tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565432792166624717.post830844230893749015..comments2024-03-24T22:19:44.627-07:00Comments on The Code Is Zeek: The Incredible Hulk Smashes Through B-Movie FunAaron Neuwirthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15854159430320413312noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565432792166624717.post-86567940751106378292023-04-10T08:01:24.419-07:002023-04-10T08:01:24.419-07:00Long time Hulk fan here. I think Norton has a bett...Long time Hulk fan here. I think Norton has a better grasp of Banner certainly, but this script is the weak point, as it obviously was written and sold along with the 1st and Marvel was treating it as a fence-sitting soft reboot (complete with a flashback retcon shoe-horned in to replace aspects of the last film) despite it picking up right where the last film ended. The movie has, just like the 1st film, too much inspiration from the TV series (more in this case), that despite the talents of Bill Bixby and the best efforts of Lou Ferrigno (SP?) the sad "The Lonely Man" theme, or its popularity, was terrible from a Hulk perspective. It was a show all about Banner being a busybody in a world of petty murder, and Hulk making a brief appearance because somebody tried to kill Banner. I like both movies for the Hulk sequences, and this movie's treatment of Banner.. but I have to ask... where is the brainy nuclear physicist making essentially neutron bombs (and subconsciously mutation bombs) because subconsciously he's a powerless child in a world where men are men because they are brutal like his abusive father, and he wants to prove himself to his surrogate father Gen. Ross to prove him wrong and win the heart of his daddy's girl daughter who fears daddy may be right about Bruce? Where is Rick Jones, the innocent life that was almost destroyed by Bruce on accident, that he gladly sacrificed himself to save?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565432792166624717.post-70940906426560559942012-04-30T18:40:52.796-07:002012-04-30T18:40:52.796-07:00I would agree with you that the Ang Lee version is...I would agree with you that the Ang Lee version is more creative and ambitious, but I still think it collapses under the weight of its over-wrought story.<br /><br />This flick works for me because it knows what it's trying to be and succeeded well at it.Aaron Neuwirthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15854159430320413312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565432792166624717.post-58003572442447556092012-04-30T18:38:02.798-07:002012-04-30T18:38:02.798-07:00I didn't care for this movie all that much, so...I didn't care for this movie all that much, sorry, Aaron. I would give it 2.5/5. The opening sequence with the credits was great, but I found a lot of the rest to be a bit silly. The special effects didn't really work with me. I was so unentertained, that when the "Hulk...smash!" scene appeared, I was half asleep, shaking my head in confusion. I know I'm the alone on this one, but I much prefer the Ang Lee version, which I found profoundly creative on so many new levels. And the spinoff film of the Bill Bixby TV series.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com