Now THIS is a Hulk movie. Just as Chris Nolan's Batman Begins redeemed the franchise after being violated by Joel Schumacher, this Hulk movie puts to rest that protoplasmic piece of refuse that Ang Lee made.
The action was great, and the destruction was even better. It might have even made Michael Bay proud. Things were smashed, collateral damage was widespread, and despite it all, the film still pushes through the simple concept that the US military can't understand: The best way to deal with the Hulk, is to leave him alone. That's what you do with forces of nature. Deal with the effects, but don't provoke it. Doing so just invokes disasters and abominations (pun intended). The contrast, and closeness, between monster and man was fully realized in a glorious 2 hours that even paid tribute to the TV series of old, with homages that would have made a true green fan smile.
The Tony Stark cameo at the end of the film gives us another look at the future glory of the coming Avengers film. I have to say again how perfect the casting of Robert Downey Jr. and Ed Norton were for their respective roles. If they can continue this trend with Thor and Captain America, I'm reserving my theater seat right now.
How am I supposed to wait till 2010 and 2011?
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I LOLed at the Lou Ferrigno cameo in the theatre (most of the other people didn't get it). He's definitely the ORIGINAL man. XD
I think the best thing was that they addressed the issue of Hulk's stretchy pants!
Yes! Hooray for the stretchy pants! Elastic is a WONDERFUL substance. Cameos of Lou, Stan Lee (of course) and Robert Downey were right on.
*AANG* Lee, eh? Don't worry, I'm an Avatar fan too... watched all the episodes in fact, hehehehe.
@Paul
Hahaha. Wow. that was an unexpected typo. "Aang" indeed. I've edited it. thanks for pointing it out. I kinda wanted to leave the error in, given that I'm also a completely insane diehard Avatar fan (canon Kataang and Maiko shipper to boot), but I don't want to sully the name of Avatar by associating it with Ang Lee while his version of the Hulk is being spoken of.
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