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PostedJune 14, 2008
fallingwater
from Rock Hill, SC
I attended this movie with four teenagers and one other adult. The teenagers all loved it. We adults were unimpressed.
If you are really into comic books, as were our four young companions, then your take on this movie will likely be, "Dude, this is really true to the comic books!" And that will be a good thing. And the special effects are "amaza-zing!" Which is a also good thing.
If you are more into duller things, like plot development, character motivation, etc., your reaction will more likely be, "Well, it's better than the first Hulk movie." Which is to say, well, this movie is okay.
There were some good things about the movie, especially the first half. They did a nice job of telegraphing the back story during the credits, just in case you didn't know how The Hulk became The Hulk. And the scenes set in Brazil were tightly woven and well-paced. Cusack is a genuinely engaging actor, and you feel the guy's pain as he lives his lonely life in exile, trying to control his anger and hide from the military baddies who want to use his Hulkiness to create an army of super soldiers.
Unfortunately, as the movie leaves Latin America, it jumps the shark. I am reasonably willing to suspend disbelief, but I require that internal consistency and some level of credible character motivation be maintained. Certain decisions of the characters simply make no sense.
Liv Tyler is not as unbelievable as a "cellular biologist" as I would have feared, although it was clear that they had no cell biologists among the film's advisors (or, if they did, they are now off somewhere trying to slit their wrists with their paychecks). And it's nice to see William Hurt playing something besides the burned-out slacker he has too often played. And there were some cute, sly, humorous moments with previous players of The Hulk, and hints about the sequel(s) to come.
But, well, at $9.25 per ticket, I will be waiting for said sequels to come out on DVD. The kids can go to those on their own.
If you are really into comic books, as were our four young companions, then your take on this movie will likely be, "Dude, this is really true to the comic books!" And that will be a good thing. And the special effects are "amaza-zing!" Which is a also good thing.
If you are more into duller things, like plot development, character motivation, etc., your reaction will more likely be, "Well, it's better than the first Hulk movie." Which is to say, well, this movie is okay.
There were some good things about the movie, especially the first half. They did a nice job of telegraphing the back story during the credits, just in case you didn't know how The Hulk became The Hulk. And the scenes set in Brazil were tightly woven and well-paced. Cusack is a genuinely engaging actor, and you feel the guy's pain as he lives his lonely life in exile, trying to control his anger and hide from the military baddies who want to use his Hulkiness to create an army of super soldiers.
Unfortunately, as the movie leaves Latin America, it jumps the shark. I am reasonably willing to suspend disbelief, but I require that internal consistency and some level of credible character motivation be maintained. Certain decisions of the characters simply make no sense.
Liv Tyler is not as unbelievable as a "cellular biologist" as I would have feared, although it was clear that they had no cell biologists among the film's advisors (or, if they did, they are now off somewhere trying to slit their wrists with their paychecks). And it's nice to see William Hurt playing something besides the burned-out slacker he has too often played. And there were some cute, sly, humorous moments with previous players of The Hulk, and hints about the sequel(s) to come.
But, well, at $9.25 per ticket, I will be waiting for said sequels to come out on DVD. The kids can go to those on their own.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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