like to see a sequel to this. i didn't mind it so much but it felt heavily tampered and like a lot was missing and frankly i think they should have stuck to the pr bit and left out the whole charlize theron trainwreck. altogether though i think it was 50/50. so mediocre it has to be a will smith movie.

So people like Colin please fuck off and find another blgo or whatever. leave this place sacred man. When i read these comments before for the choke poster i thought i'd found the last intelligent movie site on earth. Please nobody fuck this up!!!

....now i jsut knwo i'm goign to get beef for such a long message...ah who's gonna read it?

oh yeah and jsut to follow up that he doesn't wear that shirt in the movie but there is a lot of eagel symbolism so i suppose it's relevant enough... althoguh it looks rather unexciting....

It's fucking poetic that you haven't seen Hancock yet. Because you camped out for Transformers you retard.

at one point in the movie charlize theron says people used to refer to them as gods. then later she mentions a wound will smith got in egypt. if i remember correctly the eagle was a symbol for the god osiris which would make charlize theron isis. its a theory anyway.

Im not gonna see this crap...I've heard its complete bullshit crap that makes no sense whatsoever and is hokey as fuck. Only lame ass Will Smith fanboys will see it.

Does he say "man I GOTTA get me one of deez?"

In addition, i want to inform you that someone here is keeping saying you are seeking a woman on i n t e r r a c i a l chatting . c o m recently.. maybe you need to stop the slurring!

#11 and #20

It must be tough to be so ignorant and stupid. I'm sure it takes a lot of energy for you to gather up your minuscule mental facilities and come and write something negative on this blog. Don't get too down about it, I hear stupidity is quite common.

Why spending on such details when you can watch an italo-ukrainian drama movie...

Are people actually bitching that the blogger avoided what is sure to be a waste of his time? Food critics don't eat at Mc. Donalds why would a movie blogger watch Hancock? I mean it could happen but don't expect it.

So this movie contains allegorical relationships between gods which may or may not be Greek or Egyptian? I thought it was just a retarded comedy. Now I know it's a pretentious and intellectually-insulting retarded comedy... that's not even funny.

And they totally stole the eagle symbolism thing from Assassin's Creed.

Oh, and #6: Jesus was Jewish, and anyone who tries to tell you otherwise is just some racist who is upset that God incarnate wasn't his color.

You nerds are over-thinking it.

All the eagle shit is because he's from Philadelphia in real life and it's a cool symbol. That's all. The poster keeps the eagle shit but they can't legally use the actual Eagles logo on non-NFL/Eagles approved merch or in the poster unless they are going to pay for it.

They didn't expect people to run with it like it had some deeper symbolic meaning or something.

Fucking Osiris...

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