Hulk 2008

[Zeus]

Maganda ba ito?

[Memphis Raines]

I saw the trailer/behind the scenes making at HBO(?).

Edward Norton now plays Bruce Banner which is a smart move producers because really looks the part. He looks good with green eyes too hehe.

Interestingly, the original Hulk Lou Ferrigno, voices over the Hulk's groans and roar in this movie.

But for this year's version, I'll easily forget the monster itself because no less than Liv Tyler is now the leading lady


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[CVT]

How is this film 'different' from the 2003 film, The Incredible Hulk, who was played by Eric Bana? Is it a sequel or something?

6220:foryou:

[tidus1203]

Watched it yesterday, I give it 6/10. Nothing special to be honest. IRON MAN was way better. But to be fair it was better than the first Hulk. The first Hulk was probably the worst movie from Marvel or was it Hellboy?

[Zeus]

Napanood ko ito kahapon, maganda naman ang palabas, pero kagaya sa sinabi ni tidus, mas maganda nga ang Ironman

Hulk: Bigger, greener, angrier this time around
First posted 18:19:24 (Mla time) June 13, 2008
Alexander Villafania
INQUIRER.net


MANILA, Philippines--Granted, director Ang Lee is a very talented director, but his interpretation of the mean and green Incredible Hulk in his 2003 flick was not exactly the one that many Hulk fans were looking for: a very big, very angry child-like creature who just wants to be left alone.
French director Louis Leterrier, whose films include "The Transporter" and "Transporter 2," now tries his hand at delivering a good movie about one of the biggest and most influential characters in the Marvel Universe.
This writer has tried to keep spoilers to a minimum in this review, but stop reading if you don't want anything spoiled for you.
"The Incredible Hulk" does not follow the first film and in fact, recreates what Ang Lee did in 2003. But instead of using the tried-and-tested approach of starting from the birth of a superhero -- a staple among movie interpretations of comic book characters -- Leterrier used flashbacks from the memories of Bruce Banner (Edward Norton), who is on the run and trying to rid of the monster within him.
The Hulk does not appear in the first 30 minutes, though a short flashback from the point-of-view of Banner showed that the Hulk was created and had almost killed Betty Ross (Liv Tyler) during a gamma ray experiment wherein Banner was the test subject. And when the Hulk does appear during a brief encounter with the soldiers of General Thunderbolt Ross (William Hurt), audiences will be glued to their seats as the soldiers get hammered down by the Hulk, who is only shown as a huge silhouette.
Later in the film, the Hulk will face off against Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth), who becomes the Abomination after injecting himself with too much of Banner's synthetic, gamma-irradiated blood.
The Hulk in this movie is extremely angry and it could be seen through his gnashing teeth, enraged stare and rippling muscles that look like they are about to burst. Even his scream is enough to knock out soldiers in front of him.
But Leterrier's Hulk is much weaker than Ang Lee's; it couldn't leap into the sky and seemed to be hurt by conventional weapons (Lee's Hulk swatted away rockets like they were flies). Although he did use his signature ground smash and sonic thunder clap, he remained weaker against the Abomination than normally expected. Although the Abomination truly is stronger than the Hulk, he is always beaten by the Hulk through sheer ferocity, which was apparent in this movie.
Most of his battles are against the battalion of soldiers brought out by General Ross and he does literally get a lot of flak from all those weapons thrown at him. There's one particular scene where General Ross used two sonic cannons to stop the Hulk, which is reminiscent of a battle between the Hulk and another superhero Black Bolt during the World War Hulk comic book saga.
Incidentally, there's a weird sense of familiarity with the term "super soldier serum" that was injected into Blonsky, who initially went toe-to-toe with the Hulk as a human. This term was used as part of the Captain America mythos and its use in the film could already point to a film adaptation of Captain America.
Leterrier had wanted the film to be a true copy of the original "The Incredible Hulk" TV series from the early 1980s, which starred Bill Bixby as Banner and Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk.
In fact, the scene where Norton's Banner underwent a gamma test was nearly the same scene from the TV series. Even Norton's hitchhiker clothing consisting of a denim jacket and a shoulder bag is very similar to Bixby's getup. There are other references from the TV series and the original comic book material.
Whereas past movies of Marvel superheroes did not refer that often to other superheroes, "The Incredible Hulk" mentioned a lot of big names, notably Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. (in the movies, S.H.I.E.L.D. stands for Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division).
Robert Downey Jr., who played Tony Stark/Iron Man a month ago, also has a cameo introducing the formation of a certain team, ostensibly referring to the Avengers.
Apart from Downey, Hulk co-creator Stan Lee and even Lou Ferrigno had small cameos. Lee was an unwitting consumer of a bottled drink tainted by Banner's irradiated blood while Ferrigno, who had a three-second cameo in the 2003 "Hulk," has a longer speaking line this time around as a security guard.
He also voiced the Hulk in this movie and fans of the comic book series will surely love what he says: "Betty!" and "Hulk smash!" There are also references to Jack McGee and even Samuel Sterns (played by Tim Blake Nelson), who will become the Hulk's nemesis the Leader, also makes an appearance, indicating a sequel.
This is one of the rare times that two movies have recreated a franchise twice in less than a decade. Five years is a short period for some people to forget Ang Lee's "Hulk" and this new retelling begs the question: didn't Marvel like the first Hulk movie that they had to make another one in the hopes of making people forget? Perhaps that's not the case, though it's a lingering feeling that the reboot would insult Ang Lee.
Regardless, the movie is an enjoyable treat for someone who has read the comic book and has watched the original TV series.