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The star, Will Smith, is sprawled1 on a Los Angeles bench. Dirty, disheveled, in full distressed2 costume and character, he looks lost and alone, much like the bums3 in every city that go unnoticed. But there's no ignoring Hancock, who has amazing powers. He can fly, for starters, the first homeless superhero in movies-Superbum!
He drinks hard, swears at children (who curse him in turn), rarely shaves, never smiles. Worse, he has lousy superhero style, with sneakers and shorts (no cape), and buggy sunglasses that hide his (X-ray?) eyes. His takeoffs and landings are a mess: sloppy4 and violent, they invariably leave a heap of trouble and general rubble5 in his wake.
The story really starts when Hancock saves Ray (Jason Bateman) from being flattened6 by a freight train. In typical fashion, Hancock botches the save. He plucks Ray from death, but in the process derails the train and, also true to bad form, receives an invective-laced earful from the gathering7 mob. Struck by the crowd's hostility8, Ray, a public relations guy with a do-gooder streak9 decides to rescue Hancock in turn by giving him a superhero makeover.
"Hancock" is far from perfect-it feels overly rushed, particularly toward its chaotic10 end-but it has a raggedness11 that speaks honestly to the fundamental human fragility that makes the greatest heroes super.
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1 sprawled | |
v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的过去式和过去分词);蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展;四肢伸展坐着(或躺着) | |
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n. 游荡者,流浪汉,懒鬼,闹饮,屁股 adj. 没有价值的,不灵光的,不合理的 vt. 令人失望,乞讨 vi. 混日子,以乞讨为生 | |
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adj.邋遢的,不整洁的 | |
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5 rubble | |
n.(一堆)碎石,瓦砾 | |
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[医](水)平扁的,弄平的 | |
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n.集会,聚会,聚集 | |
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8 hostility | |
n.敌对,敌意;抵制[pl.]交战,战争 | |
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n.条理,斑纹,倾向,少许,痕迹;v.加条纹,变成条纹,奔驰,快速移动 | |
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adj.混沌的,一片混乱的,一团糟的 | |
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11 raggedness | |
破烂,粗糙 | |
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