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This is a better movie than the previous Hulk attempt (BUT HULK SAY GAMMA BOMB WAS HOW IT HAPPEN AND NO HAS FRIEND RICK JONES...POOR RICK JONES...). And wow, what a great cast for a single-character comic-book movie. Edward Norton isn't someone I...
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This is a better movie than the previous Hulk attempt (BUT HULK SAY GAMMA BOMB WAS HOW IT HAPPEN AND NO HAS FRIEND RICK JONES...POOR RICK JONES...). And wow, what a great cast for a single-character comic-book movie. Edward Norton isn't someone I would normally imagine as the meek & mild-mannered Bruce Banner, but he's a great actor and pulls it all off well. Also Tim Roth as the soldier-turned-psychopath-turned-Abomination was a great find for them. I always enjoy his performances and this was no different. I think this comic movie got way overshadowed by Iron Man & then TDK. It hits all the beats necessary from a comic movie and I'd say it's as good as Iron Man & the first couple Spider-Man & X-Men movies...The only thing that kind of bugged me was how Betty's boyfriend was sort of brushed aside & forgotten when Bruce came back on the scene even though in the end he seemed like a decent guy. Loved the hints at both the upcoming Avengers movie, the Captain America movie (the Super Soldier formula), and the next villain, and quite possibly the only Hulk villain I actually remember from the comics besides Abomination, Wolverine & Wendigo (the last of which I only remember because of Wolverine's own comic origins in Hulk's comic)...the Leader. Yeah, and it was a good thing how they made when Hulk finally said his line that it was a sort of quasi-epic moment. Very cool. Hulk is a character for people who want to see **** get tore up. The only problem I had was how weak Hulk seems...his gamma-fueled healing factor didn't seem to help him out after he was done with Abomination (and his blood wasn't green nor glowy enough for my taste), but I can blame this on Bruce trying so hard to suppress him...WHERE AM GREY HULK?? NEXT MAYBE RED HULK???

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Posted aug 26, 2009 8:15 pm pt

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Awesome!!

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Posted jul 10, 2009 3:21 am pt

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Alot better than the Ang Lee tragic. Just like how hulk would say: "Hulk mooovie Baad. New Hulk Movie Gooood!". This film not only has alot of refrences and easter eggs, but it is a good hulk movie. I would have like a bit more action...
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Alot better than the Ang Lee tragic. Just like how hulk would say: "Hulk mooovie Baad. New Hulk Movie Gooood!". This film not only has alot of refrences and easter eggs, but it is a good hulk movie. I would have like a bit more action though. Alot is talking and then an action scene here and there. Overall good movie. Better than spider man 3 in my opinon and ALMOST, as good as the Iron Man movie.

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Posted mar 29, 2009 2:04 am pt

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Easly better then the first, but still falls into the hard fact that any Hulk movie would have a problem with. For there to be a story, you need Bruce, but the fans will want more Hulk. This was also nice to see a better villain in this one then...
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Easly better then the first, but still falls into the hard fact that any Hulk movie would have a problem with. For there to be a story, you need Bruce, but the fans will want more Hulk. This was also nice to see a better villain in this one then the first film.

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Posted mar 16, 2009 11:04 am pt

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I didn't think The Hulk franchise would be the same after the 2003 crap fest that was Ang Lee. But five years later a new director cast and reboot really did the trick. It really helped that they got someone who could actually act. Eric Bana...
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I didn't think The Hulk franchise would be the same after the 2003 crap fest that was Ang Lee. But five years later a new director cast and reboot really did the trick. It really helped that they got someone who could actually act. Eric Bana sucked hard but Edward Norton id amazing and should continue the role. Although I did like Iron Man better than this I still thought it was an excellent movie. It was action packed and had a wonderful story. In my eyes Marvel is 2 for 2 when they produce their own movies, they should continue to do this. The end of the movie would have to be one of my favorite parts when Tony Stark shows up and we get some more hints of The Avengers.

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Posted nov 7, 2008 7:37 am pt

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A faster more adrenaline type of film that kept my attention span far longer than the other Hulk.

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Posted nov 1, 2008 5:06 am pt

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I defintely wouldn't say this was better than the first film. Yes it was more action packed, but unfortunately, the action sequences felt a bit bland, which for a comic book movie, is not a good thing. The finale was alright, but it still falls...
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I defintely wouldn't say this was better than the first film. Yes it was more action packed, but unfortunately, the action sequences felt a bit bland, which for a comic book movie, is not a good thing. The finale was alright, but it still falls short of a lot of previous superhero/supervillain face-offs.

