Saturday
24May2008
Watch Three Scenes from 'The Incredible Hulk'
Saturday, May 24, 2008 at 11:58AM
With Indiana Jones making his presence known this
weekend, the next truly big ticket in theaters will be
The Incredible Hulk.
There are a ton of question marks about this movie:
Why reboot a series that failed to impact an audience five years ago? Can Edward Norton find something in it Ang Lee did not? Is the CGI going to be so bad again that we're left thinking the most believable Hulk was Lou Ferrigno?
Can Louis Leterrier put the Transporter movies behind him and give any indication that he knows how to direct? Can he co-exist with the incredibly demanding Norton? Can this movie do for Norton what Iron Man will undoubtedly do for Robert Downey? And finally, can it make money? Yes, The Incredible Hulk easily has the most punctuation of any summer movie hype. But unless there's real punctuation in the film, there will only be one answer to all of these questions: Nope. As we draw closer to the film's release date on June 13th, we're going to see more and more clips, versions of the trailers, and of course, the media blitz that normally follows any movie of this size. And here are three clips from The Incredible Hulk. Watch one, two, or all three and let us know your thoughts on our questions listed above. I think you'll be able to at least give educated guesses.
Reader Comments (2)
The CGI is crap, but what action shown here is just the right amount of over the top.
This still looks no where near as good as Ironman, and as such will have to get good reviews if it is to stand a chance at making money. I really hope they did not spend as much in CGI on this as they did in Iron man.I highly doubt it will help the deserving Edward Norton in his career.
Will it make money depends on the cost, is this a 50m or a 100m movie cause the later doesn't stand a chance.
When I saw the first trailer about six months ago, I said this is going to be a really dissapointing movie. If anybody's career is going to advance, it's probably Tim Roth's career. He Really looks dedicated to this role and being that you don't see him much in this kind of setting he's sure to nail the role. I think that Norton's career and and bad reputaion built over the years will be seen more than his character portrayl of Bruce Banner. Audiences may find it hard to see through the haze that Ed norton pressence puts over a film production and his characters. Don't get me wrong, I belive he's a good actor just not in this setting. It seems to me that the plot line is very thin and will loose audiences probably twenty to thirty minutes into the film. Though it may be an action filled film, I believe that even the look ofthe new hulk bares too dark for even the Hulk's internal struggles. Therefore I feel between the Dark look and the most likely unlikeble Character portrayl of Bruce Banner by Ed Norton, I think audiences are going to find it hard to "root" for the character much less even care what happens to him because of the poor script writing. The CG looks ok for the circumstances, but I think all the other elements will make this movie fail. I beleive this is the wrong movie to make with this cast, crew, and director. And certaily have spent too much money to risk such questionable/risky revamp on a character with such large potential to become something great. I think it will do better than speed racer, but nowhere near as well as IronMan.