A Quick Review Of The New Hulk Movie

so last night i found myself at the theater going to see the new Hulk movie starring Edward Norton as Bruce Banner (aka the Hulk), and I'll admit i was pleasantly surprised. i went in expecting the usual flaming pile of shit that's attached to most Marvel projects but instead got an enjoyable little, dumb, fun summer comic book movie. was it as good as Iron Man? hell no. but it blows away the boring pretentious and way too serious Ang Lee film from a few years ago. Edward Norton brings the perfect everyman quality to Bruce Banner that lacked from Eric Bana's performance. also this film is smart enough not to bog itself down with another retelling of the Hulk's origin and instead starts off with Banner already as the Hulk and hiding in Brazil from the Army. the CGI Hulk looks just as crappy as the Ang Lee version and that's really my main problem with the film. it's obvious that they should have spent more time and money making the effects just as strong as they are in Iron Man...but hey it's still better than 90% of the comic book movies that get made. Liv Tyler's boobs aren't nearly as impressive as Jennifer Connlley's, but hey you gotta make sacrifices. Tim Roth is the film's main villain as a British agent helping out the Army is catching Banner. after his first encounter with our big green hero he becomes obsessed with the power of the Hulk and then submits himself to the Super Soldier program in order to become a stronger better soldier and ultimately becomes a more monstrous version of the Hulk. which leads to some actual super powered fights for this Hulk instead of Hulk dogs and a guy made out of clouds. it's not a masterpiece and like i said it can't carry Iron Man's jockstrap but hey it's better than sitting at home on a Friday Night. (of note, if you are gonna see the new big summer movie don't bringing your crying children to the night time showing. that's what matinees are for asshole.)

so far in my summer movie rankings it sits way behind Iron Man and slightly ahead of Indiana Jones. in the full cannon of Marvel movies its not as good as the first 2 X-Men movies, the first 2 Spiderman movies, Iron Man, and the first Blade...but it's pretty much better than everything else. mostly this movie has me pumped for the Avengers movie that won't even come out until 2011.