http://www.variety.com/article/VR111796313...yid=13&cs=1

I gotta say, I didn't complete hate Hulk. I like Eric Bana but it just felt like he didn't do anything in that movie, hopefully they'll give Norton more to work with.

*chants* NORTON NORTON NORTON NORTON NORTON NORTON NORTON NORTON NORTON NORTON NORTON NORTON NORTON NORTON *chants*

Is that like the "Badger Badger" song?

NORTON NORTON NORTON NORTON NORTON NORTON NORTON NORTON
MUSHROOM! MUSHROOM!

This is going to be awesome.... Edward Norton's my favorite actor, he'll kick so much ass as the Hulk.

Ed. Norton is the man. American history x makes me think he can pull off the hulk.

Add in Liv Tyler as Betty.

love ed norton, but the hulk? i'm skeptical

Liv Tyler? ehhh... Jennifer Connely I thought was perfect.

The plot summary actually sounds pretty good.

Hopefully this one will be better than the last one...

I still say the last one wasn't that bad.


But in this one.. are they completely ignoring the Eric Bana movie?

Not completely, but they're not holding to everything that happened in the movie. Kind of how Superman Returns was a loose sequel of the first two films.

Just as long as they don't try to pull that idiotic multi-shots-on-the-screen shit, I'll watch. I think it might have been a decent movie if it hadn't been for that.

Norton is a jackass, He said something along the lines of "I practically wrote the script" when he didn't even touch it.

I liked the Eric Bana version except for Nick "I'ma drunk" Nolte

Actually he very heavily rewrote it.

That's not what was indicated in the stuff I read, but I'm willing to admit error

It's directed by the guy who directed such classics as Transporter and Transporter 2.

And the first was directed by Ang Lee, so who knows what to expect.

o.O Luc Besson will direct it?! Nice!

Err ... nm me ... its ofc Louis LEterrier, Besson usually produces ... Anyway I like the movies he has directed so I'm looking forward to it!

I'm the minority that actually likes the first Hulk. I'm not opposed to this reincarnation, but I have serious doubts about this director.

I actually enjoy the first version as well. The only thing that really game trouble in it was Nick Nolte.

Also, I loved the multiple "shots" per frame. It was like watching a moving comic book.

See I thought that was insanely stupid. I get what he was trying to do, to make it visually like a comic at times, but that's not how panels in a comic work. They're not simultaneous events, it's a series of moments sequentially presented. Hence, sequential art.

Ang Lee's Hulk wasn't absolutely terrible but it was pretty deeply flawed. The climactic scene with his father was a trainwreck.

Yep I completely agree about the climax, but there were scenes that were established to tell the story sequentially. Refer to the one where hes jumping through the desert

I understand what you mean about the sequential scenes. But when they did do that in the movie it was visual. There was nothing major storywise going on. I thought it was a clever way of dealing with the "slow" scenes of a movie, make them interesting without elinimating them. To compare to the newest Bond film where it was just action, action , action. There was really no down time or much character development.

I'm happy as long as Uwe Boll and Paul S Anderson are not anywhere near the project.

Comic films have been among the most profitable features in recent years, I don't think some of you guys appreciate how much of a non-player Uwe Boll is. No one who takes movies at all seriously even gives a shit about him, and I wouldn't be surprised if some didn't even know who the hell he is beyond, "the guy that tries to fight critics." Take the upcoming Oscars, I would be willing to bet money that his name is not mentioned once all weekend. The guy is, and will likely forever be, relegated to the niche genre of films that no self respecting individual over the age of 13 should even waste a breath on.

The man is a joke, a lot of you hate him, whatever. You haven't actually sat through any of his movies on purpose have you? Surely you didn't then watch a subsequent product of his.

I have, certainly not lately. But I was hopeful on a couple of the movies, mainly because of the game it was from, but I did watch and hated him more every second I watched.

Wh-why would you do that to yourself? It's like the cerebral version of cutting.

For one, this was early on when his reputation wasn't so set in stone. For another, no matter what you read or hear you should never criticize something you've never seen.

Reputations and reviews aside, did the previews offer up anything that said "this looks good"? Personally, I can't really remember, and actually had to look him up on IMDB to see exactly what movies were his anyway. I can't remember if any of the previews looked as bad as Vantage Point, but they were definitely unremarkable and forgettable, since well, I've forgotten them.

I have seen all of Bloodrayne 1 and 2. And I also plan on watching that Doungen siege Tale. I migh be slightly masocistish(sp?) in my movie viewings ...

I liked Transporter 1, but Transporter 2 was a completely different movie. It was more action-oriented with cool tricks and explosions and such, while the first one was calmer with "how am I going to do the right thing but not get fucked up". Trans. 2 wasn't BAD but I dont think it should have been equated with Trans. 1

Transpoter 1 and 2 were mindless action flicks, and bad ones at the that. I hope this guy summons his better directing skills for Hulk, 'cause if he brings his usual "skills" to this movie this movie will blow. Maybe Norton can save it.

It's kind of tough to judge a directors ability based on past works where he was probably a gun for hire. I don't know, and am too lazy to look up, exactly how everything fell into place that he became involved in the Transporter movies. I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and just assume it was his first big studio picture where he basically set out to prove "I won't lose your money."

