Welcome to… actually, I don’t know what to call these. I’ll
eventually come up with a title for these match-ups, but for now I’ll call this
“The Battle of the Hulk Movies.” When I came up with the
idea of doing these comparisons, this one was somewhere in my mind. Since the
Hulk is coming back to theatres in Avengers: Age of Ultron, I think it’s
finally time to see which Hulk movie is truly “incredible.” Today, it’s Ang
Lee’s Hulk (2003) vs. Louis Letterrier’s The Incredible Hulk (2008).
I first saw Hulk at my uncle’s house in 2003. It was either
Thanksgiving or Christmas, I don’t remember which. I remember that we saw X2:
X-Men United before it and I still think X2’s a better movie. It’s got
Nightcrawler in it for cryin’ out loud! It was a few years before I decided to
rent it at Movie Gallery and watch it again. I think I remember it being better
the second time around, I’m not sure. As for The Incredible Hulk, I rented it from
Movie Gallery when it came out. Man, I miss Movie Gallery. Anyway, I don’t
think I’ve seen it until recently. I might have seen it on FX or something.
For this little project, I decided to re-watch both movies
in order to get a better opinion. I have to admit that they aren’t the best of
the genre but they aren’t the worst either. They are good movies in their own right. I’ll be looking the heroes, the villains, the
supporting characters, the action, and the story. I really won’t touch on the
effects all that much. A movie from 2008 is probably going to look better than
one from 2003. Still, there are a few things I’ll touch on effects-wise.