Hello again! It’s Molly!
In case you missed it, I am on a journey to FINALLY watch all of the Marvel Movies for the first time. (Yes, I know I am 12 years late to the party.)
I recently kicked off this adventure with Iron Man, and now I am tuning into the Incredible Hulk! All I know about the Hulk is that he has an anger management issue, and that I like the Hulk Coaster at Universal Orlando.
Let’s do this!
66 Thoughts I Had Watching The Incredible Hulk for the First Time:
1. It is very confusing to see the Universal Studios logo before the Marvel one. I forgot this was pre-Disney acquisition.
2. Wait…isn’t Mark Ruffalo the Hulk? What is Edward Norton doing here?
3. I did NOT expect to see Liv Tyler here, but as I said before, I am constantly surprised and delighted by all the mega-famous people in these movies.
4. Wow, we did not waste any time getting into the action. The Hulk is v. violent.
5. Ok so I am gathering that Edward Norton loves Liv Tyler but he beat her up as the Hulk and he’s sorry but William Hurt is her dad(???) and he’s mad at him (understandably.) This is a LOT for an opening credits scene.
6. Green Sasquatch LOL. That is a far better name than the Hulk.
7. Wondering what he’s doing in Brazil, but it seems like he’s training to be a fighter? Or rather he’s training to NOT be a fighter?
8. I have so many questions about how he became Green Sasquatch. Like did one day someone cut him off in traffic and he just turned giant and green? TBD I suppose.
9. The soda they’re bottling is a neon shade of green. Foreshadowing? Symbolism? Part of the Hulk’s genetic makeup?
10. Eddie was VERY worried about his blood getting in the product but I can’t tell if he’s worried about spreading the Hulk genes or he’s just passionate about Total Quality Standards.
11. I wonder if Mr. Blue is a symbolic as Mr. Green. Or maybe they’re just into Clue?! So far it seems like it was Mr. Green with the syringe in the dingy Brazilian apartment.
12. GAMMA poisoning? Seems like that’s what happened to him but also…what is GAMMA?
13. STAN LEE!!!!!!! OMG that’s who got the bottle of blood soda?! Hilarious. I bet he had so much fun cameoing in all of these movies.
14. William Hurt means BUSINESS.
15. I kinda think Mr. Blue is going to end up being a bad guy. There are dangers of talking to strangers on the internet — like in that Sinbad movie, First Kid.
16. THEY BETTER NOT HURT HIS DOG.
17. OK WOW I HATE THIS MOVIE.
18. I hope his heart rate goes up so he can be the Hulk and murder the guy who murdered his dog for NO REASON.
19. The Hulk sounds like the Beast when he roars.
20. Is Bruce Banner just constantly having to buy new clothes and shoes?
21. Once again, I must ask if there’s a super hero gym at Marvel Headquarters where they all workout and can I visit.
22. So he went from Brazil to Guatemala to Mexico? I understand Guatemala and Mexico are neighbors, but are you telling me he went between SIX countries to get from Brazil to Guatemala as the Hulk? Was he just…running? Can the Hulk run really really fast? Or can he fly? This makes NO sense, even by superhero standards.
23. Yes to the new clothes question.
24. I appreciate this plot explanation monologue.
25. I *feel* like William Hurt is the bad guy. Is he Mr. Blue???
26. FINALLY we get some Liv Tyler action. I bet she has another boo now and this is going to make Bruce sad.
27. IS HER OTHER BOO PHIL DUNPHY!?
28. Wait…the security guard is Lou Ferrigno isn’t it? The original Hulk? *checks IMDB* Well, done. (Also, I only know that because of the movie I Love You, Man when Paul Rudd is a realtor trying to sell his house.)
29. Liv totally still loves him even though he accidentally Hulked out on her.
30. I love her whispery Arwen voice.
31. Ok, confirmed. William Hurt is def. the bad guy. TBD on Mr. Blue.
32. Watching them do these crazy injections and all I can think of is this song:
33. Oh man Blonsky is like a CHEETAH.
34. They’re making a big deal of her calling him general all the time but isnt’ he her….”DADDDDDDDDD.” Never mind.
35. Blonksy looks at the Hulk the way Tembo looked at the t-rex in Jurassic Park 2. Also, the way I look at nachos.
36. BYE BLONSKY YOU HORRIBLE DOG MURDERER.
37. This is very King Kong.
38. Can the Hulk not talk? Just roar and grunt?
39. Oh Blonsky lived? Meh.
40. LOL Imagine the shock if you fell asleep with the Hulk and woke up with shoeless Bruce Banner wearing giant pants. Granted the reverse would be more startling.
