The Incredible Hulk on DVD (2008)

half of the movie was wasted by screaming Hulk

Picktokyo from London, England [Highly rated reviewer] , 19/06/2008

The last hulk was horrible, this one is slightly better. Well, it is as usual, predictable, very much rely on CGI, and you know what? Hulk's face looks like a cartoon style (more to anime) and it is just off.

CGI is good, but not that good. You can still feel that Liv Tyler is talking to nobody when she talked with Hulk. And I just can't stand Hulk's screaming, it spends a whole damn movie. The storyline of the movie makes you feel asleep, boring action not like Iron man, this is certainly not a very good movie to watch. But since we are all Marvel geek we have to bear the suffering to watch it. This got one star since it shows Tony Stark in the epilogue.

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Attached to last article; Hulk and Abominations powers from official marvel sight. I'm such a nerd.

JPA Mokuolu from Elephant and Castle , 13/02/2008

Powers The Hulk

The Hulk possesses an incredible level of superhuman physical ability. His capacity for physical strength is potentially limitless due to the fact that the Hulk's strength increases proportionally with his level of great emotional stress, anger in particular. The Hulk uses his superhumanly strong leg muscles to leap great distances. The Hulk has been known to cover hundreds of miles in a single bound and once leaped almost into orbit around the Earth. The Hulk has shown a high resistance to physical damage nearly regardless of the cause, and has also shown resistance to extreme temperatures, poisons, and diseases in addition to regeneration of damaged or destroyed areas of tissue at an amazing rate.

The Hulk's body also has a gland that makes an 'oxygenated per fluorocarbon emulsion', which creates pressure in the Hulk's lungs and effectively lets him breathe underwater and move quickly between varying depths without concerns about decompression or nitrogen narcosis.

Abilities

Dr. Bruce Banner is a genius in nuclear physics, possessing a mind so brilliant that it cannot be measured on any known intelligence test. When Banner is the Hulk, Banner's consciousness is buried within the Hulk's, and can influence the Hulk's behavior only to a very limited extent.

Powers Abomination

Blonsky's transformation into the Abomination substantially increased his strength and durability. Like the Hulk, the Abomination can use his superhumanly strong leg muscles to leap great distances, covering miles in a single bound. The Abomination has vast physical strength.

Unlike the Hulk, the Abomination's transformation has proved stable: he cannot change back and forth between his human state and his superhuman state, despite his wishes to the contrary. Though the Abomination has proven able to regenerate lost eyes and recover from other forms of massive cellular damage, his ability to regenerate tissue is much slower than that of the Hulk. One possible explanation for this is that the Hulk's remarkable regenerative abilities increases in efficiency as he becomes enraged, much like his strength. The Abomination is resistant to extremes of temperature, and can hold his breath for extended periods of time; in the case of lack of air or heat, he may enter a coma-like state of suspended animation.

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Batman Verse Thre hulk

jjop from Elephant and Castle , 12/02/2008

What a treat we comic lovers have for us this summer? Or at least one can only hope! I have been for a long time rather dissapointed at the casual way in which the character of the Hulk has been adapted to the big and small screen; It is quite surprising that up until now every retelling of the story of this great antihero has not bothered to research the character enough to even get his powers right. Nor have they even retold the story of the Hulk to capture its psychological sensitivity or the possible mythological subtleties the narrative between the hulk and his alterego Docter Banner conjour up.

Just to set the record straight incase anyone thinks I'm knit picking, The Hulks powers consist of the following, unlimited strength (as the angrier he gets the stronger he gets), he also is invulnerable and has the ability to traverse such far distances jumping that it would not be inconsistent to suggest he can fly, added to that Doctor Banner has regenerative abilities which allow him during his transformation to the Hulk to heal from any injury. He is described in the blurb at the beginning of the comics as the most powerful superbeing to walk the Earth. This could be questioned by Thor or Silver Surfer entusiasts, but whatever. The flaw that has occured over and over again I believe has its origin in the TV series which was ofcourse great, capturing the sensative humanity of the beast trapped within, while also depicting the tormented Banner who desperately like all individuals is trying to seek some harmonious and healthy balance in his psyche. It was this emotional and humane portrayal as well as the fact that this was a seventies show that couldn't do justice to the Hulks powers or the original story by comic creators, that allowed me to over look this original series blatant misrepresentations of the comic. However the fact that the Hulk was to meet his demise in the series and bullets peirced his skin just demonstrates how far off the series was from the comic character.

