I've been a fan of the big Green Goliath for as long as I can remember. When I first start collecting comic books he was one of those that I bought every month. For a long time I had a complete collection, save for the first six issues, of his entire run. Well I haven't kept up with the Hulk comic, except here and there, for a long time.I'm one of the few that actually thought his first movie wasn't that bad. I admired the way that it tried to be different for a comic book movie. I think one of the biggest problems is that as one of my friends always say when I bring up this movie, "He fought a giant poodle." If they had given the Hulk a more worthy opponent this movie might not be so reviled today.
I go back to work on Monday, so this last week was my last week of staying home. It was also the first week that I'm starting to feel decent enough to get around more on my own. I decided to go to a couple eary morning movies and the new Hulk was the last one. Going at eleven in the morning on a weekday was nice, the crowd was probably no more than two dozen people.
So what did I think of the movie? I liked it. It wasn't as good as Iron Man as everyone is saying. But it was a fun movie. For fans of the comic book there are a little easter eggs scattered through out. It also included a few such highlights for the old television show. The old tv show Hulk Lou Ferrigno has a cameo and he does the voice for the new Hulk.
This is one of the movies that you don't want to think too hard about, like General Ross basically invading a college campus to capture Bruce Banner, some quick cuts that seemed to skip a little too much, but if you want a fairly good action movie this is it.
And the end is just the next step in creating the Avengers movie. (How about a movie with the Hulk and Iron Man? And as Marvel tries to tie their movies into one world is there any plans on bringing the Fantastic Four into their Marvel universe? Now that would be a great next movie, the Thing vs. the Hulk.)
The fight at the end is pretty good. The CGI on the Hulk is decent, sometimes it was better than others. For the amount of the movie I expected a little more with the look I think. Still this is all nit picking, I did enjoy the movie and will buy it when it comes out on DVD.
3 comments:
I was never really a Hulk fan. I watched the Bill Bixby series when I was a kid.
I was one who disliked the Ang Lee version. I wasn't impressed by his direction, nor was I impressed by Eric Bana.
I haven't seen the new movie yet.
I loved the comics, hated the series on TV.I was a child comic snob :p
Isn't RD JR in this movie as Tony? And yes it is just a set up for The Avengers. How cool will that be?! I still have to see Iron Man, but this is on the list. Hulk and Iron Man and of course Batman...geek heaven!
I saw the movie on Saturday afternoon. My friend who was supposed to meet me there stood me up, so I ended up watching alone. But there were only a couple dozen people at my showing too. I enjoyed the movie, though like you, not as much as Iron Man. I thought Iron Man was awesome! :)
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