Post by Rob W. Case on Jul 1, 2008 22:25:28 GMT -6
Edward Norton stars as Bruce Banner, who when turned angry, turns into a monster in the 2008 movie version of “The Incredible Hulk.”
The Plot:
In this film, Bruce Banner searches for a cure to the outbursts of rage that unleashes the Hulk within, caused by the overexposure of his cells to gamma radiation. While in hiding from civilization, the military searches for Banner in hopes to run tests on him for the sole purpose of duplicating his condition in military soldiers to make them lean, mean, killing machines. The military head for trying to capture Bruce Banner is General Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross (William Hurt), whose daughter Betty (Liv Tyler) is his primary love interest. General Ross hires a team led by a man named Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth), who is determined to capture the Hulk. Just as Bruce finds a cure to combat his condition, Blonsky tries to do what Banner once did… pump himself up with ungodly amounts of gamma radiation, and succeeds. In the process, he becomes a monster known as “the abomination,” a monster that exceeds the Hulk in strength. The film then leads to decision, in which Bruce has to decide whether to rid himself of the monster within him or confront the abomination.
Overall, I liked this film much more than the Hulk film from 2003, but still not as much as I liked the TV show… especially the 2 hour pilot film. What I hated about the 2003 version was that it got too nuts and unbelievable. The parts where the Hulk was jumping from mountain to mountain was corny, and the part where his father (played by Nick Nolte) turned into lighting and then transferred himself into the water was totally unbelievable and cheesy. This film, while not officially calling it a sequel to the 2003 version distances itself in essence from the previous movie by giving it a complete new cast of characters, a short “recap” of how the Hulk became the Hulk, and a different setting altogether. They were very smart in that regard. Like most movies that stem from old TV shows, this movie also includes a cameo by Lou Ferrigno, who played the monster Hulk in the classic TV series.
So why, you might be wondering do I still like the TV show better? The answer; believability. In the 1978 pilot, Dr. David Banner (Why he went from the name David to Bruce or vice versa, I will never know) fails to save his wife from a car that tipped over and burst into flames. Hearing testimonies of how other people who had uncommon bouts of strength that he didn’t have when his adrenaline was pushed, got him to think about why others had the strength to save their loved ones and he didn’t. In his search, he comes to the conclusion that his body lacked the chemical elements to produce the strength he so desperately needed. So, he sets out to load his body with gamma radiation in hopes to gain the strength that he failed to have when his wife was dying in the burning automobile. As he is haunted by the flashbacks, and a flat tire in the rain, his anger unleashes the Hulk. Sound believable enough?
Out of 4 stars, I would give the new Hulk movie 3.
For more information, visit….
incrediblehulk.marvel.com/
The Plot:
In this film, Bruce Banner searches for a cure to the outbursts of rage that unleashes the Hulk within, caused by the overexposure of his cells to gamma radiation. While in hiding from civilization, the military searches for Banner in hopes to run tests on him for the sole purpose of duplicating his condition in military soldiers to make them lean, mean, killing machines. The military head for trying to capture Bruce Banner is General Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross (William Hurt), whose daughter Betty (Liv Tyler) is his primary love interest. General Ross hires a team led by a man named Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth), who is determined to capture the Hulk. Just as Bruce finds a cure to combat his condition, Blonsky tries to do what Banner once did… pump himself up with ungodly amounts of gamma radiation, and succeeds. In the process, he becomes a monster known as “the abomination,” a monster that exceeds the Hulk in strength. The film then leads to decision, in which Bruce has to decide whether to rid himself of the monster within him or confront the abomination.
Overall, I liked this film much more than the Hulk film from 2003, but still not as much as I liked the TV show… especially the 2 hour pilot film. What I hated about the 2003 version was that it got too nuts and unbelievable. The parts where the Hulk was jumping from mountain to mountain was corny, and the part where his father (played by Nick Nolte) turned into lighting and then transferred himself into the water was totally unbelievable and cheesy. This film, while not officially calling it a sequel to the 2003 version distances itself in essence from the previous movie by giving it a complete new cast of characters, a short “recap” of how the Hulk became the Hulk, and a different setting altogether. They were very smart in that regard. Like most movies that stem from old TV shows, this movie also includes a cameo by Lou Ferrigno, who played the monster Hulk in the classic TV series.
So why, you might be wondering do I still like the TV show better? The answer; believability. In the 1978 pilot, Dr. David Banner (Why he went from the name David to Bruce or vice versa, I will never know) fails to save his wife from a car that tipped over and burst into flames. Hearing testimonies of how other people who had uncommon bouts of strength that he didn’t have when his adrenaline was pushed, got him to think about why others had the strength to save their loved ones and he didn’t. In his search, he comes to the conclusion that his body lacked the chemical elements to produce the strength he so desperately needed. So, he sets out to load his body with gamma radiation in hopes to gain the strength that he failed to have when his wife was dying in the burning automobile. As he is haunted by the flashbacks, and a flat tire in the rain, his anger unleashes the Hulk. Sound believable enough?
Out of 4 stars, I would give the new Hulk movie 3.
For more information, visit….
incrediblehulk.marvel.com/