aliciaxlife - The Incredible Hulk 2008

I hadn't actually seen this one before now. seeing Liv Tyler in this was a surprise, though a welcome one, even if I can't really think of her as anyone but Arwen.

Kyllix

2025-05-24 18:04:12 +0000 UTC

So SUPER late comment. But I am watching all your Marvel reactions. So. Yeah. But Hulk is one of my Fav Marvel Characters. Its a Jekel and hyde thing. But with Hulk not being bad or evil. More of just usually like an angry hurt and scared child. in the comics actually that is pretty much what Savage hulk (the normal hulk that comes out) is. Its actually an alternate personality that Bruce Banner made to deal with the Abuse from his father. Its litterally the mind of a child that is scared angry and hurt that is lashing out. Put that in the body of some one who can get infinitly strong and infinitly tough. And its the Hulk. This movie did a good job with it but Banner was always a bit more reserved and such. understandable when if you get to excited you turn into something that can kill with a flick of a finger. But to give you an Idea of the power. Hulk in Comics has Cracked planets with a step.

Nunya Biz

2025-05-15 06:18:41 +0000 UTC

Then why the fuck are you watching a reaction? Asking someone not to react or talk when thats the point of the content is crazy

The Canadien Patriot

2025-03-03 10:40:49 +0000 UTC

Again this is late, but don’t worry Alicia they get better from here. I do feel like one other commentator said, that YOU specifically talked about little too much during the film, and it felt like you missed a few key points of info, but I also agree, the main lead was the weak link here and when that’s the case, it’s very difficult for the rest of the cast to carry the film on their backs. Like I said though, they get better from here, so buckle up, your in for a Ride!

Richard

2025-02-26 15:42:53 +0000 UTC

You don't have to fill every silent moment with talking. It really destroys movie when there's just a constant flow of unrelated information flowing in. Please tell me that you don't do this in actual theatres. This is more of a cerebral movie, where you need to pay attention to the details and the emotions more than the witty quips and dialogues. Talking and talking and talking over everything just makes you miss things, and it makes for horrible reaction content. There's being absolutely silent and not reacting at all, and then there's making the entire thing about you. You need to find the middle ground.

Moku

2025-01-29 06:32:17 +0000 UTC

It's funny to see that alicia had the same problems with nortan as most people. The thing is, suposedly he was arguing and fighting for a lot more humanizing and comedic scenes to be put in the movie some of witch were even filmed but all were ultimately cut...

Patrick McIntyre

2025-01-21 23:51:50 +0000 UTC

Bit late for the party but here is the lore Bruce banner was experimented on by his alcoholic father when he was child and seeing his father killing his mother The anger sadness and confusion was repressed coming out later in life as the Hulk after he was hit by a large burst of gamma-rays Making the Hulk essentially a traumatized child with anger issues

the sober viking

2025-01-05 19:59:48 +0000 UTC

Having worked in a sweaty ass factory with women. Some do in fact where a whole ass face of make up everyday.

The Force

2025-01-05 07:37:14 +0000 UTC

Shame we didn't get more hulk films. I like Edward Norton but he straight up killed any chance of us getting another one. A lot of thinks about this movie are fine but the lead.

Joseph Sternglass

2025-01-04 09:01:11 +0000 UTC

I never got around to seeing this until watching this video. I enjoyed the hulk parts but the rest was a bit underwhelming.

Andrew birds

2024-12-26 10:29:19 +0000 UTC

The actual Hulk bits are solid. It's just a shame it's surrounded by... the rest of the movie.

Aliulo

2024-12-10 18:47:59 +0000 UTC

Edward Norton is usually good. this is definitely not his best performance. If you wanna really see him emote, check out Glass Onion

bandi138138

2024-11-27 06:44:40 +0000 UTC

I just realized the guard who took the pizza is the original Hulk from the TV show! Jesus, I am blind as a bat

The Sigil Chronicles

2024-11-21 14:24:53 +0000 UTC

watching the hulk 2008 w/ Alicia is the best way to watch the hulk

Steve Cushman

2024-11-19 23:38:29 +0000 UTC

Gun expert here. Magazine is a catchall term for where cartridges get loaded into a gun. Clips are pieces of metal you clip ammo into, you have stripper clips and enbloc clips usually, enbloc clips get loaded into the gun like a carcano ir a garand. Stripper clips you strip the cartridges into the gun usually into a non-detachable magazine. Detachable magazines commonly refered to as just "Magazines" or "Mags" are what most guns have used since WW2. Idiots used the term "clip" to refer to magazine in referance to how the magazine catch "clips" a detachable magazine into a gun. Clear as mud?

Duo Blackrose

2024-11-17 03:38:04 +0000 UTC

Weird. I always felt Norton’s Banner wasn’t bad for a guy on the run, too used to being nondescript and plain, trying not to stick out or emote, kinda blank in the crowd so he could stay out of peoples minds so he wouldn’t get reported. Used to watch this movie a lot, even among rewatches of the MCU

KodeShikou

2024-11-16 12:59:15 +0000 UTC

It's me, I'm one of the Brandon's you confused with The Hulk. XD

Brandon Duckett

2024-11-15 06:50:52 +0000 UTC

The security guard played in Hulk in the 1977 TV show. His name is Lou Ferrigno.

CipherSpeaker

2024-11-14 21:25:31 +0000 UTC

Per ChatGPT: The final fight scene in the 2008 Hulk movie, featuring the battle between the Hulk and the Abomination, was filmed primarily in Toronto, Canada. Key parts of the scene were shot along Yonge Street, near the intersection of Yonge and Dundas, which is a busy and iconic area in downtown Toronto. Additional sequences were filmed on sets designed to resemble Harlem in New York City, where the scene is set in the story.

Kinji

2024-11-13 09:12:23 +0000 UTC

The guy you said could play Omni-Man is William Hurt and he died in 2022. His role in the MCU will appear again in the upcoming Captain America: Brave New World movie and is played by Harrison Ford.

Kinji

2024-11-13 02:55:37 +0000 UTC

Nortons stoic withdrawn banner is much more inline with the character then ruffalos

Charlie baker

2024-11-12 16:59:24 +0000 UTC

In 2008 they definitely weren't especially among hulk fans this is still a big favorite, i was honestly really surprised to hear anyone didnt like this movie as i definitely never heard anyone speak ill of it at the time

Charlie baker

2024-11-12 16:58:29 +0000 UTC

She’s right in this case tho. And it’s not a new take on this film either. People have been saying this since the beginning

Bowman C.

2024-11-12 16:29:57 +0000 UTC

Don't just repeat Alicia's opinion and pretend it's yours.

Kevin Bell

2024-11-12 02:16:36 +0000 UTC

Edward Norton is great at playing "dead inside" characters like his role in Fight Club

G0R0_!ch!B@n25

2024-11-12 00:45:34 +0000 UTC

I don't remember the name of the Actor who played Bruce Banner though

G0R0_!ch!B@n25

2024-11-12 00:38:37 +0000 UTC

At 45:00, the actor playing the security guard is Lou Ferrigno, he was the co-star of the Live Action Hulk show from the 1970's who played The Hulk.

G0R0_!ch!B@n25

2024-11-11 23:25:42 +0000 UTC

The guy you said looks like a Live-Action Omni Man. His name is William Hurt, he passed away too recently. Though I learned from the Documentary Super/Man he was in stage productions and friends with OG Superman, Christopher Reeve

G0R0_!ch!B@n25

2024-11-11 22:46:00 +0000 UTC

In comparison to what, post infinity war hulk? Hulk was wasted. And I'm talking about films in general. Till The Dark World, this was easily the weakest film

Rowdeemunkee

2024-11-11 20:16:14 +0000 UTC

It's a good movie with a bad main actor, imo.

Kris

2024-11-10 16:01:11 +0000 UTC

There is only 3 pre Endgame Thor movies and Thor 2 is the only bad one, it’s a matter of opinion on which one you like more, I’d say this is better than Thor 2 but I can see Alicia liking it more which is why I said probably the worst. But every other one is better than those two.

