by Ethel Smith

Created on: November 03, 2008

The Incredible Hulk has never been my sort of viewing experience. Still after we saw a couple of clips of the modern graphics in the new Hulk movie, at a recent cinema outing, I thought that the film may have something to offer. Whether it is my advancing years, and a return to childhood or what, I do not know but suffice to say I saw The Incredible Hulk at the weekend and I loved it.

HULK BACKGROUND

I believe The Incredible Hulk started life as a character and story line in Marvel comics. In the 1960's a television series was made which was fairly popular. The story centred around Bruce Banner, a scientist who ends up damaged by one of his experiments. Dr Banner's blood becomes contaminated with Gamma Rays and thereafter when this normally calm man becomes angry strange things happen to him. Namely that he becomes enormous, turns a pukey shade of green and generally runs amok. A film was made back then and one more recently, neither of which I have seen. So for me watching the 2008 film The Incredible Hulk, or Hulk 2, was with just vague memories of my childhood viewing.

THE INCREDIBLE HULK 2008

In the 1960's American television series of the Hulk, Bruce Banner was played by Bill Bixby and the Hulk was played by Lou Ferrigno. Both of these actors played minor roles in the 2008 Hulk film and Ferrigno was the voice of the Hulk.

These days though the Hulk that Dr Banner changes into is not played by an actor but is made up of CGI, computer graphics, and what a difference it makes. This film starts in Brazil where Bruce Banner has been in hiding and it has been 158 days without incident, that is changing into the big green man. He has been liaising, over the Internet, with another scientist in the hope of finding a cure for his peculiar ailment. Even the musical score is dramatic and adds to the tension from the start.

At the very start of the film there is a little recap, which for me was good, as I guess some of the additional characters were established in the previous film. However even without viewing the previous film The Incredible Hulk was easy enough to pick up. There is the typical love interest that seems to always appear in Monster' movies and this character is played sweetly by Liv Tyler.

Of course there has to be a baddie and he is played by Tim Roth. Isn't strange how American films always have British nasties?. This nasty ends up a monster of a character and the ensuing battle is edge of the seat stuff.

The other rogue character is Betty Ross's, Liv Tylers,

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