Incredible Hulk: The battle between two biologically enhanced skinny men

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.

 

Movies to watch out for this summer

Wanted

Synopsis: James McAcvoy stars as a novice assassin in the a fraternity of assassins so good that they can bend bullets and pull off matrix like stunts. Also stars Angelina Jolie as his really hot trainer and interest in the movie. Also stars Morgan Freeman.

Incredible Hulk

Synopsis: After “Brokeback Mountain” director officially screwed up the last Hulk movie starring Eric Bana, they decided to give it another shot at it this time starring Edward Norton and Liv Tyler. I would watch the movie solely because Edward Norton always does good movies. Also the Hulk is against something big called the Abomination and the fight can be seen in lot of trailers everywhere.

The Dark Knight

Synopsis: This is the movie I have been waiting for a long time. This movie follows the last movie starring Christian Bale again as Batman. It is supposed to be way more grimy and dark than the previous movie pitting batman against a real enemy like the joker. It also explains the origin of two face from Harvey Dent. Katie Holmes’ character has been replaced by Maggie Gyllenhaal.

The Love Guru

Mike Myers is back in a crazy character called Pitka, the love guru from India. Although the movie will be logic less and be ultimate crap it would be really enjoyable to watch like the Austin Powers movie. It also stars Jessica Alba.

Tropic Thunder

This is one crazy movie if you check the trailer. Ben stiller stars in this action comedy with Jack Black and wait for it……Robert Downey jr as a black guy. The trailer looks pretty funny and I would watch it anyway.

Mummy 3

Brendan Frasier is back in this movie unfortunately without Rachel Weisz. This movie is set in china and stars Jet Li as the mummified dragon emperor. Bound to have a ton of Kung fu in it with the usual cast of Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh in it. If you have watched the first 2 movies, just watch this anyway.

HellBoy II

I cant say that HellBoy I was an outstanding movie. It was alright but hellboy 2 looks pretty impressive with its trailer and its directed by “Pan’s Labyrinth” director, De Toro. I like the steampunk looks of all the Hellboy movies and there looks like there is substantial action in it.

Hancock

Will Smith turns out as a defective superhero with a drinking problem. The trailer looks impressive enough specially the scene where he throws a beached whale into the sea. Also stars Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman.

 

Movie Review: Indian Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skulls

I should really say that we are lucky now days to see movies like Rocky,Star Wars and Indiana Jones on the big screen. Indiana Jones returns on the big screen after almost two decades with the latest movie “Kingdom of the crystal skulls”.

Movie synopsis:

Movie starts with Russian soldiers taking over area 51 to get hold of a alien body from the remains of the Roswell crash in 1947. This is followed by a Hydrogen Bomb explosion that Indy mysteriously survives by staying in a fridge. The FBI thinks he is working for the Russians and he loses his position in the university where he taught.

Shia Le beouf introduces himself in this point as a Fonzie  like character who is looking for  his  professor  who happens to be the friend of Indy’s. Her mother turns out to be Indy’s gf from the first movie. It will turn out later that Shia is Indy’s son.

The adventure shifts to South America where they discover the kingdom of the crystal skull. The skull turns out to be belonging to an alien who as soon as it gets the skull takes off in a space ship.

Things I liked about the movie:

• Watching a very long larger than life adventure movie whose long length makes paying for the ticket satisfactory
• Its an Indy movie which brings back nostalgia specially with the theme music and the fedora hat and the whip. There are tons of references to the previous movies like pictures of Sean Connery on the desk, Indy’s gf from the first movie, the Arc stored in area 51.
• Cate Blanchett is convincing as a Russian agent and her saying” Ull find it for me”. I liked her cold looks and her hair.
• Aliens, ruins,spaceships,pyramids,airplanes,motorbikes,Area 51,Nuclear explosions,car chases, sword fights.

Things I did not like:

• Indy movies are always larger than life but surviving a nuclear explosion in a fridge, swinging from tree to tree with monkeys,Shia Le Beouf as an unconvincing tough guy.
• Unnecessary things like the space ship taking off and cheesy stuff like the treasure they were looking for was “knowledge “
• A very very old and stiff  Indy. He seemed stiffer than any other  old men present there.  He ain’t  swashbuckling anymore.
• An unconvincing  Shia Le beouf as  a successor for Indy.

Overall I did not like the movie. Found it uninteresting and wouldn’t think much of it.