Michael

2024-11-10 06:33:47 +0000 UTC

no bro, u gotta understand norton would have been better if he studied the character properly, his emotions, and how he portrayed bruce banner as a CHARACTER was trash, his version of the hulk was good but as bruce banner the character portrayal lacked so much to the point i cringe at his scenes, ruffalo NAILED the complexion of bruce banner the character, and the hulks action scenes are great but i felt it lacking in the design wise but ruffalo gave the role more color as opposed to norton

Sai al crowned

2024-11-10 04:45:53 +0000 UTC

Who folds socks?

sandbun

2024-11-09 23:57:15 +0000 UTC

Still my favorite early marvel movie much better then the first two thor movies

Charlie baker

2024-11-09 22:06:29 +0000 UTC

Nah he was easily my favorite banner stoic smart decisive but alienated, ruffalo was trash

Charlie baker

2024-11-09 22:04:59 +0000 UTC

They do that for the movie game

Charlie baker

2024-11-09 22:03:10 +0000 UTC

How in the fuck isbthis worse then thor that movie was terrible

Charlie baker

2024-11-09 22:02:33 +0000 UTC

Where bro people still talk about this as peak hulk

Charlie baker

2024-11-09 22:01:41 +0000 UTC

Bro how the first thor movie might as well be norse ringo, its easily the worst phase 1 movie

Charlie baker

2024-11-09 22:01:20 +0000 UTC

Ruffalo was terrible btw

Charlie baker

2024-11-09 22:00:14 +0000 UTC

You people are ridiculous you really thing this is the worst with how bad most of the thor movies are

Charlie baker

2024-11-09 22:00:04 +0000 UTC

Possibly its definitively the worst, though honestly i also think 3 if the 4 thor movies were worse then this

Charlie baker

2024-11-09 21:58:59 +0000 UTC

No just no as a marvel fan my entire life ruffalo was a terrible terrible banner to.the point of being unrecognizable. Dumpster tier actor

Charlie baker

2024-11-09 21:57:01 +0000 UTC

Yall insane this is the best hulk we ever got and its much better then the thor movies ant man movies and alot of the mcu side shows. Its far from.the worst part of the mcu

Charlie baker

2024-11-09 21:56:16 +0000 UTC

Hell no ruffalo was dogshit, the man was angsty for ine movie then just a dumpster fire for the rest of the mcu

Charlie baker

2024-11-09 21:55:08 +0000 UTC

Are you insane this movie is better then 3 of the 4 thor movies period at the very least

Charlie baker

2024-11-09 21:53:32 +0000 UTC

Bad take

Charlie baker

2024-11-09 21:52:29 +0000 UTC

Norton was way better,ruffalo was trash period

Charlie baker

2024-11-09 21:52:21 +0000 UTC

istg its contradictory for me, i love mark ruffalo as bruce banner but i HATE that hulk design in the avengers, i hate Edward as bruce banner but that hulk design is just so amazing and perfect, i feel like the hulk design in the avengers is a HUGE downgrade compared to this design bro such a shame

Sai al crowned

2024-11-09 08:46:18 +0000 UTC

2003 Hulk: 8 2008 Hulk: 2.67

KingSuno

2024-11-09 05:32:06 +0000 UTC

he was great in American History X

Lucifer Moon

2024-11-09 03:32:20 +0000 UTC

Btw, this is the second Hulk movie, the first one was from 2003 and is probably why the characters seem to be missing aspects

AzulSora

2024-11-08 14:15:50 +0000 UTC

I like mark Ruffalo but as a super hulk fan this movie really got it. When Bruce is in his fugitive mode he’s exactly what Ed Norton is in this movie. Plus his Hulk is a beast. I really wish he had stayed and they built more on this version.

Omegalock

2024-11-07 11:09:27 +0000 UTC

So this actor was in Fight Club. The role seemed perfect for this type of acting there. Maybe that's really his only forte.

Ramizis

2024-11-07 03:43:00 +0000 UTC

The security guard who lets him deliver the pizza is Lou Ferrigno, the legendary body builder who played the Hulk in the OG late 70s - early 80s tv show!

rrrebo

2024-11-06 23:55:13 +0000 UTC

When Alicia said where tf this rain come from I died laughing i never noticed how one sec it was sunny the next it was raining

VonZale Carson

2024-11-06 23:45:27 +0000 UTC

RDJ showing up at the end to improve the movie's charisma level by a few hundred percent.

Liesmith

2024-11-06 01:25:02 +0000 UTC

Calling a 1.5 difference crazy is crazy.

Liesmith

2024-11-06 00:25:57 +0000 UTC

Yeah I somehow never saw the end credits of this film until I watched her vid

Nightmareman99

2024-11-05 21:37:28 +0000 UTC

That's not correct. This IS considered a canon MCU movie, despite the actor change between this and Avengers. The 2003 "Hulk", with another actor for Banner, is the one that is not technically considered MCU, despite the fact it vaguely lines up as this movie's prequel.

Rainet

2024-11-05 21:27:47 +0000 UTC

I think you mean it is in the MCU

Thomas Malone

2024-11-05 18:29:52 +0000 UTC

Yes this movie isn’t apart of the mcu but it is a marvel movie. Iron man was what kicked off the mcu but standalone films like the og hulk, this remake, and the blade series is what birthed the superhero franchise. As for acting most people prefer Norton’s version of the character compared to Ruffalo. Honestly it’s not all Ruffalo fault he does a great Banner but hulk isn’t too good then again most of it is because the mcu completely trashes the hulks character using him more as comedic relief than one of the strongest people I. The marvel universe.

Nightmareman99

2024-11-05 12:16:04 +0000 UTC

You said "Clips, mags, I dont really know the difference." Clips are internal, think old rifles that would have a few bullets; bullets that would be held in line by a metal 'clip'. Mags are the removable cartridge's that usually hold more bullets and can be easily exchanged.

SilvyTheBat

2024-11-05 10:17:14 +0000 UTC

I know. People say that the Hulk from the first Avengers movie is the best looking Hulk. I wholeheartedly disagree. I think the best looking Hulk. Is this Hulk from this movie? The shading the coloring, the veins popping. Just everything is so well done. They could have made him just a tad bit bigger. But other than that, this is the best looking Hulk. And I wish they would have made the hulk this way in every movie. He was in from this movie here on out. But no, they changed it up and they turned them into that week ass professor Hulk That nobody wanted nobody asked for and they made the Hulk afraid of thanos are you kidding me? They made him afraid of a thanos the hulk isn't afraid of nobody. I just hope 1 day they adapt planet Hulk and the world breaker Hulk. Story line The MCU just completely did the Hulk dirty through the entire series. This movie all The Avengers movies. They never adapted the hulk good ever. Like the best versions of the Hulk are from this movie and from the first 2 Avengers movies. I do not like the Hulk from Thor Ragnarok because they turned him into a giant baby Hulk is not a giant baby.

Iron_claw

2024-11-05 09:20:40 +0000 UTC

Ok 4 is crazy, this is like a 5.5/10 movie, slightly better than average but nothing to write home about and probably the worst pre-Endgame movie but I wouldn’t put it in the negatives.

Michael

2024-11-05 06:51:08 +0000 UTC

I saw a few mentions, but Edward Norton did an amazing job acting in this movie. He was also portraying the Hulk and his Bruce Banner being spot on for a person who is constantly suppressing their emotions i felt very represented. I have been told growing up that i was basically Norton in this movie, i actually had to take advice from an actor struggling with mental health issues, fake it til you make it. Because of him, i am no able to smile, and emote much more than i did all the way until my mid 20's.

Gorge Montoya

2024-11-05 00:54:50 +0000 UTC

As a Brazilian I gotta say never heard the English version of The Hulk, but the beginning where the people are supposed to speak Portuguese? Yeah they are all speaking Portuguese but the accent is so heavy it looks like the entire factory is taking classes from Duolingo hahahaha

Lucas Prestes

2024-11-04 21:58:29 +0000 UTC

as a Brandon thank you for mentioning us

BFisher

2024-11-04 15:11:15 +0000 UTC

I haven’t seen anybody else bring it up, but the actress who played Betty is Liv Tyler. She’s the daughter of Steven Tyler from Aerosmith. She also played Arwen in the Lord of the Rings.

Caster the Gravedigger

2024-11-04 14:06:35 +0000 UTC

That Security Guard that got the free pizza with the big ass muscles is Lou Ferrigno, the original Hulk from the 1978 Hulk TV series. That's why that gave this movie's actor a moment with him doing a strong handshake telling him "You're the man".

REI

2024-11-04 11:04:17 +0000 UTC

The reason he does not act with his face in this movie is all about controlling his emotions

Tyler Ennis

2024-11-04 05:17:40 +0000 UTC

This was not a great role for Edward Norton but Death to Smoochy is iconic!

michael holmes

2024-11-04 01:31:54 +0000 UTC

this is just going off of my first & so far only time watching it back in 2003

Yagi di Hoshi

2024-11-04 00:43:37 +0000 UTC

Hulk 2003 is a terrible movie, but it feels like more of a movie than this one does. And it does Banner's character much more justice.

DRedd

2024-11-04 00:21:11 +0000 UTC

I feel very called out watching this. For a specific reason.

Tico Machi

2024-11-04 00:09:15 +0000 UTC

Mark Ruffolo is a million times better as Bruce Banner, he really sells the socially awkward netvous nerd.

Jonathan Canfield

2024-11-03 22:36:43 +0000 UTC

45:00 that security guard is the actor Lou Ferrigno of the old tvseries of the 70s that acted the "Hulk part" of the hulk

Faroth

2024-11-03 22:00:23 +0000 UTC

Also they changed the character name for the 1970s show, instead of Bruce, he's called David Banner. At the end of the movie, you see Bruce wrote the name D. Banner on the envelope he left for Betty, that's a little reference to that.

hemahemahema

2024-11-03 20:58:16 +0000 UTC

Hulk 2003, now that's a movie that would have been memed to death if it came out 15 years later. Talbot's death scene was...something else.

hemahemahema

2024-11-03 20:55:52 +0000 UTC

The Tony Stark scene was the post-credit scene. They eventually moved it to before the credits, because they lacked confidence in the movie.

hemahemahema

2024-11-03 20:52:20 +0000 UTC

Speaking of the movie not doing reveals straight away, with the Hulk and Abomination, note that Iron Man did the same thing, with Tony's Mark 1 in the cave, and then later the Iron Monger suit, but with shorter time frames.

hemahemahema

2024-11-03 20:21:11 +0000 UTC

4/10 for "Hulk" 2003, id give that maybe 3/10

Yagi di Hoshi

2024-11-03 19:22:46 +0000 UTC

Really? I heard the opposite, that he was a big fan of Bruce Banner/Hulk and he was a pain in the ass because there were certain changes he felt were not accurate to the character and butted heads with the director on it.

