http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/BjLewis/7736 ....and I liked it. Of course it wasn't as good as Iron Man, but it was a good effort from Marvel. It's quite a different film from the 2003 Ang Lee-helmed "Hulk" film which people thought was too much thinking, not enough smashing. This Hulk was the opposite. It opens with Bruce Banner hiding out in Brazil, working at a bottling plant, trying to find a cure for himself. Tracking him is Gen. Thunderbolt Ross who wants the Hulk as a weapon. Of course Banner is found, chased and given reason to Hulk out a few times leading up to the final battle in NYC. Norton is great as Banner in the first half of the movie. In the second half it seems they wanted to inject some humorous one-liners which felt completely forced. Liv Tyler does an okay job as Betty Ross, Banner's love. Tim Roth was great and believable in his role of a soldier with a thirst for the power he witnesses in the Hulk. My gripes with the movie are minor. There's spotty CG in some places and the humor as mentioned before. I'd like to see the cut of the film Norton wanted to release which has reportedly 70 minutes of footage taken out of the movie to make it more streamlined and popcorn flick-like to do better at the box office. The Tony Stark cameo totally makes the film worth watching. It's not a bad way to spend a couple hours. It could have been better yeah, but Marvel, scared of a 2003 Hulk failure, stifled the potential this movie had to be great. The Hulk Smashes into the Box Office Source: Box Office Mojo, Edward Douglas June 15, 2008 With some surprisingly tough competition in M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening, Marvel Studios' second in-house production The Incredible Hulk (Universal) won the weekend, opening at #1 with an estimated $54.5 million in 3,500 theaters, which is somewhat lower than the $62 million opening of Ang Lee's previous movie back in 2003. Based on the estimates, The Incredible Hulk is on par with other Marvel-based movies The X-Men in 2000 ($54.5 million) and Fantastic Four in 2005 ($56.06 million), but with a production budget of $150 million, it has a ways to go before it might considered a worthwhile endeavor to relaunch the character.   ....and I liked it. Of course it wasn't as good as Iron Man, but it was a good effort from Marvel. It's quite a different film from the 2003 Ang Lee-helmed "Hulk" film which people thought was too much thinking, not enough smashing. This Hulk was the opposite. It opens with Bruce Banner hiding out in Brazil, working at a bottling plant, trying to find a cure for himself. Tracking him is Gen. Thunderbolt Ross who wants the Hulk as a weapon. Of course Banner is found, chased and given reason to Hulk out a few times leading up to the final battle in NYC. Norton is great as Banner in the first half of the movie. In the second half it seems they wanted to inject some humorous one-liners which felt completely forced. Liv Tyler does an okay job as Betty Ross, Banner's love. Tim Roth was great and believable in his role of a soldier with a thirst for the power he witnesses in the Hulk. My gripes with the movie are minor. There's spotty CG in some places and the humor as mentioned before. I'd like to see the cut of the film Norton wanted to release which has reportedly 70 minutes of footage taken out of the movie to make it more streamlined and popcorn flick-like to do better at the box office. The Tony Stark cameo totally makes the film worth watching. It's not a bad way to spend a couple hours. It could have been better yeah, but Marvel, scared of a 2003 Hulk failure, stifled the potential this movie had to be great. The Hulk Smashes into the Box Office Source: Box Office Mojo, Edward Douglas June 15, 2008 With some surprisingly tough competition in M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening, Marvel Studios' second in-house production The Incredible Hulk (Universal) won the weekend, opening at #1 with an estimated $54.5 million in 3,500 theaters, which is somewhat lower than the $62 million opening of Ang Lee's previous movie back in 2003. Based on the estimates, The Incredible Hulk is on par with other Marvel-based movies The X-Men in 2000 ($54.5 million) and Fantastic Four in 2005 ($56.06 million), but with a production budget of $150 million, it has a ways to go before it might considered a worthwhile endeavor to relaunch the character.   en-us