Review of The Incredible Hulk (2008) by Boston S — 16 Apr 2015

Dubbed as a "re-quel", The Incredible Hulk was first released in 2008,.

And now, I'm here to review it in the line of Marvel films I'm getting.

Through a the moment. I always like to think of films individually, but.

With the Marvel Cinematic Universe getting so big, that can be rather.

Difficult to do. So though I may comment on films in relation to their.

Sequels, remakes, prequels, spin-offs, parodies and the like, know that.

My final score out of ten is always based purely on the films merits,.

Or lack thereof. It's pretty crazy seeing Edward Norton (American.

History X, Fight Club, Red Dragon) as a very scrawny Bruce Banner,.

Considering that he turns into the giant, muscular Hulk. But to me it.

Totally worked. As an interesting side-note, Norton co-wrote the.

Script, which may or may not have contributed to his being ousted as.

Banner for any future films after the movie was released. Not because.

The script is particularly awful or anything, but because as a general.

Rule production doesn't like actors "getting all up in dey grillz" half.

Way through. Although it's not like Norton's never done this sort of.

Thing before. Under-appreciated Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction).

Is also excellent (as far as I'm concerned) playing the role of.

Abomination/Emil Blonsky. Interesting side-note, no, he's not related.

To Eli Roth, who's also a friend and actor of Quentin Tarantino and his.

Films. Ultimately, The Incredible Hulk is a fine film, but it just.

Can't stand up to the superior writing and character building of Thor,.

Iron Man or Iron Man 2. Liv Tyler (The Strangers, The Lord of the Rings.

Trilogy, Armageddon) is rather a non-event as supposed love interest.

Betty Ross. And William Hurt (A History of Violence, Dark City) as.

Semi-antagonist General Thunderbolt Ross, is nothing but annoying.

(although it is pretty cool to see just how much they got him looking.

Like the comic book character he is based on. You would've thought that.

Having a modern day Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story to run with, backing.

From the success of the franchise you've got supporting you, that it.

Would be easy to write strong characters, unfortunately, it's not the.

Case. And while the action sequences are cool, and the fighting is.

Possibly some of the best that Marvel's come up with, it's not enough.

To bring this film up to the standards of the other 3. The film lacks.

The flair I'm sure everyone would be expecting, and while it's a.

Perfectly good monster-movie movie, perhaps a completely separate Super.

Hero origin story would have been better than the overly-CGI- ridden.

Quasi-sequel to 2003's The Hulk that we ended up with.

60%.

-Gimly.