Solaire22

2024-11-03 18:55:58 +0000 UTC

If you want an amazing Edward Norton film, I'd recommend checking out Moon. So good for how little budget it has.

KatoBen

2024-11-03 18:39:34 +0000 UTC

Edward Norton is actually a fantastic actor. But he might not have been the best choice for this role. He had some very specific ideas about how to play this role that clearly were not popular with either the fans or the directors. While I still think it's a great movie, it does feel like a little bit of a false start, especially as early as it was in the establishment of the MCU. Norton was replaced and there were never any additional Hulk movies. So while The Incredible Hulk is far from the worst Marvel film, it's rarely talked about.

Malkalypse

2024-11-03 18:10:45 +0000 UTC

Liv Tyler <3

Yagi di Hoshi

2024-11-03 17:36:33 +0000 UTC

Hour 2 of: waiting for Alicia to realise Betty = Arwen

hemahemahema

2024-11-03 17:34:00 +0000 UTC

"sponsored by norton" And also starring..Norton!

Yagi di Hoshi

2024-11-03 17:32:03 +0000 UTC

Fun fact: the tv show at 4:17 was called "The Courtship of Eddie's Father." The guy getting smacked was Bill Bixby who played Dr. Bruce Banner on the 1970s Tv show "The Incredible Hulk." He spoke the iconic line, "Mr McGee, don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry." Also, the beginning of the movie was a homage/style of the 1970s Tv show's opening with differnet scenes from the accident that created the Hulk.

BoomerBanzai

2024-11-03 17:31:40 +0000 UTC

Tiny bit of MCU energy: after the injection Blonsky was running way faster than the plan called for, because he's unused to his new speed. Captain America did the same thing when he first got his powers.

hemahemahema

2024-11-03 17:02:23 +0000 UTC

The Baddie is also Arwen (Aragorn's elf girl in LOTR)

Fenronin (Dorian Dubourg)

2024-11-03 15:46:54 +0000 UTC

Within the canon saga, yes I agree it's the worst one. Possibly even worse than The Incredible Hulk. I didn't know about the production trouble though.

DrOverbuild8363

2024-11-03 14:50:14 +0000 UTC

we love you besty queeeeen

Rj Casido

2024-11-03 14:28:02 +0000 UTC

The Incredible Hulk is my favourite character in fiction. The Jekyll & Hyde of the Atomic Age. As a huge Hulk fan who has read the majority of the comics, I'd say this movie is... just fine, I guess. It's a very safe Hulk story, very standard. It's in many ways the quintessential Hulk story, nowhere near the highest highs but far from the lowest lows. If 5/10 is perfectly average then I suppose I'd call this movie a 5 or a 6. As for Norton, I've never really thought about the acting the way you do. It might be my autism but I kind of have trouble reading facial expressions at all. That said, I think he might be playing this way on purpose because being emotionally stunted and distant is very much a part of Bruce Banner's character in the comics (in no small part due to horrible childhood trauma) and Norton seems to have a genuine knowledge and care for the source (though probably even more so for the 70s show which I unfortunately haven't seen yet). Does it make it better if it's on purpose? I don't know, maybe not but I can at the very least appreciate that Bruce Banner is very distinct from Tony Stark which is a good thing when you're planning to put the two together on a team in the future. As for how Ruffalo plays the character, I do have some thoughts on that but I'll save it for when we get there.

Bob

2024-11-03 13:15:10 +0000 UTC

There is an older part of a town I live near, and they will come and put dirt on the roads and film Western shows and movies there, it's pretty cool. It's a pretty common occurrence. It happens every few years and the clean up is very nicely done.

SNESgirl

2024-11-03 13:13:44 +0000 UTC

Samuel Sterns is the name

Bob

2024-11-03 13:03:27 +0000 UTC

The a specific deleted scene meant for the end of this movie that is referenced in an unnamed future movie that would be neat for you to see. I'd link it but don't wanna get in trouble with any mods or anything but I'm sure most would know which I mean from what I've said

Casey Dethrow-Penley

2024-11-03 12:15:28 +0000 UTC

Edward Norton is a spectacular actor (Fight Club, American History X, Birdman, Glass Onion) it's just that he clearly did not give a shit about the role which is understandable, he's famously kind of a cunt to work with

Aidan Walker

2024-11-03 11:44:38 +0000 UTC

i think the big issue with this movie is that universal holds the hulk rights, they did the hulk tv drama decades ago and they do monster movies so they assumed that they could just stich the two together. well the monster movie parts are great but the drama parts are pretty eh. but recasting Bruce as Ruffalo was a really good decision.

Jacob

2024-11-03 11:40:14 +0000 UTC

he also played BILLLYYYY

kinky28

2024-11-03 11:19:12 +0000 UTC

This is one of the weaker entries in the MCU to be fair...

Gildarts1#fan

2024-11-03 11:18:48 +0000 UTC

Fun fact: the security guard at 45:26 he used to play the first live action Incredible Hulk back in the 1970s really nice guy named Lou ferrigno

James Fernandez

2024-11-03 11:06:45 +0000 UTC

I just noticed the first serum given to Blonsky was developed by Dr. Reinstein. In the comics, Dr. Josef Reinstein was an alias of Abraham Erskine, whose serum created Captain America.

hemahemahema

2024-11-03 10:24:36 +0000 UTC

Haven't watch The Hulk for a dacade now, GOD this movie is slooowww!!!

Thaïsgrün

2024-11-03 09:50:45 +0000 UTC

And Disney really did him dirty in She-Hulk

Trevor Appel

2024-11-03 09:36:38 +0000 UTC

Trivia: Edward Norton rewrote some of the script. Samson was written as a stereotypical asshole boyfriend to Betty. But Norton rewrote the guy to be more noble. And that’s just the stuff that made it into the final cut. I actually like that change. However this was probably a major reason why he didn’t go back for the Avengers. You can’t always have actors wanting last minute changes to the script like that in massive productions, especially for characters he wasn’t even playing. Imagine if Norton tried to rewrite dialogue for Iron Man or Captain America.

hemahemahema

2024-11-03 09:29:36 +0000 UTC

You can also see on Bruce's TV in Brazil when he flips through the channels there's a snippet from "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" starring Bill Bixby who played David Banner on the 70's Hulk show but who tragically passed away at 59 years old.

Bob

2024-11-03 09:22:12 +0000 UTC

Norton is notorious for being difficult to work with. He was actively rewriting the script for the Incredible Hulk while filming it. I actually liked some of the changes he made, but you can see why that wouldn’t fly in a mega-franchise they were building that was the MCU. Imagine if he tried to rewrite the Avengers, without knowing the greater plan or connections to other movies.

hemahemahema

2024-11-03 09:19:54 +0000 UTC

Also Brian Banner was one of the worst fathers in all of fiction.

hemahemahema

2024-11-03 09:17:31 +0000 UTC

And maybe Birdman once she gets to Phase 3 of the MCU, for the delicious meta-ness.

hemahemahema

2024-11-03 09:15:42 +0000 UTC

I will say one unusual thing about this movie is, it’s the MCU movie that’s least affected by Iron Man. The MCU was mostly built on the success of Iron Man and their signature style - quips, light-hearted tone etc - all came from that movie. But The Incredible Hulk was in production at the same time, and apart from the last scene, there wasn’t a lot of influence. So the movie is notably grittier, more subdued, with long stretches of time of just Bruce’s depressing existence. Actions and humor feels very sparse.

hemahemahema

2024-11-03 09:14:28 +0000 UTC

For me it was avengers. Growing up I was not a fan of both iron man and captain. Batman was my jam. But after these movies I really got to hand it to captain America. Then finding what a horrible person Iron man is in the comics (yes I know, not a fair comparison to the movies) it kind of soured him for me.

YukoValis

2024-11-03 09:14:04 +0000 UTC

Have you seen Fight Club or American History X? Norton is far from a bad physical actor, and considering he wanted to flesh out the hulk and banner more as opposed to what this is, i dont blame him for falling out with the writers.

Santi

2024-11-03 09:12:26 +0000 UTC

I think The Dark World was considered the worst one in the saga, the production for that movie was very troubled, a lot of actors didn’t have a great time making it. Anthony Hopkins just gave up and phoned it in.

hemahemahema

2024-11-03 09:09:22 +0000 UTC

But I reckon it willl be The Winter Soldier when Steve has a chance to overtake Tony for her, I guess. That was the case for most people.

hemahemahema

2024-11-03 09:07:46 +0000 UTC

And in the show he’s called David Banner. Well, not him him, but the scientist guy that turns into him.

hemahemahema

2024-11-03 09:06:18 +0000 UTC

1:10:27 do you fold your socks? why do you fold your socks??

Aku

2024-11-03 09:05:07 +0000 UTC

Yeah, it’s a consequence of the movie being a planned sequel, and the script being written around that (the 2003 movie introduces the character and ends with him on the run and hiding in South America). I don’t know if Eric Bana turning it down was the reason for the change, or if the change was the reason to drop him, or if the two events happened independently.

hemahemahema

2024-11-03 09:04:57 +0000 UTC

Edward Norton is a great actor, most notably in Fight Club and American History X. I 100% chalk it up to the creative differences. He wanted Hulk and Banner to be explored more but his dialogue in the film is practically non-existent, I wouldnt be motivated to try my best either if this happened to me.