The acting performances were also fairly unimpressive. Edward Norton did nothing special with his portrayal of Bruce Banner, and Liv Tyler & Peter Fonda were also pretty forgettable. Tim Roth slowly evolving into "The Abomination" was quite interesting to watch, and is pretty much the highlight of the film, imo.

On the plus side, seeing Lou Ferrigno make an appearance was nice, and I liked the cross-over moment at the end of the film aswell .

Overall, a fairly unremarkable superhero movie, but with just about enough going on to not make it completely forgettable

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Posted oct 19, 2008 7:53 pm pt

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pretty good movie but I dont think its as good as iron man or the dark knight alot of action and stuff and the ending was really good with abomination but I think the dark knight was a little bit more up to par

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Posted oct 18, 2008 12:06 pm pt

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A great movie...
have a real nice story,good actors,and great sound and visual effects.

though I dont remember the first one very well but this one is better than the other.

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Posted oct 7, 2008 5:34 am pt

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Better than the first one and I was surprised that they told the initial parts of the story so quickly. Really liked the inclusion of the name of Rick Jones as one of Banner's associates, though an appearance would have been better. Norton was...
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Better than the first one and I was surprised that they told the initial parts of the story so quickly. Really liked the inclusion of the name of Rick Jones as one of Banner's associates, though an appearance would have been better. Norton was good, Tyler was OK. All in all in improvement on the first movie !

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Posted sep 15, 2008 12:21 am pt

• [+] The Hollywood Reporter
  
  80
  "Iron Man" has more wit and style, but Hulk is a neat thrill ride with an intelligent script by Zak Penn and smart, well-paced direction by the French director of "The Transporter" series, Louis Leterrier.

  by Kirk Honeycutt | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
  78
  Five years after Ang Lee attempted a stylistically and narratively daring reimagining of what a comic-book movie could be (an example that tanked disastrously at the box office), the big green gamma-guy returns to the screen in a purer, more unadulterated, vastly more entertaining form.

  by Marc Savlov | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
  75
  Embraces its identity as a sci-fi-summer-action-blockbuster extravaganza. Along the way, it actually comes close to finding the balance that Lee was looking for.

  by Mick LaSalle | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
  75
  The Incredible Hulk is a more traditional superhero movie than its predecessor and should please those who want their not-so-jolly green giant served with helpings of action. This film provides less talk and more smashing.

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] Premiere
  
  75
  By handing the directorial reigns to Louis Leterrier, the Parisian filmmaker responsible for the breathless "Transporter" films, Universal reveals its desire to emphasize spectacle over story.

  by Eric Kohn | Read Full Review »
• [+] Charlotte Observer
  
  75
  Edward Norton's a more evocative actor than Eric Bana, and he supplies all the emotions required by Leterrier and writer Zak Penn.

  by Lawrence Toppman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Tribune
  
  75
  Until the last 20 minutes, which stumble around in an attempt to set up a sequel, The Incredible Hulk keeps slamming everything forward, satisfyingly.

  by Michael Phillips | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
  75
  The dialogue is minimal but sharp, the pace swift and the action sequences suitably loud and brutal.

  by Ken Fox | Read Full Review »
• [+] Baltimore Sun
  
  75
  Luckily, the new The Incredible Hulk is more like those 80-page special issues that comic-book publishers sold in the early 1960s for a quarter, packed with old, favorite story lines.

  by Michael Sragow | Read Full Review »
• [+] Portland Oregonian
  
  75
  Loses something when it depends on its computer-generated creatures to carry the story. The effects are a mile above the previous Hulk film, but there's still a certain awkwardness to some movements, and an odd lack of definition to the massive muscles that makes them seem like gelatinous sacks of meat.

  by Marc Mohan | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Magazine
  
  70
  The Incredible Hulk is weightless--as disposable as an Xbox game. It's also fairly entertaining: swift, playful without pitching into camp, and acted with high spirits.

  by David Edelstein | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  70
  There's enough adrenaline pulsating throughout this bang-up Marvel Comics adaptation to erase 2003's Hulk from memory (Ang who?).

  by Andrea Gronvall | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  70
  The result is a classic comic-book hero quest that, while not entirely novel, hews to its own rules and conventions with dignity and artfulness.

  by Ann Hornaday | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  70
  A straightforward actioner that delivers the goods with no unnecessary frills or digressions.

  by Todd McCarthy | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  67
  The Incredible Hulk is just a luridly reductive and violent B movie -- one that clears a bar that hadn't been set very high.

  by Owen Gleiberman | Read Full Review »