I don't have too much to say about The Incredible Hulk (2008). I definitely liked it better than the Ang Lee Hulk, although that might have been a better film with more to say. Ang Lee just tried to put too much into his film - and I just don't see Hulk as an Oedipus figure.
This is a solid Marvel movie, but after that, there's not a lot to say about it. Ed Norton recalls Bill Bixby as Bruce Banner, Tim Roth has a lot of fun as the villain, and Liv Tyler is beautiful, but her inflatable lips are a little distracting. Big Bill Hurt makes a nice Col. Ross, with a shaggy presence that reminds me of Sam Elliot's Ross in Ang Lee's film. The opening scene in a Rio favela has a little too much Bourne influence, but I guess that's the future of action movies...
So, I guess I rate this in the middle of the Marvel movie universe. Not a bad place to be at all.
In conclusion, Hulk smash!
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