Santi

2024-11-03 09:04:20 +0000 UTC

It was, but they re-tooled it to be stand-alone, then re-tooled it again to be an MCU movie. The production was a bit of a bumpy process

hemahemahema

2024-11-03 09:01:58 +0000 UTC

I think Bruce tries to supress his anger, but also supresses all other feelings as well. Maybe thats the directopn they wanted him to go for acting?

Kevin

2024-11-03 09:01:07 +0000 UTC

And that’s a reason Bruce really is the odd one out of all the “Gamma” people. Over time you realised everyone else remain in control - Abomination, She-Hulk, Sasquatch, A-bomb, Red Hulk, Red She-Hulk etc etc none of them develop separate identities, even if they experience some personality shift when transforming They are going in this direction in the MCU, it seems, the evidence are piling up

hemahemahema

2024-11-03 09:00:35 +0000 UTC

1:43:00 they really got two cops to hop in a humvee and have one of them drive like huhhhh and there was no questioning from the cops 🤣🤣 too goofy

Jimmy Recinos

2024-11-03 08:28:16 +0000 UTC

the cop that took the pizza is the original live action hulk from 1977

vork88

2024-11-03 07:32:30 +0000 UTC

the hulk voice is the same actor from the 1977 live action tv show who played the hulk

vork88

2024-11-03 07:24:13 +0000 UTC

The most interesting aspect of Bruce Banner is something none of the films every really touch on. Marvel never goes into his psyche at all, really. The very most interesting thing about Banner is that, for all of the personalities inside of him, The Hulk protects the world from the most dangerous one. Bruce Banner.

DRedd

2024-11-03 06:40:11 +0000 UTC

31:50 Bruce Banner canonically has dissociative personality disorder due to his father's abuse from a young age and watching him (dad) murder his (Bruce) mother in front of him. When he "Hulks out" it's his other personality taking over

Trevor Appel

2024-11-03 06:34:39 +0000 UTC

Yeah I'm not gonna lie, I haven't watched this movie since I was 7, I didn't know he was that dull of an actor in this

MKE2ND

2024-11-03 06:22:42 +0000 UTC

When she paused around 1:37 I swear if she said "IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME, NOT HIM!"

killerofcheese

2024-11-03 06:07:51 +0000 UTC

This one is pretty forgettable ngl. Some people on Twitter have attempted a revisionist history of this one, but in my opinion Mark Ruffalo does a much better job of embodying the character

nervouspirate

2024-11-03 05:40:37 +0000 UTC

I can't for the life of me find it. Where is it?

nicholas

2024-11-03 05:39:12 +0000 UTC

It's not really part of the cinematic universe but you would like the planet hulk movie

Mario Alexander

2024-11-03 05:37:09 +0000 UTC

Well this movie certainly made me appreciate Mark. Your commentary was enjoyable though.

Chanfyr

2024-11-03 04:44:27 +0000 UTC

The thing about this movie is he was the best live action representation of the hulk thats why people love it so much Also the “ guard that got the pizza “ is the original hulk actor

Andhy thomas

2024-11-03 04:39:51 +0000 UTC

I feel like this movie is a sequel to the 2003 film "Hulk" which was made before the MCU was a thing

Kap

2024-11-03 04:37:49 +0000 UTC

The biggest suspension of disbelief of this film to me personally is a highly classified US super solider program being told to a random British special forces guy to begin with. This kind of thing would 100% be kept to US personnel only.

Santi

2024-11-03 04:18:54 +0000 UTC

TIH is definitely one of the lower tier movies in the MCU. I personally think it's due to them not really introducing the character, and hoping you just kinda get the gist of it from the initial credits crawl. To be fair on that point, outside of Batman, Superman and Spider-Man, Hulk IS one of the more mainstream and successful characters, but still. The reason Bruce is mostly... impartial...? in his facial reactions here, is supposed to be because he's ALWAYS trying to suppress his emotions. There is, unfortunately, not much to follow up with in this movie.

Kamvex

2024-11-03 04:09:37 +0000 UTC

According to what I read, most of the movie, including the factory part, was shot in Toronto and Hamilton, the Wikipedia said they did film two weeks in Brazil, but didn't say which parts were used in the movie. Apparently there was a whole thing where the NDP mayor was a huge Hulk fan, and after filming the explosions on Yonge Street, it only took 20 minutes to clean it up. They also did a thing where, the Hulk being green and Edward Norton advocating for environmentalism, the production joined a Toronto program to cut carbon emissions in various ways

Verdigree

2024-11-03 03:41:01 +0000 UTC

just one of the most criticly aclamed actors of all time no big lol

Lance Ivy

2024-11-03 03:35:35 +0000 UTC

Also Billy in Adventure Time

Sam Brown

2024-11-03 03:26:52 +0000 UTC

my favorite thing as a cis dude is hearing trans men talk about when they started T cause they are always so shocked and i am over here like yeah testorones a bitch aint it lol

Lance Ivy

2024-11-03 03:25:44 +0000 UTC

LOL feels good to know a lot more than sneako in general

aliciaxlife

2024-11-03 03:21:30 +0000 UTC

Feels like an excuse to me tbh because he is very expressive in one scene in the motel room. So there are moments when he is (I mean this prior to the spicy stuff) when he was just leaning against the door frame

aliciaxlife

2024-11-03 03:20:45 +0000 UTC

Yeah but physical acting is a huge thing like his shoulders his face. Like anything. We’ve seen plenty of actors do that

aliciaxlife

2024-11-03 03:19:11 +0000 UTC

You should definitely check out the andrew garfield spider-man movies at some point as well. They’re great!

Kyron Leggett

2024-11-03 03:15:32 +0000 UTC

I don’t know if anyone mentioned this but the security guard is the OG Hulk Lou Ferrigno. He played the Hulk in tv show of the late 70’s and also the voice of every hulk so far.

Ryan Searle

2024-11-03 03:03:21 +0000 UTC

I'd put 5 bucks on her liking Steve since he's such a good boy

Ranginald Vagel

2024-11-03 02:51:23 +0000 UTC

Sending my energy

Ranginald Vagel

2024-11-03 02:51:04 +0000 UTC

he wasn't moving his arms in the helicopter because he still had handcuffs on

Fox-Man the Wise

2024-11-03 02:39:41 +0000 UTC

The Iron man movies are going to be the star of the show for a bit. All the others are good movies, and more importantly good introductions. I don't see you liking anyone more than Iron man for now. I could be wrong though.

YukoValis

2024-11-03 02:30:43 +0000 UTC

hope you get well soon, sucks you had to watch a less enjoyable movie while not feeling well

KuroOberon

2024-11-03 02:29:25 +0000 UTC

As I've heard that this film is the worst one prior Endgame, this is the first time I've seen it and frankly its better than I thought it would be. Not by much, and maybe your reactions to it made it that much better, but I'm still pleasantly surprised. That said, from my understanding this film isn't canon to the MCU....or at least its not quite canon as certain events, characters, and actors don't mix in or affect future films.

DrOverbuild8363

2024-11-03 02:20:12 +0000 UTC

Don't worry, this is the only low point for a while.

Bologna Amputation

2024-11-03 02:18:32 +0000 UTC

its bobby bobby banner . not to be confused with marvels first gay man bruce drake

Lance Ivy

2024-11-03 02:17:17 +0000 UTC

Not sure if Norton is bad at acting here, or if it was just the way he was written. He's supposed to be suppressing his emotions so would be rather unemotive, but don't know if that was a deliberate choice or just coincidental excuse.

Derekloffin

2024-11-03 02:10:29 +0000 UTC

i love how ...banner knows portagese english and spanish but buecause he is a native english speaker he cant switch between portagese and spanish he has to go back to english first

Lance Ivy

2024-11-03 02:09:12 +0000 UTC

that is the guy from modern family

Fox-Man the Wise

2024-11-03 02:08:33 +0000 UTC

hey you got it right how does it feel to know more about firearms than sneeko

Lance Ivy

2024-11-03 02:03:43 +0000 UTC

If you want to see a really good mostly none verbale show about big primal like man's, then I gotta recommend genndy tartakovsky's primal

Jackvoid

2024-11-03 02:01:53 +0000 UTC

Love this movie for its representation of the hulk, and the hulk's change through it. I even like how sullen and anxious Bruce acts in the beginning- this character CAN'T be the charismatic Tony Stark. However, I can understand why that may not satisfy everybody, especially right after Iron Man 1. (edit) ok i see now that this film isn't fair to viewers who don't already know much about the Hulk and the lack of lines and good physical acting is a problem

Fox-Man the Wise

2024-11-03 02:01:33 +0000 UTC

I kinda get what they were going for, the original idea of the Hulk was inspired by Frankenstein's Monster and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Bruce Banner is supposed to be soft spoken and not really aggressive but does have some aggressive tendencies deep down when his loved ones are hurt and this is juxtaposed with the Hulk being this angry force of nature, but also still has Bruce's intelligence, like what we saw when he was caught by the sonic cannons or in his fight with Abomination. We do see more of what his backstory was like in Ang Lee's Hulk which came out in 2003. This movie was kinda like a spiritual sequel to that which is kinda why we had that montage in the beginning and it being a dream, because it was only 5 years before this movie, so still relatively known at the time it was released.

