I saw The Inflatable Bulk last night. My gripe list:
* Hated the actor who played Bruce Banner.
* The Bulk looked like he'd wandered in from a video game.
* The Gamma Dogs looked even faker than that, and were a stupid idea.
* Too long. Way too long.
* The final fight, between the Bulk and his transforming father-monster, was shot so darkly that you could barely make out what was going on. People in the theater were looking at each other and whispering, "Is something wrong with the film?" (Yes, I know it was a night scene... still, what a directorial cock-up. Pure error.)
* Where did this scheming bio-tech corporate yuppie come from - you know, the one wanting to "patent" the Bulk's genetics? Were the writers trying to "soften" General Ross away from being the Bulk's fanatical foe through showing someone even worse? It didn't work. It sucked.
* What kind of asstacular stupidity was that "final visit" scene between the Banners? Ok, the film sets up that Dad wants one final visit with his son. Fine. But would the dozens of soldiers and cops just STAND THERE while the elder Banner rants about power and destruction and overthrowing the government? Would they just let him scream abuse at his son, when Bruce's rage is the very thing they're trying to prevent?
Even in a normal prison with a normal inmate, that kind of thing would result in large corrections officers shouting "VISIT'S OVER!" and hustling you out of the room.
This is beyond bad writing. This is what critic Roger Ebert called an Idiot Movie (wherein people have to be idiots to advance the plot).
* Hated the actor who played Bruce Banner.
* The Bulk looked like he'd wandered in from a video game.
* The Gamma Dogs looked even faker than that, and were a stupid idea.
* Too long. Way too long.
* The final fight, between the Bulk and his transforming father-monster, was shot so darkly that you could barely make out what was going on. People in the theater were looking at each other and whispering, "Is something wrong with the film?" (Yes, I know it was a night scene... still, what a directorial cock-up. Pure error.)
* Where did this scheming bio-tech corporate yuppie come from - you know, the one wanting to "patent" the Bulk's genetics? Were the writers trying to "soften" General Ross away from being the Bulk's fanatical foe through showing someone even worse? It didn't work. It sucked.
* What kind of asstacular stupidity was that "final visit" scene between the Banners? Ok, the film sets up that Dad wants one final visit with his son. Fine. But would the dozens of soldiers and cops just STAND THERE while the elder Banner rants about power and destruction and overthrowing the government? Would they just let him scream abuse at his son, when Bruce's rage is the very thing they're trying to prevent?
Even in a normal prison with a normal inmate, that kind of thing would result in large corrections officers shouting "VISIT'S OVER!" and hustling you out of the room.
This is beyond bad writing. This is what critic Roger Ebert called an Idiot Movie (wherein people have to be idiots to advance the plot).
Eric Bana played BB you know. He's Australian, you know. *turns away, nose in air* Hmph.
But I have to say, when Bana went from doing TV sketch comedy to playing Mark "Chopper" Read, I was won over.
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0221073