First off just a small rant:
Why can't some people follow a movies narrative? I watched this with some friends and one of them just couldn't follow along, he just kept asking questions about what just happened. I mean its not like I'd seen the film already and was able to explain in any great detail. I was watching the film for the first time also and the constant interuptions became annoying. (end rant)

Ok onto the review. So despite some hulk size plot holes and some shoddy cgi work in a few scenes this was an entertaining flick overall with the good outweighing the bad. They did a good job paying tribute to the original tv show and poking fun at the character without hurting his credibility. I can't say it was better than Ironman, because it wasn't, but it was definitely better than Spiderman 2 & 3. A decent mindless popcorn flick fit for summer.

Grade B

My only question is now that Ed Norton seems to have pissed off the studio by not promoting the film and rocky relationship they had just getting the film made who's going to play Bruce Banner in the sequel?

Jesus, your avatar is some bold ass shit.. Can we have an avatar of HULK SMASHING Obama??

My bad. I apologize for calling them idiotic cowards.

Yes but you also gave Zohan and A...enough said.

And I recall you giving it a D

Enough said.

Because it sucked horribly.

No sir. I believe you're talking about yourself. Mark, Steve and Jason told me so.

That may be, but the movie was the worst form of tripe.

The Incredible Hulk was on par with Iron-Man, it just depends on what you like.

This franchise was indeed saved, no question about it, as I don't think I've ever seen a better effort made in giving the audience exactly what they want. The cast all does a fine job, especially Edward Norton as Bruce Banner. Liv Tyler, looking her usual stunning self, probably had the funniest scene in the film. William Hurt does a fine job as the relentless General Thunderbolt Ross. Tim Roth is great as the frustrated Emil Blonsky. And let's not forget Tim Blake Nelson in a great setup turn as Samuel Sterns, AKA...The Leader. He's gonna be great in the next film!

Louis Leterrier does a fantastic job blending the best parts of the classic TV show with the best parts of the comic, and I can't see how anybody who is fans of both would be disappointed. All the tips of the hat in the film, like the Stanley's pizza (Stan Lee's pizza), the cameo by the man himself, as well as Lou Ferrigno (who also did a great job voicing the Hulk, with a little help from sound tech!), and the cameo of the late Bill Bixby, via a TV rerun of the Courtship of Eddie's Father, made this the best fanboy fueled movie ever filmed. Cameo characters like "Jack McGee (from the TV show) and Jim Wilson (from the comic) were also nice touches, as were the Stark logo and seeing Nick Fury's name on documents, along with SHIELD's logo. Hearing the TV show's piano theme almost brought a tear to my eyes! The Captain America references has me salivating for what's to come.

The action and the effects were tremendous. The Hulk is the best realized humanoid creature yet. Leagues beyond what they could do in 2003. Totally badass, and Batman won't come close to matching this kind of action. Even Iron-Man doesn't match it. I got my wish for what I wanted to hear the Hulk say. He says "Betty", he says "Hulk Smash!", and even though he doesn't say "Hulk is strongest on there is", that victory roar said it all. It was nice to hear "Leave me alone", too. Apparently, he hadn't watched the news yet and learned that his name was "Hulk".

The Robert Downey Jr. scene at the end was seemless, reconfirming that the quality of Incredible Hulk stands side by side with Iron-Man.

The scene that really hit me, was Hulk's reaction to the thunderstorm, and all I could think about was how fucking awesome it was going to be when he met up with the one who controls all of that, a character you know better as Thor. When those two fight...holy shit!!!

Still missing Rick Jones, but everything else was note perfect!

A

Am I just imagining this or didn't BKB (at least) once openly admit that he voted an F for a film he didn't see? I swear that happened.

BKB, just vote F for Wall-E once its released.

Hills Have Eyes?

This might possibly be the WORST faked review I have ever seen!

You, my friend, have lost your touch.

Is there anything after the credits?

The producers laughing at everyone for wasting their money to see what they saw in '03?

A complete 180 from the horrid 2003 version. This time around the story and pacing flows so much better. The CGI done on the Hulk is also a complete improvement as he looked much more real life blending into the surrounding backdrops with ease. The action scenes are spectacular and left me wanting more. I do have one question though, I thought the Hulk got bigger as he got more angry? But I didn't see him transform himself any larger as the fight with Abomination went on. And then there was the ending with Tony Stark/Iron Man. I thought it was priceless as they are now tying in the Avengers with each passing Marvel movie. Bring on Captain America and Thor!!

A-

That getting bigger thing was Ang Lee's fuck up. The Hulk gets STRONGER, not BIGGER as he gets angry. That was shown well in this film as he was eventually able to overtake the Abomination because of that, and he was also able to regroup and get to his feet when the military was blasting him with that sound wave thing.

Solid Solid good fun comic book movie.

Much better than Ang Lee's Hulk. Ed Norton was amazing. The development of both his character and Tim Roth's were great. The special effects and fight scenes were great. Tyler and Hurt do fall short though which brings the movie down but not much.

8/10
Not as good as Iron Man but damn close

HULK SMASH!!!!!!!!!!!



What they/we saw in '03 was nothing compared to this. Edward Norton did a way better job than Eric Bana. The Hulk in that film didnt feel like The Hulk. They tried to make him seem different then he actually is. Which is just badass!!

You are going to see it. I recall you not being that excited at all for Iron Man and you gave it a high A.

Pros:

The action scenes are great. Hulk in this is a huge improvement over the Ang Lee version.
Tony Stark and setting up the Avengers movie. Great ending.
Mr. Blue's transformation. (sequel?)

Cons:

The acting. Norton walks through his performance, Tyler is awful, Roth is alright.
Forced humor. It's not funny. This is not Iron Man.

It's a fun summer movie that has some of the most spectacular action scenes of the year. Huge improvement on the first. Lay off the cheese next time though.

- B+

I thought the line about the NY subway was lame and didn't work at all. Not helping was the fact that it has been in all the TV spots recently. The "I know a few ways you can control that anger" line worked though as Tyler yelled at the cab driver.

The funniest part was Downey Jr. at the end. Just the way he delivered the lines totally worked. He's an awesome actor.

B+

It was a tad short in a good way that made it short and very sweet, but to be an A it undoubtedly coulda used abit more. Loved Norton and Tyler, Roth was a bit but other than that...

Good action, really liked the story, good special effects, good music...good film. A lot better than the 1st, hopefuly with more money the sequel will be better.

some comments....

- really enjoyed the fight at the campus - that was great - and better than the last fight.
- should the Hulk have been contained on that gurney without escaping - even before Liv got on top of him - just think he would have changed faster.

- should the soldier at a small doze been able to keep up with the Hulk.

- and that hospital scene - boy was that soldier f'ed up - and then he re-generated back to normal. Pretty cool.

anyway, overall a very good movie and equal to Iron-Man. Most great/good and some ??????.