Brandon Dodge

2024-11-03 01:58:57 +0000 UTC

live action omniman ......you mean jk simmons its just jk simmons

Lance Ivy

2024-11-03 01:57:43 +0000 UTC

it might have been just me but in some of the scenes with Hulk he looks kind of grey which is cool because that was the color he was when he debuted in the comics way back when, also excited for Iron Man 2

Ronix

2024-11-03 01:51:40 +0000 UTC

i would watch this movie on repete for a month before i watched black widow again....and before i get lumped in with a bad crowed its all the goddamn wrighters fault cause her sister is the same char and same actress in hawkeye and she is so awsome in that show she shines

Lance Ivy

2024-11-03 01:50:19 +0000 UTC

19:20 same thing happends in poor parts of the U.S like yeah its a single wide but its my single wide take your shoes off please

Lance Ivy

2024-11-03 01:47:37 +0000 UTC

you have to just watch clips of lue farignos hulk lol

Lance Ivy

2024-11-03 01:35:33 +0000 UTC

i am in the camp of if we would have let edward norton have creative conttrol we could have maybe ended up with world war hulk and not .......well youll see in a few movies

Lance Ivy

2024-11-03 01:31:35 +0000 UTC

so edward nortan saw the hulk as a tragic charactor and wanted the movie to show that . marval wanted a goffy big green guy to smash and sell styrophome fist . and edward isnt going to do that

Lance Ivy

2024-11-03 01:30:29 +0000 UTC

Congrats! You got through the weakest movie in the entire MCU! While I do enjoy this one, you hit the nail on the head with the poor pacing, poor casting/poor direction given to the actors, etc in this movie. Even the weaker movies that come out later, once the MCU is officially established and they know their own identity by then, are not as... underwhelming as The Incredible Hulk. This film performed so bad they would not and have not allowed the Hulk to be in his own independent film ever again. Though good news, Mark Ruffalo is MUCH better in the role going forward! Next up is one of my early faves, Ironman 2. A lot of the "well actually" fans in the community also say it's bad or weak, but it's not. It's a little campy and the stakes could be argued aren't all that high, but the villains are fun, RDJ kills the role once more, and we get introduced to other fan favorites in the MCU. It's a good movie, obviously not as good as Ironman 1 or 3 imo, but it's fun and I think you'll enjoy it.

LordTouchMe

2024-11-03 01:29:28 +0000 UTC

Funny you thought Mr. Blue was Betty Ross, because in the comics, for a fair amount of time, that was an alias she used to keep in contact with Bruce. Incidentally that Security Guard was Lou Ferrigno, the original TV Series Hulk actor.

Adam

2024-11-03 01:25:57 +0000 UTC

Personally love the fact that this movie shows and doesn't tell for most of its runtime, if you pay close enough attention you get enough of Bruce's character through his actions to make up for the lack of early lines. Especially since, much like a lot of early MCU, it's way different from a lot of what we get later on post-phase 3. That being said, Mark Ruffalo probably should've been Banner from the beginning. This movie was, at the time, by far the strongest live action depiction of the Hulk. The Hulk is destructive and actively ruins Banner's life as well as those around him, and keeps him living in a constant state of fear and caution. But it did also assume that everyone already knew about the Hulk, as you mentioned. Because, much like the newer MCU Spider-Man movies, the audience was expected to have already seen at least one of the 10s of Spider-Man movies or shows that they already made. Same idea here, the Hulk was a very popular character in Marvel animated media and had multiple movies, so by this point they just skipped past the simple stuff like his name and most of his backstory, expecting everyone to already know it. For better and worse. Related Fun Fact: Lou Ferrigno, the security guard that took the pizza that you commented on having massive muscles, was somebody who previously played the Hulk. If I recall there was no CGI on him, he was actually just a big enough guy that he himself played the Hulk. if it's any consolation to how you felt about the movie overall, each phase has a widely accepted weakest entry by a not-even-close margin, and this movie is the weak one for phase 1

Ellerian

2024-11-03 01:25:06 +0000 UTC

TIH is... weak. For the time it was definitely a step up from most the superhero slop we were getting, but it was still weak. That said, I still enjoyed it, and like aspects of it, but it was definitely a lower point of the early stuff which overall we must admit wasn't exactly setting any high bars yet. Good popcorn flicks the early ones, but not exactly ones you go 'yeah, that was peak MCU'.

Derekloffin

2024-11-03 01:20:15 +0000 UTC

Thar security guard that Bruce gives the pizza to is Lou Ferrigno he is the body builder/actor that plays the Hulk in the 1970's Incredible Hulk TV show.

Matthew Williams

2024-11-03 01:17:53 +0000 UTC

The security guard with the Veiny arms is Lou Ferrigno. He was the original actor for the Hulk in the old tv show

FlaschenJoe11

2024-11-03 01:14:27 +0000 UTC

This movie and iron man 2 are kinda weak. thor and captain america are good though

Badgersan

2024-11-03 01:06:42 +0000 UTC

Man...there was a time where this was alot of peoples least favourite MCU movie.

Rowdeemunkee

2024-11-03 00:58:19 +0000 UTC

1 hour 50 mins 49s in: the car boxing gloves is a classic move used by hulk, it was also introduced in the GameCube game The incredible Hulk which adds damage to all of hulk's attacks.

Joseph Zen-aku Kaga

2024-11-03 00:48:57 +0000 UTC

Stan Lee Hulked out, if you play the original Lego Marvel Super Heroes game that came out in 2013 when you unlock Stan Lee in the game he has among other abilities the ability to Hulk out.

Matthew Williams

2024-11-03 00:43:44 +0000 UTC

I totally agree with the subject of skill levels when learning. You only learn when you spar (either in video games, fighting or even chess) when you compete against someone of a similar skill level. You stomp them; you don't need to try; they stomp you, and you have no idea what to do. There needs to be a back-and-forth so both people can improve.

Twiska Brand

2024-11-03 00:39:50 +0000 UTC

I remember as a kid having the DVD of this and just watching the Hulk scenes. Have no idea how good or bad this movie actually is, but I know I repeated "Hulk SMASH" for like a solid week.

Void

2024-11-03 00:39:35 +0000 UTC

1 hour 42 mins 54s in: I believe now it is safe to call this Abomination, pre- Abomination, before the original Abomination, like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly.

Joseph Zen-aku Kaga

2024-11-03 00:38:54 +0000 UTC

I disagree because ang lee's hulk never lost the fundamentals of the hulk Never leave out the mental struggle

Keenan Jones

2024-11-03 00:36:17 +0000 UTC

1 hour 40 mind 55s in: we name drop Blanskys Villen name, The Abomination

Joseph Zen-aku Kaga

2024-11-03 00:34:57 +0000 UTC

I feel your pain, Alicia. Edward Norton was the worst mix of ego and no talent. I hear he was an absolute terror on set for everybody in production, constantly rewriting the script, arguing with directors, with Marvel bigwigs, with other actors - it was a very troubled development, neither Norton or Marvel wanted him to come back, albeit for different reasons. He's such a bad physical actor...

AbsurdToastling

2024-11-03 00:29:09 +0000 UTC

Alicia: "William Hurt would make a good Omni-Man" Well, there's no easy way to say this...but, ah, that can't happen.

hemahemahema

2024-11-03 00:28:47 +0000 UTC

Yea Hulk is one of the weaker entries, at least of the early marvel movies. There's just not much to engage you with the characters, apart from, ironically, the actual villain. The way it is, Bruce is literally just a vehicle for the Hulk. Instead of the Hulk they could be passing around a suitcase with a serum between multiple people with the villain chasing it, and it wouldn't change much. Apart from the kaiju battles of course <_<

Shatol Darmelo

2024-11-03 00:27:19 +0000 UTC

1 hour 32mins 4s in: Stren or was it Sten? IDK, but he is also known as "The Leader" a master mind or mega mind of a Gamma Monster Revolution against Humanity

Joseph Zen-aku Kaga

2024-11-03 00:24:34 +0000 UTC

1 hour 25min 42s in: at this point and time Bruce Banner is trying to keep his emotions in check otherwise he might actudently release the Hulk.

Joseph Zen-aku Kaga

2024-11-03 00:15:42 +0000 UTC

From what I remember, Norton wanted to pay homage to the 1978 Hulk TV show and Bill Bixby's portrayal of Bruce. (which is why there are a handful of references to it, starting with the title). Bruce is a man who doesn't emote much because he is actively suppressing himself out of fear he might turn, and Norton's portrayal of the character is meant to show he has more emotion when he "hulks out". Marvel, I believe, wanted to have him be more snarky while he wanted to keep it more in line with the original character of the anti-social loner, which is why he left

RedSkeith

2024-11-03 00:13:25 +0000 UTC

Also take the subway or train never cabs

Joseph Zen-aku Kaga

2024-11-03 00:13:03 +0000 UTC

The only movie from MCU phase 1 that I would rate lower than a 7. Specifically, it gets a 3.

Sam Swift

2024-11-03 00:13:01 +0000 UTC

1 hour 24min 43s in: QUOTE "all the noise in NY city is 90 decimals, the equivalent to a constant 😱 scream." Explain why most New Yorkers go deaf.

