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If Marvel's The Incredible Hulk came out today would it be more beloved?
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It'd probably be even less liked than it already is. The MCU has set a certain standard for its films that people expect any new entry to hit and TIH clearly, painfully doesn't.
That said, I'm sure just like with Suicide Squad and Venom, you'd find lots of people that would call it "stupid fun".
That said, I'm sure just like with Suicide Squad and Venom, you'd find lots of people that would call it "stupid fun".
I genuinely don't understand the premise of the OP. The movie was bad, it was disliked because it was a bad movie not because it wasn't part of some big MCU. Are you trying to say that you think the whole MCU is as bad as that movie was?
Boring is still better than being straight up terrible
The last 30 minutes of the film are fairly boring. But I really like the early parts of it.
It and First Avenger are kinda underrated. It would end up relatively high on my own MCU ranked list.
In terms of critical reception, it's impossible to tell, but it would easily make at least 600 mil if released today, thanks to the MCU goodwill.
It and First Avenger are kinda underrated. It would end up relatively high on my own MCU ranked list.
In terms of critical reception, it's impossible to tell, but it would easily make at least 600 mil if released today, thanks to the MCU goodwill.
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I think it's a better movie than people give it credit for, but it always felt like a bridge between the average super hero films of the 2000s and what would become the MCU. I don't think it's style of world building and filmmaking would really fly today, but we do live in a world where Venom was successful so who knows.
I remember seeing this in the theater and somehow we saw a version that had the boom mics in many different frames throughout the movie.
I'm assuming the true final cut wasn't like that but then again I've never rewatched it.
I'm assuming the true final cut wasn't like that but then again I've never rewatched it.
Iron Man
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Avengers
Thor 2: The Dark World (ironically, but still...)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
Thor: Ragnarok
Black Panther
Avengers: Infinity War
The last 30 minutes where so many action scenes are is boring? Huh.
Actually I think it would be ''more'' hated.
Back then the MCU was still new and standards were lower. Something like this would never fly after the likes of Black Panther, Guardians, and Winter Soldier.
Back then the MCU was still new and standards were lower. Something like this would never fly after the likes of Black Panther, Guardians, and Winter Soldier.
Well yeah. It's not exactly a unique complaint.
I was engaged in the story. The action scenes started piling up, which was fine at first... And then they went on for way too long.
Fair enough. I felt the scenes with Abomination and Hulk were great. Just thought most people would like the action.
I see you're just spent the last 12 years asleep in a cave
Often thought of as the black sheep of the MCU, when it first came out it was received with mediocre critical and financial reception, rewatching the movie I feel if it was released today it would have had different results
If this is the black sheep, so is Thor Dark World. I think both are in the 60s in RT. Nonetheless, it is considered a Fresh movie.
It is still light years ahead of Eric Bana Hulk.
Hmm yes. It was incredible for 2008. The bar has been raised now but back then, it was serviceable. Keep in mind, this came out after Bana Hulk. Just seeing Hulk do his signature moves, screaming "Hulk Smash" among other mannerisms, it was an incredible 3rd act. I watched it again the other day, and I still have fun with it.
Then again, I am the type that loved Ant Man and The Wasp while many here hated it.
Hulk used to be my favourite Marvel superhero, so yeah, I kind of liked. Even if none of the movies have really managed to capture what Hulk is meant to be, this and Lee's have done better than the following outings, because they really sell the idea that he's fundamentally a force of nature that could annihilate the planet single-handedly if he wanted to.
Hulk really works when the conflict in the story is between Banner and Hulk.
Hulk really works when the conflict in the story is between Banner and Hulk.
I watched this for the first time last night and was struggling to stay awake through most of the second half, after the fight at the college campus.
It might have a higher audience turnout if it were released today, but the reception from both critics and general audiences would be largely the same, I think. Definitely the low point of Phase One and a sizable step back from Ang Lee's Hulk.
It might have a higher audience turnout if it were released today, but the reception from both critics and general audiences would be largely the same, I think. Definitely the low point of Phase One and a sizable step back from Ang Lee's Hulk.
It's an OK film. I'd rank it above Ironman 2 and Thor 2, but not by much. There was so much set up in this film that never got brought back later.
I would say they want to pretend it never happened, but then they out-of-the-blue bring back Ross. But the sad thing is, they haven't done much with him. How cool would it have been in Infinity War if, when Ross is talking to Rhody and tells him to arrest Steve and the others, Bruce walks in with some nice one-liner to him before he gets cut off? Let Ross see he's back.
I would say they want to pretend it never happened, but then they out-of-the-blue bring back Ross. But the sad thing is, they haven't done much with him. How cool would it have been in Infinity War if, when Ross is talking to Rhody and tells him to arrest Steve and the others, Bruce walks in with some nice one-liner to him before he gets cut off? Let Ross see he's back.
Same here. I liked his Hulk/Banner a lot more than Mark Ruffalo's, but oh well. It's his fault for burning that bridge.
Ang Lee's Hulk would get laughed out of the theater today if it released as is.