Shoeberto
06-14-2008, 03:29 AM
Just got back from it. It was good, though I didn't like it as much as Iron Man.
Iron Man definitely had the Spider Man-esque style down: taking itself seriously only when the plot really called for it. On the other hand, Hulk never really lightened up. There were some jokey moments, but a good few of them that were between Betty and Bruce fell flat just because of the total lack of chemistry between Edward Norton and Liv Tyler. Personally, I put more of the blame on Liv, just because I think she's a rather poor actress; most of the roles I've seen her in, she just kinda seemed comatose most of the time, and that holds true here. But yeah, there were more than a few moments where you know they were trying to be lighthearted (The near-sex scene, the scene where he empties her purse and says what she can/can't use, the part where she flips out at the cabby and he tries to calm her down), but they were so awkward I wasn't sure exactly how to respond. Some of the humor was okay, though ("You wouldn't like me when I'm... uh... hungry...").
The action was good, the special effects were good... some of the plot elements kinda lacked any kind of punch because of how much of the plot exposition they skipped out on. Basically anything established by the 2003 movie was skipped aside from a quick montage in the beginning of the scenes of Bruce getting radiated, Hulking out, etc. So yeah, the father/daughter relationship between the Colonol and Betty just seemed less effective, to me anyway.
On the whole it's pretty good. I really can't wait for the rest of the Avengers team movies so we can finally get to the ensemble production.
Iron Man definitely had the Spider Man-esque style down: taking itself seriously only when the plot really called for it. On the other hand, Hulk never really lightened up. There were some jokey moments, but a good few of them that were between Betty and Bruce fell flat just because of the total lack of chemistry between Edward Norton and Liv Tyler. Personally, I put more of the blame on Liv, just because I think she's a rather poor actress; most of the roles I've seen her in, she just kinda seemed comatose most of the time, and that holds true here. But yeah, there were more than a few moments where you know they were trying to be lighthearted (The near-sex scene, the scene where he empties her purse and says what she can/can't use, the part where she flips out at the cabby and he tries to calm her down), but they were so awkward I wasn't sure exactly how to respond. Some of the humor was okay, though ("You wouldn't like me when I'm... uh... hungry...").
The action was good, the special effects were good... some of the plot elements kinda lacked any kind of punch because of how much of the plot exposition they skipped out on. Basically anything established by the 2003 movie was skipped aside from a quick montage in the beginning of the scenes of Bruce getting radiated, Hulking out, etc. So yeah, the father/daughter relationship between the Colonol and Betty just seemed less effective, to me anyway.
On the whole it's pretty good. I really can't wait for the rest of the Avengers team movies so we can finally get to the ensemble production.