Digital Copy is Expired
Added 11/23/2009
With regard to the movie itself, I thought it was an excellent movie. I even repurchased it on Blue Ray after already owning it on DVD.
My review is specific to the blue ray disc product being sold, not the movie. Unfortunately the digital copy that came with The Incredible Hulk on Blue Ray was expired before the movie was even purchased.
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blu ray dvd
Added 11/13/2009
took long.not in origanal blu ray dvd box and only one dvd usually blu ray dvds come whith 2 dvds will never buy from here again
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Decent, but has some room for improvement
Added 10/26/2009
Yes it was 3 million times better than its 2003 cousin twice removed that everyone desperately hopes to avoid at the family reunions. However, it still fell short of having something called originality. Sure, Edward Norton sells his role quite well, but watch this movie and tell me where you haven't seen this formula used before. Super hero obtains his powers and goes through denial trying to keep it under wraps? Check. Super hero is collectively viewed as the villain while trying to save civilization from oblivion? Check. Super hero ends up being called upon to save said civilization's butt from a similar, but much uglier counter-part that has come down with what can only be described as a really bad case of scoliosis? Checkmate.
No, it wasn't horrible, but was not worth watching again. Michael Bay could have done a better job with script originality. Heck, monkeys who are so bored they hurl poop at each other all day could have done a better job. Pretty visuals....lame writing.
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The Incredible Hulk
Added 10/7/2009
Rent it or just stick to the first hulk, better cast and better story, but as far as owning it on blu ray it has a great pic that i would rate 4.5 out of 5 and the sound is great too.
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A Successful Follow-up Piece on Many Levels
Added 9/30/2009
Well, it certainly took me a while to get to this one and I think part of my reluctance stemmed from the 2003 film Hulk, which left me with mixed emotions. The story was entirely too dry and drawn out for my tastes and what little screen time the title character received had more in common with video game graphics of the era then big-budget Hollywood feature films. However, I did say mixed emotions on account of the fact that Eric Bana's interpretation of the Bruce Banner character was pretty solid and as poorly animated as they were, a few of Hulk's frenzies were the stuff of comic fan-boy dreams (traveling from town to town like a bouncing ball and tossing tanks as if they were a shot-put to mention a few).
Enter The Incredible Hulk where five years of hiatus brought with them a new director, new script, and even a new leading male to pick up the torch as everyone's favorite "green machine". It should be noted that to a majority of industry insiders, this film is not considered a direct sequel to the 2003 Hulk, but calling it an entirely independent tale isn't accurate either. As such this work is what's commonly classified as a "loose sequel" and for the most part, succeeds in nearly every area where the original came up short.
The film opens right where the former title left off with an apprehensive Banner trying to establish a new life for himself in South America after his last violent encounter with the military. Working at a soda-bottling factory in Rocinha while searching for a cure for his condition, Banner is constantly at odds with his own biology as he practices calming techniques to control his heart rate with trained masters.
Perhaps the coolest developed link-up in recent action-film history occurs when a drop of Banner's infected blood finds its way onto the glass of one of the soda bottles on the assembly line, ends up getting shipped to the States, finds its way into a Wisconsin resident's fridge, poisons the poor thirsty fool (played by none other than Stan Lee himself), and results in the government getting the trace on the scientist/ monster at-large.
Without breaking down the plot too thoroughly (after all, why bother watching it if so), let's just say that the military wants what fuels Banner, Banner just wants to rid himself of the condition, Elizabeth "Betty" Ross wants closure on her ex-boyfriend's condition, and rogue soldier Emil Blonsky feels like if given the chance, he could better-control the powers bestowed upon Banner.
Where the 2003 film was a slightly misguided stab at drama, the 2008 picture is all action; bordering on the definition of a "popcorn flick". As such the pacing is much more swift and efficient throughout with perhaps the longest non-action segment occurs right in the opening where Banner's attempt at a normal life in Brazil is established. By the time Uncle Sam sends his goons down to retrieve the fugitive Banner, the viewer has passed the point of no return: hold on and enjoy the ride!
