My Favs of 2008

Even better at IMAX

Awesome fun watching Heath, like a memorial, it was an honor.

"Nolan and crew have created something close to a masterpiece."

Kept me engaged the whole move. Loved it.

even better the 2nd time!! I laughed so hard (and cried). Such good acting, script, dialogue!! Good little score. Wonderful cinematography. Done very well, excellent!

wow, fantastic, simple, and funny as hell, ironic. Like being awake in a dream. Very well done, finely acted!!

Even better the 2nd time. Good script. Very appealing, rocking, fun, funny. It had a little bit of everything, drama, romance, politics, comedy, action, etc. Well done

Well done & cute. Ryan Reynolds does a good job. Abigail Breslin is always a delight. Elizabeth Banks was a little better than I expected. Rachel Weisz and Isla Fisher were both on fire!!!! Kevin Kline is always wonderful.

I went into The Incredible Hulk excited about the first half (70 minutes cut out, Norton himself wanted a 3 hour cut). And also to see how Norton would portray Bruce Banner. I was interested that he did writing to make sure Bruce was good. And good he was!! For the first half at least of the cut I saw.

It seems to me that Norton was very physical in his portrayal of Bruce Banner compared to Bill Bixby. But it is all about control and Norton is great. Bruce Banner wears a heart rate monitor watch to try to keep his self control. He gets depressed it seems especially after an incident where he comes to and all is fuzzy (and his pants are barely on). But he is sick (can it be cured?) and struggling against a part of himself (the inner monster who is empowered by rage) that is very, very strong. So his battle is cut out for him. But he is a good man and a peaceful person with his back up against the wall. Even though I thought he was powerless, there was transformation taking us closer to Professor Hulk as he is learning self-control.

Going in I was not excited about Hulk vs. Abomination or the Hulk Smash. But to me this was the Hollywood part of the movie but it based on the comic so ok, I was entertained.

I was also not very excited going in about Liv Tyler being picked over Jennifer Connelly, who was in the last Hulk. But Liv has great kissing photogenic lips and beautiful doe eyes (reminds me of comic book).

I left the theater saying, "That was as good as Iron Man!!" (4 of 5 ****)

Very similar story to Iron Man but totally different characters.
The Tony Stark character is so fun, funny, flying high and wild.
The Bruce Banner character is so sad, lonely and isolated; always staying on the move; hung over from gamma ray poisoning.

Great, very short, cameo by Stark (at the very end - just a promo for movie to come). "I want to talk to you about the Avenger Initiative."

No chase scenes, not a typical action imho. I love the scene with Terry and Wendy before the climax. Seemed good for Jason Statham. Would like to see more drama from him. "And if it all goes pear-shaped?"