Sorry for the week hiatus folks. I got into a gangfight last friday, broke 198 bones and was decapitated. I'm all healed now though, they replaced my bones with pure solidified testosterone and my brain with a TI-89 calculator. I can now rock complex math equations with ease, also, if I shut my eyes and think hard enough, I can run super mario on my eyelids.
but enough of that, I promised you all reviews and you are going to get them no matter how long ago I saw the movies. I am going to rate all the films I see on a "fury comparison scale" whether or not my readers comprehend it is to be determined, but I plan to have fun with it nonetheless.
I will explain the fury comparison scale upon request, and if I receive enough requests I guess I can do a public post, but I think you all will catch on.
The Incredible Hulk
First I must preface this by saying I love the character of the Hulk, he is my favorite superhero by far, and if you want to argue whether he or another character will win a fight, I will defend the Hulk's undefeatability until my voicebox collapses.
Onto the movie. The casting of Edward Norton is brilliant, possibly the perfect actor to play bruce banner, Eric Bana, I hate to say it, was to masculine. Bruce Banner isn't a tough guy, he's a geek and so is Edward Norton. I'm not a huge fan of Liv Tyler but she holds her own in this one, hold for a few awkward scenes with her father. Tim Roth is always good of course, and William Hurt, meh, he's always mediocre.
The story is a good one. I love that it has returned to the hulk on the run storyline similar to the old Bill Bixby show. It is exciting, Hulk kills people, breaks things, blows things up, yells, and is in general Badass. But one complaint I have is that he is not badass enough. The movie shows Hulk being held back by soundwaves, and getting humilitated by an awkwardly agile aging army agent (that alliteration just happened, weird), and then in the abomination fight at the end (which is spectacular) the hulk just did not dominate as a hulk should have (there are cuts on his skin?!) but those complaints are just because I'm rooting for my boy.
Another complaint I have is of course, the special effects don't quite work all the time which is to be expected when full characters are cgi. Luckily the direction is good enough that I didn't notice it too often.
But, the best thing this movie does( besides make you jump from you seat, look over at whoever is sitting next to you and go, "DAMN, Hulk F*cked that Bitch up) is it constructs a universe to set movies in. The marvel universe is developing into a thing where a director could just say, the setting is within the marvel universe and it gives him permission to make a movie where sonic hulk claps blowing out fires are just fine and fun, and crime fighting teams in costumes aren't so awkward. It references Captain America, Tony Stark makes an appearance, the avengers are mentioned, all these people are starting to be developed in this same world and I am excited for what else can happen in this world.
Overall on the Fury comparison scale the Hulk is a John Cena, He's big and loud and tons of fun and all over badass, but occasionally a Shawn Michaels is able to get the slip on him and you go wtf, how'd that puny bastard take down the champ?
also if anybody can answer these questions for me
1. Is there going to be a Thor movie and do you think a god is believable as a character in this newly developing Marvel universee.
2. What becomes of the scientist that trials to heal hulk, and ends up finishing blonksy's transformation to abomination?
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