Just back from a press screening of The Incredible Hulk.
Edward Norton is a brilliant actor, even in an action flick, and Liv Tyler is gorgeous on top of being a gifted actress, but you already knew all that.
I really enjoy my violent movies, and they come in all flavors. Movies like Equilibrium and Kill Bill are violent and gruesome. Crouching Tiger and the like are violent and graceful. The Big Hit is violent and funny, Gross Pointe Blanke is violent and witty. Henry V is violent and real.
Now Hulk. Hulk is violent and angry. And I fucking loved it.
Cybil was bored at times by the extended action sequences, but I loved them. Going in I was worried the CGI would pull me out, but I managed to suspend disbelief. I think any “uncanny valley” creepiness contributed to the feel, rather than taking away like normally does.
We’ll see how it holds up, whether guys can drive the box office like chicks just did for Sex and the City.
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