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The Incredible Hulk (2008)
The Incredible Hulk: getting closer to the mark
The Incredible Hulk gets the franchise a step closer to what it should be. It gave us a good story and plenty of highs and lows. The pluses to this film were the addition of Edward Norton and his discerning taste in the roles he chooses, the switching of the Betty Ross character from Jennifer Connolly to Liv Tyler (her and Norton have great on-screen chemistry) and a well-rounded story. In contrast to the positive aspects, the biggest disappointment was the poorly developed character development of Emil Blonsky a.k.a. The Abomination. A potentially formidable opponent, the talent of actor Tim Roth was downplayed and the character was reduced to a military thug comparable to a schoolyard bully. He spends most of the movie talking about fighting. A less important disappointment was the "cure" which is built up for 3/4s of the movie and then works when Banner wants it to and stops when he doesn't. In general, a good movie with a few loose screws that needed to be tightened.
Legends (2004)
Worth 50 minutes of your time
Of the horror fan films I've been exposed to, this one is the most solid. It's lows are confined to a limited story and patches of cheesy dialog here and there. The story could have used a little more depth and expanded on the characters' backgrounds. The ending was, unfortunately, redundant and a little cliché. Fortunately, the highs make up for it with admirable delivery from the cast, great direction and phenomenal editing. It looked like an actual sequel, complete with trademark close-ups and character blocking. Done on what I can only assume was a segmented shoe-string budget, I got all the makings of a good cut- em-up film. As a slasher film enthusiast, I don't mind watching this a few more times.