Hulk Go Squish Now!

There were many posts around when Iron Man came out, but almost nothing for the feature The Incredible Hulk. Not sure why. I'm sure just as many when to the latter than the former... are we tired of Hulk movies?

Certainly, this movie could easily fit after Ang Lee's one. The opening credits are all about how some guy got gamma-radiated, got his mad on, kicked General Ross' arse, and moved to South America... which was basically Hulk. Added bonus: no long origin sequence, yay! (Also could consider a link to that movie with the Hulk getting mad at a lightening storm. But a far better link is the classic soulful music of the TV show.)

Anyways, when watching a Hulk movie, mainly you're just marking time until the latest CGI creation hits the screen, and this is no exception. Fortunately, we do get a lot of Hulk, and the rest of it isn't too dreary. There are some, as ever, emotional moments (ironic considering that Banner is supposed to be emotionless), and lots of military scenes of General Ross being a complete idiot... I mean, exceptionally militarily minded. This movie takes the line that General Ross wants Hulk under control and just runs with it...

But not entirely. There's also a sub-plot to develop a real bad guy, but for that I'll just link to Dork Tower. (Will add: another CGI battle...)

There's also some cast I guess I could talk about. Edward Norton is a fine actor, not quite sure he fits here (but any Banner is going to play second fiddle to his alter-ego). Liv Tyler... is in the movie, but again Betty is never going to be the screen draw. Frankly, the best actor in the entire movie is William Hurt as General Ross, can't go wrong with that hair and mustache. (And then there's that guy that turns up at the end... but I won't say more.)

So if you've seen Iron Man, why haven't you seen this yet? And if you have any intention of seeing the Avengers movie, again, why haven't you seen this yet? Not to mention it's a good general action movie. (However, general buzz is the next one is Ant Man... now there's a draw card!)

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