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THE INCREDIBLE HULK - REVIEW
June 13th 2008 23:22
If you remember about 5 years ago Ang Lee made a movie about The Hulk, that became a total disappointment. For me the movie sucked for what it tried to be, but I still think it's one of the most original and technically advanced Marvel movie yet. However, when you go to watch Hulk, you don't care. All you need is lots of action and noise.
The Incredible Hulk is a character I consider to be the toughest to make a serious story about. I mean the tiniest misstep and everything can become quite ridiculous. A big green guy that can't speak in complete sentences and smash things up... could might as well be my 7 feet high clumsy cousin as far as I'm conserned (ok, he's not green but that's the only exception).
But what we get is far from ridiculous. It manages everything Ang Lee's version didn't and gives us exactly what we expected - action and noise. The effects are beautiful, the Hulk looks real, and you really sit through the whole movie with an open mouth from all the excitement. Entertaining is an understatement. When the movie ended I felt like only an hour or so had passed.
Edward Norton and Liv Tyler do great performances and the chemistry between them is very believable. To be honest, I'm actually more impressed with Tyler, she gave her character a unique and likeable personality. Tim Roth is also great, but his character was a bit too plain for an actor of Roth's caliber. Then again, the villain always is a monotone and plain type.
Louis Leterrier, the director, has taken a big step from movies like The Transporter and showed that he can do more than superficial watch-and-forget action flicks.
In comparison with Iron Man, well, I don't know how to compare them in this review because they were executed somewhat differently and while I enjoyed Iron Man a tiny bit more, plenty of my friends chose The Incredible Hulk as the better one. And I can understand them as well. If you have the ability, go and watch both of them to decide by yourself. But make sure to make it on the big screen, cause they're certainly worth it.
8.5/10
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Comment by Tracy
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I have tickets to see it soon, so your review is great timing. Glad it didn't disappoint,
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