So, earlier in the week I was offered a chance to see the incredible Hulk. I'd heard that it had beaten box office records in America, so I was rather sceptical, however, when I heard the tickets were free I shrugged, thought 'why the hell not' and jumped out the door.
The movie starts with a montage although it's never really explained to us just exactly why he became the Hulk, a few of the characters mention 'gamma poisoning' so I would guess that was how although they don't really go into much detail. Viewers of the first movie might have found it boring that he took so long to become the Hulk, however the director kindly removed all of that so what we're left with is him being the Hulk right from the start and a lack of any back story...ok. On retrospect this might have been a good choice as the chap they've cast to play Bruce Banner has all the Charisma of a rubber hammer and fails to show any emotion throughout the whole film.
So, most of you will get the picture, the Hulk tries to avoid getting angry, gets angry then beats lots of stuff up...hooray. The antagonist in this movie is an army general whos name escapes me at the minute, howeverr all you need to know is that he's evil. We find this out because the movie rams it down the viewers throat as seems to be the case with so many movies nowadays, 'he wants to turn me into a weapon', oh that's ok then.
One thing that's always annoyed me about the incredible Hulk is that he seems to be absolutely indestructable, we all know how it's going to turn out, people are going to shoot at him, watch as the bullets bounce off him and then somehow decide that the best course of action is to shoot at him some more, it tends to get rather old and I found myself wanting to scream IT'S NOT WORKING WHY ARE YOU STILL DOING IT.
The movie made some rather poor attempts at humour, one of the many areas that this falls flat. This seems a shame as any super hero movie needs a slap of humour on the side to remind us that it shouldn't be taken too seriously.
Well, I would recommend it to anyone looking for a simple beat 'em up but unfortunately I can't. The special effects, while not as bad as the first movie are lacking compared to a lot of movies nowadays, wouldn't you think they could have done better? Honestly, if you set out to make a movie with the Hulk then one of the first things you should sort out should be special effects.
If you really, really love super hero movies and can't get enough of Marvel, then go see Iron man instead.
My first review so any criticism is welcome, thank you.
The movie starts with a montage although it's never really explained to us just exactly why he became the Hulk, a few of the characters mention 'gamma poisoning' so I would guess that was how although they don't really go into much detail. Viewers of the first movie might have found it boring that he took so long to become the Hulk, however the director kindly removed all of that so what we're left with is him being the Hulk right from the start and a lack of any back story...ok. On retrospect this might have been a good choice as the chap they've cast to play Bruce Banner has all the Charisma of a rubber hammer and fails to show any emotion throughout the whole film.
So, most of you will get the picture, the Hulk tries to avoid getting angry, gets angry then beats lots of stuff up...hooray. The antagonist in this movie is an army general whos name escapes me at the minute, howeverr all you need to know is that he's evil. We find this out because the movie rams it down the viewers throat as seems to be the case with so many movies nowadays, 'he wants to turn me into a weapon', oh that's ok then.
One thing that's always annoyed me about the incredible Hulk is that he seems to be absolutely indestructable, we all know how it's going to turn out, people are going to shoot at him, watch as the bullets bounce off him and then somehow decide that the best course of action is to shoot at him some more, it tends to get rather old and I found myself wanting to scream IT'S NOT WORKING WHY ARE YOU STILL DOING IT.
The movie made some rather poor attempts at humour, one of the many areas that this falls flat. This seems a shame as any super hero movie needs a slap of humour on the side to remind us that it shouldn't be taken too seriously.
Well, I would recommend it to anyone looking for a simple beat 'em up but unfortunately I can't. The special effects, while not as bad as the first movie are lacking compared to a lot of movies nowadays, wouldn't you think they could have done better? Honestly, if you set out to make a movie with the Hulk then one of the first things you should sort out should be special effects.
If you really, really love super hero movies and can't get enough of Marvel, then go see Iron man instead.
My first review so any criticism is welcome, thank you.
