The Incredible Hulk: Stafff's take Article by Stafffighter, 02:05 PM 16th Jun The story of “The Incredible Hulk” is easily one of the most recognized in modern folklore so it will be disposed of here as dutifully as it was in the opening credits of the film. A scientist has an accidental overdose of gamma radiation which cause him terrible transformations and as such he has to give up his love and the life he knew. Edward Norton as the lead of Dr. Bruce Banner portrays this wonderfully. He effortlessly displays the intellect and vulnerability necessary for the role. In situations which display the utter desperation of the lifestyle he has imposed on himself this level of performance melds with the thematic elements and elicits pity for a man with the strength of the Hulk inside him. Liv Tyler serves only slightly less well as Banner’s star crossed lover and former colleague Dr. Betty Ross. While at times her performance comes off as light I saw this as an attempt at the difficult balancing act of trying to capture the innocence of the classic hero’s love interest without coming off as insulting to modern women. While this is achieved in large there are moments that leave to be desired. William Hurt and Tim Roth do well as the military based villains of the story. While their objectives are predictable they also very much ring true. But of course this star of this feature is of course the title character. The Hulk, composed of able visual effects and the voice acting of T.V. Hulk Lou Ferrigno, is displayed as everything he should be. The sheer power is tempered by exaggerated but fathomable scale and the relative inhumanity of those he is set against. This gives us a more completed sense of Banner and the Hulk as connected aspects than we’ve seen before and is a strong selling point for the film. As the above voice casting may suggest, this is very much a movie of the classic Hulk T.V. show. In this it succeeds. But there is also a failure. An ending sequence meant to tie in the film with a larger universe comes off as tacked on and pandering. This is a scene that could have been done well but is instead a commercialized afterthought. I give “The Incredible Hulk” a good movie that ended with an unnecessary whimper, a respectable three stars, or in comic book terms, think of it as silver age. Back to The Endless Crew