I just think it's tough, and maybe even a little unfair, to judge one's directing potential on such a movie. It's not like Transporter was so forgettable because his inexperience got in the way of an amazing script. At the best, he could've created a shitty movie that was interesting to look at, and even that would be more due to the cinematographer than to him.

Watch Danny the Dog. It's a damn good movie, and shows that the Director got skills. I must admit I like both Transporter 1 & 2, they do exactly what they are supposed to do, so in that sense its good directing ... *shrugs* But lets be honest people can surprise, and judging a movie solely by director and cast is bad (unless its a Boll flick )

Edit: Oh and the fact that Luc Besson Wrote and Produced Transporter 1 & 2 hints that the director may have been limited in his options

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1583143&vid=215625

Personally, I think the new movie has potential. Ed Norton, AND Tim Roth...sweet
I'll reserve judgment for it for when I actually see it.

I liked the first hulk well enough to buy it. but it definitely could've been better. the multi-angle shot was pretty cool...ONCE. Twice was pushing it. but it kept showing up. and it's damned hard to follow 4-5 different shots in a single shot at the best of times, but on a movie screen. fudgicles to that. At least, I hope we can all agree, it was no xmen 3.
First movie I ever walked out of....hmph, lousy bastard, Brett Ratner. I'm still waiting for my money back

Honestly, Ratner's not bad for what he does. He was a hired gun to come in fairly late in the game and shoot someone else's script with a set deadline to meet. He maintained the visual look and tone of the franchise, and he never got in the way of telling the story he was given to tell. Ratner is hardly the person you should be dissatisfied with from the X3 crew.

http://media.movies.ign.com/media/569/5691...mg_5444976.html (in case the img don't work).

Love the nod to the Bixby show, you can just hear that iconic theme playing. Plus, very cool homage to one of the most popular comic covers ever.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/th...hulk/large.html

I'd see it just from the poster.

Also, nice that they decided to pretend the first Hulk never happened. However I'm gonna be pissed if I spend another hour watching the 'Daddy didn't love me, oh look, my hands turn green' intro where he firsts gets his powers.
I like seeing them training with their newfound abilties, as well as breaking things when they can't control them initially, but not when they spend half the film warming up - especially if there was already an Origin style movie.

Ed Norton is fantastic - I shall now go watch Iron Man for the second time. It's better then .... I can't actually come up with anything... but it's good.

Did anyone else know that Robert Downy Jr is in the Hulk? I just found out this weekend.. interesting.

Yeah I just read about that. It'll just be a cameo though, so short and sweet.

Possibly trying to "recruit" him in to the Avengers..?

I believe that is the plan. Would be interesting consider different studios have the rights to different characters.

It's a shame we missed the last part after the credits.

I wonder if this'll be on youtube???

Still being no the bigscreen and all. I'll have to check when I get home.

Marvel has a new studio plan which Iron Man was the first release for. Their next 10 films I believe will be handled this way, and they can be completely interconnected. This doesn't apply to Spidey, X-Men, FF, DD, or Ghost Rider however, those guys are fucked.

I think the Stark cameo in Hulk has him speaking to General Ross, but I can't say for sure.

The Fury bit in Iron Man I saw online, not sure if it's still up. It's VERY brief.

The opening for Iron Man is a very good sign for building towards an Avengers film. Captain America, Ant-Man, and Thor are all in development now, and Favreau has expressed interest in taking on Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

Who's making the new Hulk film with Norton?

Is it the Marvel Studios second movie (after Iron Man)? Or is it being made by the same company that did the original Hulk movie with Bana?

Marvel Studios.

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=BOq0BD_Eiig

Just saw it this afternoon, and yeah, it was great.

Captain America: Captain America wasn't in there, but was alluded to significantly. When they're talking about the super soldiers, the General states that it happened during WWII and when they took out the container of whatever they used to create Abomination, it was labeled "Dr. Reinstein", the scientist who created Captain America.

I really liked the movie and loved all the Avengers and Captain America references. Also, I'm glad they finally got the obvious Hulk jokes out of the way, like the stretchy pants and sex and whatnot.

Tim Roth's physical acting was fantastic but his voice and lines were appalling and made me squirm in my seat more than once. The first was when he described that something hit them "hard. It threw a forklift like it was a softball"...terrible. Just to name one instance.

My favorite part was the last fight when the Hulk rips a bone out of Abomination and stabs him in the chest with it. I'm a pretty sadistic person, but THAT has never occurred to me, it was badass.

Given the caliber of the prequel and what we've been led to expect in the past, I have to say that this movie is pretty damn entertaining.

That's all it is, of course - there's no deep philosophy nor the emotional waxing about much, it's a movie about a monster that rips up a helicopter and then starts ripping up another big monster. To be honest however, I never WANTED much more from the Hulk, and while it's a bit slow in the middle it does highlight explicitly Banner's struggle with day-to-day life and that he is carrying a monster within him, not a superhero.

The jokes were funny, the action entertaining, and the progression could have been a lot lazier, but it's one of those movies that you watch so that you can eat popcorn with your friends and go "Cool! That guy just got hit through a wall with a CAR!"

I'd certainly consider adding it to my DVD collection when it comes out, once the price has gone down a little. It's not on par with Iron Man, which is superior in virtually all respects, but for it's a decent 2 hours of entertainment.