Friday, June 20, 2008

The Incredible Hulk

Did they just make this movie? With the guy who did the Gay cowboy movie in the directors chair? Supposedly so, and everyone, including Marvel, wished they didn't. But hey one good thing came from that movie, Marvel realized they should not outsource their properties, they should take hold of them, and So they did.

The First movie that came from Marvel's control, was the wonderful Iron Man. Now a few short months later the Incredible Hulk hits screens. I must say I went into this movie not expecting much. With Edward Norton as the lead however I thought there would be some entertaining moments, and boy were there.

This movie quite good, not Iron Man great, but still really fun. The setup was nice the story interesting and complicated, and the pay off, worth it. The Hulk looked great, was the right size and holding the right emotional level. Yeah the special effects some times looked a tad sloppy, and how you can stop fire with a sonic wave of your slapping hands I don't know, but all and all it was a good film. I must say watching two CGI characters duke it out was much more satisfying this go around then it was last summer with the jumble of machines in Transformers. And it is good to note that in a promised sequel it won't be more of the same. Brawn against Brawn is never all that exciting, and the writer/directer has said the sequel will not be another slug fest. Which is good since one classic Incredible Hulk villain pretty much had his origin story told in this movie.


Go see this one folks. It will be a lot better on the big screen then at home.

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