Joseph Zen-aku Kaga

2024-11-03 00:12:09 +0000 UTC

We'll just agree to agree. You basically said the same thing that I did, but in a different way. But I will say this, as the leader said, he will have two different types in him that would make him an abomination. I don't think he has banners anger strength because of that. He's just really strong

UndeadNovaKing 0

2024-11-03 00:09:26 +0000 UTC

This was definitely 2008. 2000s comic movies were horrified of camp for some reason. Might have been Batman’s success’ fault. Avengers fixed it imo

Ranginald Vagel

2024-11-03 00:03:49 +0000 UTC

1 hour 13mins 52s in: classic purple shorts 👌💚💜

Joseph Zen-aku Kaga

2024-11-02 23:58:45 +0000 UTC

i understand your points. first true she's going to be more critical about movies that is fine i actually like that as when she give insight about movies. but i felt she was overly critical with banner acting i know it was bad but it wasn't so bad that it needed to be brought up every minute but that's just my complaint if she doesn't like it then i agree for her to bring it up whenever it bugs her as it is her reaction. Second i understand they she's good with fast paced stuff but through out the movie multiple times she did not get some points that was shown cause she was talking over it. which is understandable i am here to see her react but for large tangents i would prefer if she paused. Third i understand she is ill and hope she gets better soon but i think it would be better for her to wait until she is well to react but can understand if she needs to as it is her income. Fourth for me i like the film but also understand the point its not engaging for everyone which is why i said id prefer reactions that wasn't reacted to just for reaction sake. gain sorry for long post saw the comments and want to explain my semi complaint again sorry if it is annoying anyone wish everyone the best.

littlepenguin

2024-11-02 23:58:43 +0000 UTC

No, that would be the 2003 Hulk Movie.

Adam

2024-11-02 23:56:32 +0000 UTC

1hour 12mins 24s in: in the 2000s movie Hulk, hulk fight Gamma mutants N@€3d

Joseph Zen-aku Kaga

2024-11-02 23:55:28 +0000 UTC

Welcome to the LVCU (Liv Tyler cinematic universe), entries include Incredible Hulk and LOTR

hemahemahema

2024-11-02 23:54:55 +0000 UTC

These are not websites blame patreon

Joseph Zen-aku Kaga

2024-11-02 23:51:13 +0000 UTC

1 hour 10mins 20s in: Betty is ft5.somthing and the Hulk is ft10.somthing tall

Joseph Zen-aku Kaga

2024-11-02 23:50:30 +0000 UTC

1 hour 8mins 57s in: interestingly this seen is from the first Hulk comics.

Joseph Zen-aku Kaga

2024-11-02 23:47:39 +0000 UTC

Pretty sure it was just hinting on how he got his iconic purple pants, it wasn’t saying he’s too good for it or anything lol, he literally wears it in other films by Hollywood. It was his ACTOR that didn’t want to wear it?? What are you smoking bro

Emperor Moist

2024-11-02 23:46:01 +0000 UTC

The purple pants scene. man. its like these movies are embarrassed to be superhero movies. Comic book Hulk has giant stretchy purple pants, Hollywood stop pretending you're too good to copy the comic that make people want to see these movies in the first place.

Cole Savoie

2024-11-02 23:44:17 +0000 UTC

She has already watched it, although. I’m not sure if she’s caught up. She does have Season 1 on YouTube

Emperor Moist

2024-11-02 23:43:37 +0000 UTC

Shes also not feeling to good right now and cant be as attentive as she usually is. But she points out why she doesnt like it to. to sum it up for alot of people its not that engaging as a film its hard to stay focused on it atleast it was for me my first time watching.

WindWarriorPlays

2024-11-02 23:43:25 +0000 UTC

She will be more critical about things more than most average people because she went to film school for a while and knows all about that stuff Also she used to be a professional commentator for fast pace gaming tournaments so she’s very good at talking about various things while seeing and understanding what’s going on

Emperor Moist

2024-11-02 23:42:28 +0000 UTC

When it comes to "base" power, abomination was stronger. However, what abomination lacked was hulk's ability to get stronger the angrier he gets, which is what allowed hulk to overpower abomination in the end

xman t

2024-11-02 23:42:28 +0000 UTC

Sometimes, you try to run it back, and you are skipping forward a bit. I suggest just using the arrows to go back ten seconds.

Twiska Brand

2024-11-02 23:40:04 +0000 UTC

Your points about both this movie and Bruce banner in general are valid. This is far from Marvel's best movie. But I enjoy it a lot personally. And I will say, it kind of makes sense Bruce doesn't show much emotion. He's trained himself to repress them ever since the experiment. We even saw that the slightest bit of arousal could make him turn. Personally, I prefer this hulk to the current mcu hulk Also, interesting fact. They were originally going to open the movie with Bruce shooting himself in the mouth to end it all, only to turn into the hulk halfway and have the hulk angrily spit the bullet out. It was a deleted scene, but you can find it on YouTube

xman t

2024-11-02 23:38:06 +0000 UTC

Yeeeaaaaaah, valid points all around. This isn't really one of the highlights of the MCU. The Hulk effects and fights were cool, but.. a lot of other stuff that just didn't work well or didn't pan out. Not the worst of the lot.. but close. Still, got some utter bangers coming up! Thanks for all these reactions!

Seraphem

2024-11-02 23:35:55 +0000 UTC

I'm sorry if i sound rude but i can understand why people don't like this movie. but it seemed like you didn't want to watch it at all as it seemed like you were just ignoring the movie most of the time and for those who say she's reacting, reactors will pause the video so they don't miss things like she does in other vids. i understand that the movie is not the best but my opinion it is the best live hulk movie cause we only have like 3 movie or something. I'm not sure if I'm right in my assumption of you not liking the movie and I'm not trying to be mean to you but if a show or movie doesn't interest you please just don't watch it as it does not feel genuine as it feels like your being forced to watch it. sorry for the long post

littlepenguin

2024-11-02 23:34:04 +0000 UTC

Thinking on Alicia's comments with regard to the acting performance by Edward Norton -- in many ways, these observations being accurate could be what made him the ideal casting choice for Fight Club. (Yes, I know Fight Club predates Hulk.)

E. H.

2024-11-02 23:30:21 +0000 UTC

at 45.25 you see the OG of OGS HULK 80s version

David Holland

2024-11-02 23:28:48 +0000 UTC

If you want to see a good Edward Norton film I highly recommend "Fight Club."

TurtleKungFu

2024-11-02 23:28:02 +0000 UTC

Canonically Alicia know where the strip clubs be at

WindWarriorPlays

2024-11-02 23:27:51 +0000 UTC

The Hulk movies were unfortunately rather messy, with The Hulk movie in mid 2000s which was poorly received, and this movie with a different actor, and then another new actor in future MCU movies. Whew, gets a bit much.

SouthHill

2024-11-02 23:27:44 +0000 UTC

Hey Alicia, just wondering if you were gonna do reactions on demon slayer. I think you would really like it if you haven't watched it already.

nicholas

2024-11-02 23:18:41 +0000 UTC

At the time I would have said 6 maybe 7, since this was retconning the previous installment and that was a solid 1. Now with time its around a 4.

Durasin

2024-11-02 23:16:36 +0000 UTC

Do NOT watch Sesame Street. It IS amazing, but also 4 times as long as One Piece.

N00B

2024-11-02 23:15:25 +0000 UTC

Regarding credit scenes. Anything before the credits don't count as credit scenes. Credit scenes usually happen before the scrolling section of the credits and after. Some movies have one or the other, some movies have both, I think there's even one or two that have 3 scenes, lol. It's not consistent.

Johnathon

2024-11-02 23:09:21 +0000 UTC

the security guard that got the free pizza was the actor who played the hulk in the 70's version of the show

Malik myers

2024-11-02 23:03:25 +0000 UTC

22min 31 seconds in: in the comics Hulk is seen with a harem of wemon... lucky b@$+3r3d

Joseph Zen-aku Kaga

2024-11-02 22:58:57 +0000 UTC

The abomination is one of my favorite hulk villains. I love the fight that they have, mainly because people forget that the abomination was a soldier while hulk is a scientist. The abomination has more fighting experience, but hulk is stronger. 1:54:28 I couldn't agree more. In my head I just said "fuuuuuck, you're still alive. Fuck it, I guess I have to fuck you up more" also in my head "go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep... Etc, etc, etc...." 1:55:39 that's HULK'S signature move. I was so happy to see this when I was young. 😭🥰🤗🤓 1:56:12 Alicia you are not Terminator 😂🤣

UndeadNovaKing 0

2024-11-02 22:55:15 +0000 UTC

Hope you feel better, Alicia. Nursing a nasty ear infection myself, so it's nice to have something to watch while I lay here and wait for the painkillers to kick in.

Linnaeus

2024-11-02 22:52:04 +0000 UTC

So, I'm in the camp that actually likes this movie, but it definitely has flaws, and one is that they decided to try to basically frame it as a sequel/conclusion to the late 70s Hulk TV Series. Not a horrible idea in and of itself except almost no one in a modern 2000s audience knows anything about that series! It focuses on the years Banner spends on the run from the US Military as a homeless drifter living off the grid, always ending up hulking out and drawing the eyes of his hunters, each episode ending with him walking the earth again to the tunes of that melancholy piano piece that was used in the scenes where he's in Mexico. The movie just assumes you're completely up to speed and that that quick opening credits montage was sufficient, which it really wasn't for a general audience. But I love the score, most of the performances (Ed Norton's is uninspired, though he's a great actor), and most of the ideas up until the final CGI showdown which is a bit weak (it's funny that one of the best fight scenes is the very short sequence with Blonsky hopped up on super soldier serum. I thought that was great and commented to my friends at the time that this boded really well for a future Captain America movie). All in all, though, I feel this one's under-rated and it's a shame that Mark Ruffalo never got a chance to really dive into the more dramatic and emotional aspects of the Hulk lore and backstory with a solo movie, with all of the interesting emotional baggage and jekyll/hyde and family trauma stuff jettisoned for the Avengers films.

