I ll have to say I did not hold much hope for the incredible hulk movie. I accept its Edward Norton and I have not seen a single disappointing movie from him since I have known him. But the fact is there is so little you can do with the hulk. He becomes the green monster involuntarily and then walks up shirtless and torn pants. Its not iron man with wise mouth or batman with his cool car and gadgets. The disappointing fact is that when Bruce Banner becomes the hulk, he is as intelligent as a gorilla. So its basically a big green strong gorilla with the hots for Dr. Elizabeth Ross.

The movie starts in Brazil with a lot of bourne type chase over third world rooftops. There was this pretty Brazilian girl for  few moments of whom I would have liked to see more. Then there is Tim Roth(who is 5″ 7) as an unconvincing bad ass soldier who is also very very very un toned and skinny. Edward Norton turned out to be really thin to( US recession really reaching super heroes then).

There is hardly any extraordinary change of flow in this movie,nothing that we already did not know of. Tim Roth turns into this uglier version of the hulk(no name given) and wants a god fight. So the hulk fights him but defeats him and just the moment when I think he will choke the Abomination to death,he jumps and leaves us disappointed. He is later shown to be in Canada , running around like rocky and meditating till he finally gains control of the power.

THINGS I LIKED:

  1. Edward Norton plays Bruce Banner intelligently. Funny scene when he and Liv Tyler were making out and the pulse rate monitor starts beeping and he tells her “I cannot get excited”.
  2. The Brazilian chic in the movie. According to IMDB her name is Débora Nascimento.
  3. A more realistic looking hulk over 2003’s fluorescent green clay model hulk.
  4. A proper opponent rather than tanks and helicopters.
  5. Incredible stretchy fiber pants of Bruce Banner. Even if he grows 10 times his original size, the pants still remain.
  6. Tim Roth as an moderately fine enemy. I really don’t get why villains in the movie have to be given long monologues about how great they are.

THINGS I DID NOT LIKE:

  1. Wasting a total hottie like Liv Tyler. Ever since I had noticed her in the Aerosmith “Crazy” video and wanted to be in the car between her and Alicia Silverstone I dont like it when people dont use her to her full potential.
  2. Hulk still not realistic enough.
  3. Fight between Abomination and Hulk too short. They are basically really skinny men.
  4. Tony Start cameo was not that impressive.