In the movie coming out this summer there is plenty to look forward to. The casting couldn't be better and I look forward to perfomances by Ed Norton, one of my favourite Holly Wood actors as well as Tim Roth as the Abomination. This has already been demonstrated in that once again the actual powers of Hulk and Abomination have been confused. My only worry is that rather than use the talent these two fantastic actors have in abundance to really make the most of the complex relationship each character has with there uncontrollable ID, they will instead see this as a bit of fun for the kids. Batman has set the mark for movie adaptaions of superheroes and think especially since Christopher Nolans Batman Begins there should be no turning back. I think Hulk out all the superheroes in the Marvel/DC universe has the potential to match the dark and nuanced depiction of Batman that Nolan's masterpeice of comic fiction realised. Especially nice was noticing the allusion to Jungian psychology utilised to explore the innerdemons of Bruce Wayne, heavily drawing on his thought on the symbolic unconscious as well as his theory of archetypes. Lets be honest these films aren't for not just for Kids, they're for the adults who grew up with these characters, and now desire these characters to be served up on a more on a more sophisticated pallet. I can only hope the Hulk producers realise this. Hulk and the Batman are my favourite comic hero's as both delve into existential and psychological dilemas that all humans face; if the comics of the Hulk as well as the seventies TV show were able to mature and highlight the Hulks appeal; I hope Ed Norton and crew are up to the challenge of sypathetically display the poetry of The Hulk, who represents so well everyone who struggles with a fractured self and the demons that haunt us. I believe in old Ed, but after seeing his other written and directed project with Ben Stiller, that belief is really based on Faith.

See Ed Norton's first film you will get the last pun.

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Hulk,Smash?

citizenk from London [Highly rated reviewer] , 15/06/2008

Between this and the first one,there is a decent Hulk film somewhere out there.But after this unsubtle,wooden,big budget TV show lookalike,LOUD,badly scripted,illogical,re-tool of Ang Lee's subtle,better acted,nothing to do with the dreadful TV show,big budget,not so loud,over- scripted,barely logical,re-think of the more intelligent comics,I won't be waiting for it to be made.This is not a bad film,but it isn't a good film either.The criticisms leveled at the first film-too talkie,not enough action,too long,not enough Hulk etc-are all addressed.Sadly,the

changes have not made this version a better film.You certainly get more Hulk for you buck,and if all you want is to see Hulk smash the hell out of everything in sight,then you'll be in seventh heaven throughout this CGI heavy tale.

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A film inside a film

A customer from Loughton , 03/12/2008

Right heres the thing, i love marvel films. Over the past few years they have been making some really good films, but this one seem to be lacking in areas. Dont get me wrong the affects were fantasic , but the story line was not. to me it seemed like a rush to promote there new film (X-men ,Spiderman,F4 all fighting as one to stop some evil person) So thats way i have only gave the film 2 stars.

(You still see what i mean when parts of ironman pop up at the start and end)

Ken T

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Not quite Incredible, but not terrible

vidmonster from Glasgow [Highly rated reviewer] , 12/06/2008

So we come to the next marvel blockbuster and the reimagining of The Incredible Hulk. Essentially a remake of Ang Lees 2003 version of Hulk, with emphasis on action rather than origin.

The original Ang Lee version is a serious movie which the fans did not understand in my opinion (it didn't make as much as the studio hoped for so the execs decided that the public was right and to remake it). The original was in my opinion a good movie, it had almost everything. The one thing it lacked was a genuine foe for the Hulk. This time the studio gives into fans demands and go for action.

Then how does this movie fare in comparison to Lees dark comic book movie, well not that well in my opinion. New director Louis Leterrier decides to pick up where Lees movie left off, with Banner (Edward Norton) in Brazil, where Banner has been hiding for 5 years in order to find a cure and he's even trying to control his anger in one of the genuinely funny moments in the movie. Unfortunately he cuts himself at work (in a bottle factory) and inadvertenly the government have located him because Stan Lees comely U.S. citizen drinks from the bottle which Banners blood fell into. So now that General Ross (William Hurt) has flukely stumbled upon Banners whereabouts its all action.

I would like to say Lee's version is forgotten, but i would be lieing, the direction in this version is poor, the acting though commendable is not as good and the action especially the final fight between hulk and abomination is not very engaging, if not pleasing on the eye. The end is setting up a possible sequel or hinting at an avengers movie, with lots of references to Shield and Iron Man setting up a possible crossover.

This movie will be a treat for the purist fans who didn't like Lee's version, but for me personally this doesn't compare to that movie. It's not even as good as the first Fantastic Four or X-Men: The Last Stand. It will make money, but in the end this movie is just average.

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