Linnaeus

2024-11-02 22:51:24 +0000 UTC

That is 100% Phil Dunphy at 48 minutes. Immersion broken, that man is not a doctor.

TurtleKungFu

2024-11-02 22:46:24 +0000 UTC

best live hulk movie

littlepenguin

2024-11-02 22:45:35 +0000 UTC

10 years ago I was 16 🥹 we old too Alicia 🤣🤣 fuuuukk

Jimmy Recinos

2024-11-02 22:43:21 +0000 UTC

I had to send poop one time for testing. I just told them it was bio material or something.

vincent shiflett

2024-11-02 22:40:06 +0000 UTC

Was that Galadriel from LoTR in the beginning?

Nicholas Johnson

2024-11-02 22:34:26 +0000 UTC

Lou Ferrigno, the OG Hulk!

Seraphem

2024-11-02 22:30:25 +0000 UTC

There's no chance of the actor who played General Ross playing a live action Omni Man, because he died in 2022.

Sam Swift

2024-11-02 22:27:23 +0000 UTC

13 min 41 seconds in: you can tell the postal service that you are sending blood for testing, hospitals do it all the time when there are no other means available.

Joseph Zen-aku Kaga

2024-11-02 22:26:57 +0000 UTC

Personally speaking, I feel Edward Norton is a good actor, but I do believe he was miscast as Bruce Banner in this movie. if you want to see a movie he's good in, I'd recommend American History X and Fight Club and, in a lesser role, Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut)

The_ToG

2024-11-02 22:22:00 +0000 UTC

9min 6sec in: yes there are cartoons of the hulk (1900s the incredible hulk) and (the agents of SMASH) plus a few avengers shows and cameos in other marvel shows... it is bad for one to get even a drop of Banners blood because they can become a Hulk or Gamma monster

Joseph Zen-aku Kaga

2024-11-02 22:20:57 +0000 UTC

Hulk 2008 was originally meant to be a sequel to Hulk 2003. Hulk 2003 ended with Bruce in Portugal which is why the 2008 version started in Portugal. The idea was scrapped and 2008 Hulk became a reboot instead.

J-Rod

2024-11-02 22:20:41 +0000 UTC

The MCU hulk is the worst version of the character everyone better depiction of the character wants to animated movies or go on YouTube comic recap about planet hulk and world war hulk . I recommend the hulk vs. movies best

Keenan Jones

2024-11-02 22:12:46 +0000 UTC

not just you this film would be a 4 for at best. Though I did enjoy your reaction to it which is the only reason I was willing to re-watch it. Looking forward to the up coming reactions.

Matthew Martin

2024-11-02 22:12:27 +0000 UTC

2 min 12 seconds in Alicia said she would have gilt of turning and hurting people... it's a good thing female hulks don't have "the other guy", or in this case girl, in them

Joseph Zen-aku Kaga

2024-11-02 22:09:28 +0000 UTC

There's a lot going on in this movie that is at times working cross-purposes, some of it potentially unintentional. Bruce's lack of clear personality is, I suspect, an unexpected side-effect of the early parts of the film being focused on getting the audience on the page of "Bruce is on the run and actively being chased by the US military". Hence, he spends the early scenes taking every effort to remain inconspicuous and not draw attention; and when he isn't doing that he's desperately trying to keep his heartrate down. EDIT: To be clear, they had plenty of opportunities to counteract that; but I think that the earlier parts kinda established a tone that has momentum for the rest of the film.

dz1jgmeyer

2024-11-02 22:04:05 +0000 UTC

I have not seen this movie again since I first watched it when it was released. I was a bit disappointed when I saw it as I was a big Hulk fan in my childhood and I just didn't see the parts I loved the most, the Dr Jekyll vs Mr Hyde stuff. I do seriously think they just skipped out a lot about the origin and explaining Bruce's motivations as there was a movie for that less than 10 years earlier, which is a bit of a detriment as this is the only movie most Marvel Cinematic Universe watchers will see. It's a bit of a shame for the main actor as I think Edward Norton is stellar in a lot of other roles, he even did a role before where he had to face a version of himself which seemed like it would greatly help for a role here. But overall, watching it again along with you did have me reevaluating it a bit more. I liked how much every other actor put into their performances, I like all the ways the hulk was slowly shown, almost like a horror movie. There is still a lot of good with this movie that I had not given a second chance to but glad to revisit now.

Daniel Huynh

2024-11-02 22:02:13 +0000 UTC

thx beb, now go nap

DudeTrue

2024-11-02 22:01:03 +0000 UTC

While you are correct he'd make a good Omniman, the actor is sadly no longer with us.

DJSkywalker

2024-11-02 21:48:09 +0000 UTC

At 45:30 with the Security guard. The guard actually plays Hulk in the old ass TV series.

Michael Blacklock

2024-11-02 21:46:21 +0000 UTC

Yeah I agree, really not a fan of the lead actors performance at times. But hey: that’s good news for Avengers! The lead here left marvel over creative differences, and the guy that fills his shoes does a far better job! (Mark Ruffalo)

PrivateXimmy

2024-11-02 21:44:06 +0000 UTC

I believe he also voice Billy in Adventure Time

ChaosSepher

2024-11-02 21:43:39 +0000 UTC

FUN FACT In the lego avengers game you can play as stan lee AND HULK OUT

WindWarriorPlays

2024-11-02 21:39:57 +0000 UTC

fun fact: the security guard that was bribed with a pizza is Lou Ferrigno. He played the Hulk in an old tv series. He also provides vocals for Hulk in this film.

GeeksFTW

2024-11-02 21:37:49 +0000 UTC

That security guard at 45 mins in is lou ferrigno he played as the Hulk in the 1970s.

The Nameless One

2024-11-02 21:34:17 +0000 UTC

but also to your point Alicia, yeah, his lack of personality is one of the reasons why he was not brought back in to play the Hulk and Bruce Banner, including all the other stuff about complications and creative differences. the main thing was though is that he's boring as hell. even Ang Lee's 2003 Bruce had more personality, and that film is worse than this one!

Gavin Bickel

2024-11-02 21:33:12 +0000 UTC

The Incredible Hulk. Man it’s fun revisiting these with you. Hulk is a…..very complicated character. Originally a dr. Jekyll Mr. Hyde analog, over the years Bruce Banner has become almost the poster child for Dissociative Disorder. It’s not touched on here because it’s part of his origin, but Bruce Banner was the top gamma scientist in the world who was part of a project to make a gamma bomb. Stuff happened and he was exposed to ungodly amounts of radiation which caused him to become the Incredible Hulk. This movie captures pretty much a classic hulk story. Banner is wanted by the government to preform experiments on to replicate the hulk, banner tries to hide himself away but his anger is triggered which causes himself to be exposed, army swoops in to kill him, rinse, repeat. Recently Hulk’s lore has been expanded in a very spiritual and interesting way with the Immortal Hulk comic book, which changes a lot but is actually pretty new reader friendly. If you ever want to learn more then I can’t recommend it enough. It’s like the Old Testament with hulk.

Jacob Goodheart

2024-11-02 21:31:31 +0000 UTC

My favorite YouTuber watching one of my favorite movies about my favorite Superhero. Awesome!

Justin Garlington

2024-11-02 21:25:01 +0000 UTC

Unfortunately, General Ross' actor passed away few years ago.

0megaJ0ker

2024-11-02 21:24:23 +0000 UTC

"Hulk" was a different movie X3 /s

Yagi di Hoshi

2024-11-02 21:21:47 +0000 UTC

Who’s that jumpin out the sky?!?

Fobbles

2024-11-02 21:20:07 +0000 UTC

WAIT ARE WE GOING TO GET THERE??? or are you giving me hopes for nothing 😭😭😭

Joyo Boy

2024-11-02 21:18:19 +0000 UTC

Fuck no. X Men Origin Wolverine is widely agreed to be one of the worst comic book movies ever made

ShinyC4terpie

2024-11-02 21:17:48 +0000 UTC

We get there when we get there! 💁‍♂️

PrivateXimmy

2024-11-02 21:15:08 +0000 UTC

This Hulk movie has always been a bit of the black sheep of marvel, but I've always had a soft spot for it.

Jacob

2024-11-02 21:13:31 +0000 UTC

lets fucking go baby

ghostforce567

2024-11-02 21:06:48 +0000 UTC

Still c'mon bro, agree that X men origin wolverine is super duper great !!! 😆😆😆😆😆

Joyo Boy

2024-11-02 21:01:00 +0000 UTC

yeah, this movie was pretty damn good when we saw it. the actor who played Bruce is pretty damn good too. but after some pretty big complications, he couldn't return and his actor was changed to Mark Ruffalo, pretty much why people don't consider this a part of the MCU movie lineup.

Gavin Bickel

2024-11-02 21:00:58 +0000 UTC

The X-Man franchise is a totally different beast dude. She's doing MCU now.

mon0_liz

2024-11-02 20:59:56 +0000 UTC

Ah yes the ONLY movie where the hulk is actually portrayed as what he was written to be

WillGlacier

2024-11-02 20:57:20 +0000 UTC

The Hulk is my favourite Marvel hero and this movie was the closest to getting him right but only the cartoons and animated movies have ever actually done him justice. Every video game and other live action movie treats him horribly and doesn't understand his character at all and the MCU and Avengers treat him terribly and make him look so much weaker than he actually is.

