Thursday, June 19, 2008

The Incredible Hulk - 4 Tubs

This is an adult children's movie, thus the trash is like that you'd find at a Disney movie, with the addition of wine and vodka bottles. As with Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk attracts freaks, geeks, and rednecks; many of whom have to raise the arm rests on either side of their seats in order to park their oversized butts...or to make room for the tub of popcorn, which will usually tip over and spill behind the seats providing a feast for the roaches and ants that frequent our fine theater. Here's a hint - there are no sneak previews at the end of the credits in this movie like there was in Iron Man. The sneak peak comes at the end of the movie where it belongs where Tony Stark approaches a drunken William Hurt to discuss putting a team together.
It is pitiful that grown children will sit watching credits and seriously discuss fiction disguised as science, like the Hulk's regenerative DNA and the effect of gamma radiation in his blood when it comes in contact with the DNA of a foreign host. Folks, the stuff you read in those comic books isn't science, it's fiction! That's the beauty of fiction - you can write what you want and it doesn't have to be believable or even make sense.

Along the same lines, there are no rogue generals in our military who is capable of building a tactical team with the latest and greatest toys and who can work outside the sytem in order to create chaos and mayhem on our citizens. As a 24 year member of the military, I can assure you that all that manpower and equipment comes at a cost and that the purse strings are controlled by civilians. A general might get a $400 toilet seat or a $2,000 wrench through the logistical system, but not futuristic equipment like sound cannons and some of the other military equipment you see in the movie. Remember, this stuff was built by Stark Industries, another Marvel enterprise. The military hasn't perfected an armored flying suit for their soldiers either.

Come on, if your education in science comes from a comic book - you're pitiful. Put down the comics and spend the time at your local community college getting a reality check. Watch Fox news and intelligently discuss politics with your liberal friends. Heck, take your wife out to dinner and try having an intelligent conversation with her for a change.

I enjoyed The Hulk - much better than the last one. It's great to see Marvel include the original stars in their movies: Lou Ferigno - who again plays a security guard and provides the voice of The Hulk; and Bill Bixby who appears in "The Courtship of Eddie's Father". I wasn't paying enough attention to notice where Stan Lee was in the movie. Ed Norton did a great job as David Banner. I did a fantastic job taking my trash out when the movie ended...and I didn't stay to watch the stupid credits - wait for the DVD if you really need to know that information.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

this new hulk is a lot more fun than the first one with Eric Bana; as usual Ed Norton has gravitated to a "split personality" role...