Directed by Frenchman Louis Leterrier and written by Zack Penn opposed to Ang Lee and James Schamus respectively, the production team is only a part of the switch-ups Marvel Studious/ Universal Pictures implemented between Hulk and The Incredible Hulk. Edward Norton replaces Eric Bana as Bruce Banner; Liv Tyler plays Betty Ross instead of Jennifer Connelly; and William Hurt takes over for Sam Elliott as General Thaddeus Ross. And what would a Hulk film be without paying homage to the living legend Lou Ferrigno? Lou delivers with both a cameo appearance as well as having provided the few spoken lines the Hulk delivers.
Particularly noteworthy is the addition of a new villain intended to pose a more realistic threat to the Hulk than the military could possibly offer in the form of "The Abomination". The presentation of this enemy is a bit reminiscent of the Gray Hulk Marvel comic story thread (only on the opposite side of the coin) and upon completing some research, it turns out that screenwriter James Schamus was indeed planning a sequel around the time the 2003 film was released that would indeed feature the Gray Hulk story arc. However as time went on (and a new crew was assembled to do the film), Silver Age villain Abomination was recruited to provide the antihero moments with an updated look that subconsciously pays homage to the "Baby" alien design of Alien Resurrection.
Perhaps my own crowning moment takes place at the conclusion of the film when Robert Downy Jr. appears as Tony Stark to assure a drunken General Ross that a new team of heroes was on the cusp of formation, of course hinting toward Marvel's next major motion picture: The Avengers set to release in 2012. Additionally, and also appreciated by fans who have followed the comic's continuity, Samuel Sterns (played by Tim Blake Nelson) makes an appearance which sets up his eventual transformation from slightly mad scientist to green-skinned, large brained, massive skulled, super-intelligent villain, The Leader.
In all it's easy to become thrilled with this project simply for the potential for future franchise efforts hinted toward throughout if not for the much-publicized improvements made over the 2003 picture. And this coming from a reviewer who thought the 2003 film wasn't all that bad to start with. While the computer generated imaging has drawn criticism by some fans once again, the truth of the matter is that this incarnation of the Hulk is truly "larger than life" as the character need be portrayed. For the most part, it works, especially in the battle between Hulk and Abomination throughout the cityscape that comes off as a clash of titanic proportion more at home in the mythology of the ancient Greeks than on the pages of a comic book. And in the end that's what makes for a solid comic to cinema translation as far as I'm concerned.
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Digital Copy is Expired
Added 11/23/2009
With regard to the movie itself, I thought it was an excellent movie. I even repurchased it on Blue Ray after already owning it on DVD.
My review is specific to the blue ray disc product being sold, not the movie. Unfortunately the digital copy that came with The Incredible Hulk on Blue Ray was expired before the movie was even purchased.
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blu ray dvd
Added 11/13/2009
took long.not in origanal blu ray dvd box and only one dvd usually blu ray dvds come whith 2 dvds will never buy from here again
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Decent, but has some room for improvement
Added 10/26/2009
Yes it was 3 million times better than its 2003 cousin twice removed that everyone desperately hopes to avoid at the family reunions. However, it still fell short of having something called originality. Sure, Edward Norton sells his role quite well, but watch this movie and tell me where you haven't seen this formula used before. Super hero obtains his powers and goes through denial trying to keep it under wraps? Check. Super hero is collectively viewed as the villain while trying to save civilization from oblivion? Check. Super hero ends up being called upon to save said civilization's butt from a similar, but much uglier counter-part that has come down with what can only be described as a really bad case of scoliosis? Checkmate.
No, it wasn't horrible, but was not worth watching again. Michael Bay could have done a better job with script originality. Heck, monkeys who are so bored they hurl poop at each other all day could have done a better job. Pretty visuals....lame writing.
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