41. Oh joking about the iconic purple pants!! That might be the first joke in this whole movie.
42. I feel like Blonsky is gonna take this TOO FAR and become a Green Sasquatch himself.
43. Feels unnecessary to bring up Liv Tyler’s dead mother with like 30 minutes left. Are we really gonna unpack that?
44. “If he slips up, we’ll be ready” as Bruce emails Mr. Blue.
45. Hmmmm, seems like Mr. Blue is NOT William Hurt, but it IS how Bruce slipped up.
46. Mr. Blue seems like a sweet little nerdy genius. I really like him. Which means he will probably die like Yinsen. (Ugh, YINSEN.)
47. Poignant mirror scene.
48. “Like a monster.” EYE ROLL.
49. I think how much I like the movie directly correlates to how much cheesy nonsense I will buy into. Unrelated: I rolled my eyes HARD when Liv climbed on top of the Hulk and told him to look into her eyes.
50. Test subjects? WHAT DO YOU KNOW MR. BLUE???!
51. Everyone wants to do weird science experiments and Bruce is just like “Can I LIVE?!”
52. Gotta appreciate the sass from Liv Tyler.
53. “Why are you always hitting people?” – Mr. Blue, the actual hero of this film
54. Oh no, Mr. Blue. I had such high hopes and you dashed them so quickly.
55. Wait — are they gonna have to make Bruce Banner the Hulk again to fight the Blonsky monster? Er, the Blonster?
56. Why can the Blonster talk but Hulk can’t?
57. OH WOW, Bruce is gonna turn into the Hulk again to stop Blonster. Who could’ve seen that coming?
58. Using a cop car as boxing gloves is a nice (albeit useless) move.
59. Did he just….clap the fire away?
60. HULK TALKED!!! Was it to prove Liv’s point that he’s more human than we thought or just to deliver a catchphrase? We may never know.
61. Look at the monster you created William Hurt!!!!
62. Wait who’s in the helicopter? Isn’t William Hurt the general? Didn’t he call them off of the Green one?
63. So he’s still the Hulk but now he’s Autumnal outdoorsy Hulk.
64. *fast forwards credits*
64. OMG OMG OMG TONY STARK IS IN DA BUILDING.
66. That was the best 10 seconds of this whole movie.
Overall, The Incredible Hulk was…fine. It was more of a stereotypical action movie, and I missed the humor and wit of Tony Stark A LOT. I hope the rest of these are funnier.
I understand this was an origin story film, but compared to Iron Man (the only thing I can compare it to), it was pretty meh. I’m pretty neutral about having watched it, and honestly, I will be fine if I never watch it again in my life.
Also, I will never forgive them for the dog murdering scene.
On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is Cars 2 and 10 is Toy Story, I award The Incredible Hulk a 4.5/10.
Next up: Iron Man 2! (Thank goodness.)
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Ok THANK YOU I got like NO internet confirmation or outrage that the dog was straight up murdered. More people should be upset about this?? And the movie was like a 6 but then they made Liv Tyler so one dimensional like “how not to write a female character 101” that I dropped it to a 4.
Hulk is the worst movie of all the Marvel, followed by Thor 2. So at least you got this clunker out of the way. Trust me all will be right with the world once Cap shows up.
As a certified (or is that certifiable) comic book geek, let me say welcome to the party! I’ve always preferred Hulk as a guest star, as opposed to a headliner in comics and films. Its more interesting to see how other heroes react to and handle him than his own stories. However, there are times where a savage Hulk tale is right for a specific mood. This film came out shortly after my Dad died, and the tale of a man who has the uncontrolled rage of a little boy unleashed as a power from within him was exactly what I needed at the time. Looking forward to your takes on the rest of the films, which have many higher points as several have pointed out. Thanx again for keeping us all connected to Disney in these crazy times.
They were shooting tranq darts at Bruce so that’s what I’m telling myself they did with the dog too. 🥺
I tried to warn ya. lol
Exactly, waste of film. They get good eventually.
Yup! This is one of the “just get through” movies. They just continue to get better!!! 🙂
As Gary said previously, the quality is definitely going to improve! Honestly I’m so excited to see your opinions of my favourites 😁
My husband is a big Hulk fan and says they have never done a hulk movie right. He likes Thor Ragnarok pretty well, but that’s just an all around good movie. Just wait until.you see the Professor Hulk. It literally the worst.
It’s not an origin story. The first hulk film from 2003 with Eric Bana was the origin story. This sort of picked up where that movie left off. Probably very few people even know that but being only 5 years later they didn’t start over. I love hulk but this was only ok. Like I said before once Disney takes over the films take off.
This is the worst one BY FAR.
Never fear the quality will improve! Love how you’ve set the bar high with 60+ comments per film. If the hulk gets 66 Then the better films should be getting 100+ ! Are kronk and Ella enjoying them?