My good friend Keith loaned me The Hulk DVD a few weeks ago. It took me forever, but I finally got around to playing it. I grew up on Marvel comics, man. It’s a good time to be a moviegoer! All of my favorite superheroes from when I was a little nerd (as opposed to the grown-up geek I am today) have been recreated in a spectacular fashion on the big screen, now that CG special-effects can really do my imagination justice. (Not to change subject in mid-stream but wow, I also grew up on LOTR.) It’s awesome. I was a big fan of X-Men most of all and X and X2 did not let me down. Spiderman was excellently done. Then–I saw Daredevil. The huge balloon that represented my fascination and pleasure at seeing my fantasies come to life was immediately deflated. Wow, that movie sucked!
I think that the fear that The Hulk was going to be another Daredevil is what caused me to keep the case on my desk unopened for those weeks (nor did I attempt to see it in the theater). Anyway, let’s not dwell on the negative. The Hulk was actually pretty good. Eric Bana was very credible I thought. I recall when the movie first came out, reviewers cried that there was only 7 minutes of Hulk “face time” during the entire movie, or something like that. To be honest, I didn’t even notice. The pace was good. The ending with Superbad-Dad was a little cheesy, but I liked the rest of it. Good job Marvel. Can’t wait for Spiderman 2 and X3 and whatever else they come up with!
I give The Hulk a 7 out of 10.
