...and so far it's mediocre; boring...and where's the damn origin? They didn't do it again? Why don't I get the damn origin?
(And this is where I realized that I'm like the opposite of all you other Horrorthoners. I mean, for you guys, not repeating the origin from the Ang Lee movies was a big plus for this movie, right? Well, to each his or her own. But I don't get it at all.)
Also, I thought I was getting Jennifer Connelly, not Liv Tyler. What a rip-off!
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Wait until you see the half hour chase scene that is such a chore to watch...evil with the Hulk in the dark showing up. This movie is a SLOG worse than Ang Lee's was and I think it's just that the Hulk is not that interesting on his own. We get it. He's only good when he is smashing stuff. Give me the SMART Hulk or the Gladiator Hulk if you want to tell me a Hulk story.
It hadn't occured to me that Hulk can't really carry a movie solo but that makes sense. However, I liked this flick waaaaaaaay more than the Ang Lee fiasco.
While not called Hulk 2 and not touted as a sequel, narratively this one fits behind Hulk (and before Avengers), I always assumed on purpose. And hence no origin. Starts off using the Bill Bixby template.
So it's not quite the same as the "do-over" subgenre Amazing Spider-Man is coming from. I thought it was at the time, but I suspect they just wanted to distance themselves from Hulk.
Aren't they redoing FF, too?
The origin is told in the opening credits, and I love that they did it that way I wish they would do the same with the upcoming spider-man movie. and origin story guarantees that we are not going to see the superhero don his costume for at least 45 minutes. anyone who has grown up during the past 50 years already knows the origin of all of these characters.
Please excuse grammatical errors, I'm dictating this into my phone while I'm driving.
JPX, I hated that they did it that way, and I think doing that for Spider-Man would be God-awful.
"Anyone who has grown up during the past 50 years already knows the origin of all of these characters." Well, we might as well skip the whole movie while we're at it, then, right? What about Donner's Superman or Batman Begins or Iron Man or Captain America or Thor? Did those all have totally useless first hours?
The more this stuff comes up on Horrorthon, JPX, the more I'm realizing that you and I just have completely different agendas as far as superhero movies go.
I hadn't seen Lee's cut of Hulk but viewed this as a continuation of Lee's work because Norton isn't becoming the Hulk, he's dealing with it. I will admit that it was cute to see him doing Yoga and what-not to help calm his nerves but I didn't buy that he couldn't get jiggy with Liv Tyler. That should be like, the LAST possible thing that triggers big green muscly episodes.
Doesn't sound like many are looking forward to Amazing Spider-Man and I include myself in that category.
I'm now 2/3 of the way through The Incredible Hulk and so far it's boring, stupid, pointless and ugly.
I am really looking forward to The Amazing Spider-Man; I think it looks great. (I read "The Amazing Spider-Man" issues 1 through about 320 (like 1962-1971) -- the death of Gwen Stacy -- earlier this year and it was probably the best run of a comic I've ever read, ever.)
Maybe I'm the one who's on a strange alternate wavelength.
It seems like you totally missed what I said. This is a "loose sequel" to Hulk (quote from wiki), so while it doesn't have a "2" in the title, redoing the origin story would be like redoing Spidey's origin at the front of Spiderman 2 (example obviously chosen because it too retells the origin in the credits, except with Alex Ross paintings).
Incredible Hulk didn't blow my mind (and I'm no Liv Tyler fan), but I didn't find it boring, stupid, pointless or ugly. I liked the Tim Roth/Super Soldier plot line a lot (more Ultimate-style handling).
Despite my on-record bitching about the Uncle Ben thing, I'm encouraged that it looks like Amazing Spider-Man's origin story is heavily woven into the overall story (including backstory about Peter's parents), and not just tacked on the front. I'm not concerned about that; I'm concerned the rest of the movie will fail to deliver.
Octo, I wasn't responding to you; apologies if that wasn't clear. I was responding to JPX and Crystal Math. Mostly JPX, who expressed relief at not having to endure the origin, when I had exactly the opposite reaction. I thought it was a full-on reboot (like this summer's Spider-Man); I wanted to see the origin because that's what I'm there for with superhero movies more than anything else. (Watching the Avengers "assemble" was like a double/triple helping of ice cream). Hence, exactly the opposite to JPX's reaction.
("Hence, 'Like a Virgin.'"
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