Entries tagged with “The Hulk” from Things You Don't Care About

Friday night, after I picked up Marc from the train station and we had a tasty dinner (and my first martini -- fine, foofootini -- at Guido's of the summer), the two of us went to see the new Incredible Hulk movie at the Art Theatre downtown (which appears to have gotten new seats since the last time I went there, clearing up one of the complaints I've seen about it in the past).

The non-spoilerific review is that, while not up to the high standard set by Iron Man, it isn't a bad flick and it's certainly an above average action movie.  The plot moved along pretty quickly -- almost too quickly, with some of the slower scenes feeling like they were just there to get you to the next action scene -- and the acting was above average, led of course by the always-excellent Ed Norton.  It still fell short in a lot of places though; Tim Roth's villain feels kind of poorly written, the Hulk's CGI looks very conspicuous (but I'm not sure there was any way for it not to be), it lacked some of the humor of Iron Man, and while Liv Tyler is a bit more believable as a cellular biologist than Denise Richards was as a nuclear physicist, she also doesn't have to spout much in the way of technobabble either.

It's not a horrible movie by any stretch, however, and it's well worth seeing if you're at all interested in seeing it.  I haven't seen Ang Lee's Hulk, but from what I understand, this movie is a much more conventional action movie than that one was, but that it is basically a direct sequel.

For the spoilerific review, have a look behind the cut.