Dean's Thoughts on Entertainment

The Hulk Reviewed

Marvel Comics has been inconsistent in their translation of comics to film. X-Men and Spiderman have been good, but I would attribute both of them to their directors Brian Singer (Usual Suspects) and Sam Raimi (Army of Darkness, Darkman). I didn’t finish Daredevil (And I might not ever) and the unreleased Fantastic Four movie of a few years ago was truly some horrific crap. The Hulk hops in bed with Daredevil and joins in the crowd of ruined Marvel franchises. I have many reasons for this assertion, and here they are:
1. The Hulk’s cinematography was often awkward, I know that it was the Ang Lee’s attempt to achieve a comic feel but it was just misguided.
2. The movie about half way through realizes that the Hulk isn’t really a good guy but a raging brute, and for no reason whatsoever tries to make him look like a hero. Also, at this same point we realize that the Army is right to be so cautious because the Hulk is a menace, so they do the same shift with the Army people to make them heroic.
3. The ending fight was entirely gratuitous and mindless; it should have been the focus of the whole movie or the subject of the sequel.
However there were some enjoyable sections of this movie and since I have a list thing going I will continue:
1. Nick Nolte is finally back in a big-budget movie, and he’s good.
2. The acting is all good from Eric Bana, Jennifer Connely, Josh Lucas, and Sam Elliot.
3. The special effects were great, and the fight sequences with the Army are impressive.
I wouldn’t disrespect someone for renting this, but I wouldn’t really encourage it. It’s decent because of the acting and special effects but overall appeal is limited.