Gamer Kane

2024-11-02 20:55:59 +0000 UTC

You have to watch Wolverine X men Origin

Joyo Boy

2024-11-02 20:53:51 +0000 UTC

I've only seen this one and Thor once, don't remember liking them but going back with an open mind. For Hulk especially

Talon Karrde

2024-11-02 20:51:44 +0000 UTC

I needed something to watch, absolute clutch timing

Emperor Moist

2024-11-02 20:50:38 +0000 UTC

Underrated movie

Unsaidrumble

2024-11-02 20:50:25 +0000 UTC

The Incredible Hulk 2008

Comments

I hadn't actually seen this one before now. seeing Liv Tyler in this was a surprise, though a welcome one, even if I can't really think of her as anyone but Arwen.

Then why the fuck are you watching a reaction? Asking someone not to react or talk when thats the point of the content is crazy

It's funny to see that alicia had the same problems with nortan as most people. The thing is, suposedly he was arguing and fighting for a lot more humanizing and comedic scenes to be put in the movie some of witch were even filmed but all were ultimately cut...

Having worked in a sweaty ass factory with women. Some do in fact where a whole ass face of make up everyday.

Shame we didn't get more hulk films. I like Edward Norton but he straight up killed any chance of us getting another one. A lot of thinks about this movie are fine but the lead.

I never got around to seeing this until watching this video. I enjoyed the hulk parts but the rest was a bit underwhelming.

The actual Hulk bits are solid. It's just a shame it's surrounded by... the rest of the movie.

Edward Norton is usually good. this is definitely not his best performance. If you wanna really see him emote, check out Glass Onion

I just realized the guard who took the pizza is the original Hulk from the TV show! Jesus, I am blind as a bat

watching the hulk 2008 w/ Alicia is the best way to watch the hulk

It's me, I'm one of the Brandon's you confused with The Hulk. XD

The security guard played in Hulk in the 1977 TV show. His name is Lou Ferrigno.

The guy you said could play Omni-Man is William Hurt and he died in 2022. His role in the MCU will appear again in the upcoming Captain America: Brave New World movie and is played by Harrison Ford.

Nortons stoic withdrawn banner is much more inline with the character then ruffalos

In 2008 they definitely weren't especially among hulk fans this is still a big favorite, i was honestly really surprised to hear anyone didnt like this movie as i definitely never heard anyone speak ill of it at the time

She’s right in this case tho. And it’s not a new take on this film either. People have been saying this since the beginning

Don't just repeat Alicia's opinion and pretend it's yours.

Edward Norton is great at playing "dead inside" characters like his role in Fight Club

I don't remember the name of the Actor who played Bruce Banner though

At 45:00, the actor playing the security guard is Lou Ferrigno, he was the co-star of the Live Action Hulk show from the 1970's who played The Hulk.

The guy you said looks like a Live-Action Omni Man. His name is William Hurt, he passed away too recently. Though I learned from the Documentary Super/Man he was in stage productions and friends with OG Superman, Christopher Reeve

In comparison to what, post infinity war hulk? Hulk was wasted. And I'm talking about films in general. Till The Dark World, this was easily the weakest film

It's a good movie with a bad main actor, imo.

There is only 3 pre Endgame Thor movies and Thor 2 is the only bad one, it’s a matter of opinion on which one you like more, I’d say this is better than Thor 2 but I can see Alicia liking it more which is why I said probably the worst. But every other one is better than those two.

Who folds socks?

Still my favorite early marvel movie much better then the first two thor movies

Nah he was easily my favorite banner stoic smart decisive but alienated, ruffalo was trash

They do that for the movie game

How in the fuck isbthis worse then thor that movie was terrible

Where bro people still talk about this as peak hulk

Bro how the first thor movie might as well be norse ringo, its easily the worst phase 1 movie

Ruffalo was terrible btw

You people are ridiculous you really thing this is the worst with how bad most of the thor movies are

Possibly its definitively the worst, though honestly i also think 3 if the 4 thor movies were worse then this

No just no as a marvel fan my entire life ruffalo was a terrible terrible banner to.the point of being unrecognizable. Dumpster tier actor

Yall insane this is the best hulk we ever got and its much better then the thor movies ant man movies and alot of the mcu side shows. Its far from.the worst part of the mcu

Hell no ruffalo was dogshit, the man was angsty for ine movie then just a dumpster fire for the rest of the mcu

Are you insane this movie is better then 3 of the 4 thor movies period at the very least

Bad take

Norton was way better,ruffalo was trash period

istg its contradictory for me, i love mark ruffalo as bruce banner but i HATE that hulk design in the avengers, i hate Edward as bruce banner but that hulk design is just so amazing and perfect, i feel like the hulk design in the avengers is a HUGE downgrade compared to this design bro such a shame

2003 Hulk: 8 2008 Hulk: 2.67

he was great in American History X

Btw, this is the second Hulk movie, the first one was from 2003 and is probably why the characters seem to be missing aspects

I like mark Ruffalo but as a super hulk fan this movie really got it. When Bruce is in his fugitive mode he’s exactly what Ed Norton is in this movie. Plus his Hulk is a beast. I really wish he had stayed and they built more on this version.

So this actor was in Fight Club. The role seemed perfect for this type of acting there. Maybe that's really his only forte.

The security guard who lets him deliver the pizza is Lou Ferrigno, the legendary body builder who played the Hulk in the OG late 70s - early 80s tv show!

When Alicia said where tf this rain come from I died laughing i never noticed how one sec it was sunny the next it was raining

RDJ showing up at the end to improve the movie's charisma level by a few hundred percent.

Calling a 1.5 difference crazy is crazy.

Yeah I somehow never saw the end credits of this film until I watched her vid

That's not correct. This IS considered a canon MCU movie, despite the actor change between this and Avengers. The 2003 "Hulk", with *another* actor for Banner, is the one that is not technically considered MCU, despite the fact it vaguely lines up as this movie's prequel.

I think you mean it is in the MCU

You said "Clips, mags, I dont really know the difference." Clips are internal, think old rifles that would have a few bullets; bullets that would be held in line by a metal 'clip'. Mags are the removable cartridge's that usually hold more bullets and can be easily exchanged.

Ok 4 is crazy, this is like a 5.5/10 movie, slightly better than average but nothing to write home about and probably the worst pre-Endgame movie but I wouldn’t put it in the negatives.

As a Brazilian I gotta say never heard the English version of The Hulk, but the beginning where the people are supposed to speak Portuguese? Yeah they are all speaking Portuguese but the accent is so heavy it looks like the entire factory is taking classes from Duolingo hahahaha

as a Brandon thank you for mentioning us

I haven’t seen anybody else bring it up, but the actress who played Betty is Liv Tyler. She’s the daughter of Steven Tyler from Aerosmith. She also played Arwen in the Lord of the Rings.

That Security Guard that got the free pizza with the big ass muscles is Lou Ferrigno, the original Hulk from the 1978 Hulk TV series. That's why that gave this movie's actor a moment with him doing a strong handshake telling him "You're the man".

The reason he does not act with his face in this movie is all about controlling his emotions

This was not a great role for Edward Norton but Death to Smoochy is iconic!

this is just going off of my first & so far only time watching it back in 2003

Hulk 2003 is a terrible movie, but it feels like more of a movie than this one does. And it does Banner's character much more justice.

I feel very called out watching this. For a specific reason.

Mark Ruffolo is a million times better as Bruce Banner, he really sells the socially awkward netvous nerd.

45:00 that security guard is the actor Lou Ferrigno of the old tvseries of the 70s that acted the "Hulk part" of the hulk

Also they changed the character name for the 1970s show, instead of Bruce, he's called David Banner. At the end of the movie, you see Bruce wrote the name D. Banner on the envelope he left for Betty, that's a little reference to that.

Hulk 2003, now that's a movie that would have been memed to death if it came out 15 years later. Talbot's death scene was...something else.

The Tony Stark scene was the post-credit scene. They eventually moved it to before the credits, because they lacked confidence in the movie.

Speaking of the movie not doing reveals straight away, with the Hulk and Abomination, note that Iron Man did the same thing, with Tony's Mark 1 in the cave, and then later the Iron Monger suit, but with shorter time frames.

4/10 for "Hulk" 2003, id give that maybe 3/10

Really? I heard the opposite, that he was a big fan of Bruce Banner/Hulk and he was a pain in the ass because there were certain changes he felt were not accurate to the character and butted heads with the director on it.

If you want an amazing Edward Norton film, I'd recommend checking out Moon. So good for how little budget it has.

Liv Tyler <3

Hour 2 of: waiting for Alicia to realise Betty = Arwen

"sponsored by norton" And also starring..Norton!

Tiny bit of MCU energy: after the injection Blonsky was running way faster than the plan called for, because he's unused to his new speed. Captain America did the same thing when he first got his powers.

The Baddie is also Arwen (Aragorn's elf girl in LOTR)

That's not correct. This IS considered a canon MCU movie, despite the actor change between this and Avengers. The 2003 "Hulk", with another actor for Banner, is the one that is not technically considered MCU, despite the fact it vaguely lines up as this movie's prequel.