Review The Incredible Hulk (2008)

[Doctor Omega]

Your thoughts on this movie.....

Bruce Banner, a scientist on the run from the U.S. Government, must find a cure for the monster he turns into, whenever he loses his temper.

Back to the previous movie......

HULK (2003)......

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/hulk-2003.354/

 

[chainsaw_metal1]

There were things about both solo HULK movies that I liked, and much I didn't. I thought Norton was good as Banner, but Ruffalo seems to fit the best with the comics. His film was better than HULK, but still was very flawed. I believe I read that Norton didn't come back because he thought that the material was beneath him, and so he asked for a huge pay raise, which Marvel said no to.

 

[Gavin]

Didn't he also want to have involvement in the writing side for Avengers? I understand that he did some rewrites on TIH because he felt he had a better understanding of the character.

 

[chainsaw_metal1]

I believe that is correct. I can't believe anything he could have contributed to THE AVENGERS would have improved an already fantastic movie.

 

[Gavin]

Avengers Hulk was the absolute best version of the character we've seen in a movie yet.

 

[chainsaw_metal1]

Agreed. I would have loved to have seen Bill Bixby in a big budget, modern HULK movie.

 

[Doctor Omega]

Bixby would have been awesome, although Ruffalo seems to be his spiritual successor...

 

[Carol]

Bixby/ Ferrigno combo were MY Hulk - the Hulk that gets you through A levels is the only Hulk that matters. (OK I'd read a few comics before then, but nothing since has nudged my personal radar).

 

[Carol]

1. Thanks, Doc. Is it me, or is it a bit odd that a character like Hulk should have had his own very-much loved series way back when, but is a bit relegated these days to yob-numpties like Iron Man now (who couldn't command their own pilot back in the day).

PS "Back in the day" is a term I only ever use with extremely-prejudicial scorn.

 

[Hux]

Carrying a movie (Norton) is tricky especially when the super hero aspect is a green, taciturn CGI monster. I think Ruffalo works specifically because 1) he doesn't have to carry the film and 2) the green non-talking monster is surrounded by other (more talkative) characters.

I'm not convinced a Hulk movie can ever really work as a stand alone since it inevitably has to focus on the man rather than the monster and frankly, I'm not that interested in Banner.

 

[Carol]

Thanks, Hux - interesting perspective. Maybe my memories of the TV Hulk's week by week adventures invested my ideas of the character in a different way: the Hulk was something (someone) that was happening to Banner - the duality was what was interesting.

 

[Doctor Omega]

And that theme tune used to tug at my heart strings at the end, especially in conjunction with Banner's trying to hitch a lift along some roadside...

(Stifles sob....!)

 

[Carol]

And ain't life's highway a bitch to us all - not just the impulse-challenged shirt-shredded fraternity...
Big lumps in the throat going out to all Quantum Leapers and Alias Smiths and Jonses too. And others, I'm sure...

 

[Hux]

But how do his trousers grow when he becomes the hulk?

 

[Carol]

(1) It's a bloke thing - nobody sent me the memo
(2) spandex
(3) magic

 

[Hux]

(4) Avoiding the trauma of inflicting a giant green wang on the audience.

 

[Carol]

(4) Avoiding the trauma of inflicting a giant green wang on the audience.

Giant green wang: trauma, novelty or chance of a lifetime?

 

[Doctor Omega]

 

[Doctor Omega]

The HULK: Edward Norton Talks "Behind The Scenes" about the film !

Entertainment reporter Tim Estiloz profiles"The Incredible Hulk" star, Edward Norton in this behind the scenes feature. In a rare interview, Norton details his interest in this film, his admiration of co-star Liv Tyler... and his hopes for this hit film.

 

[Doctor Omega]