The Incredible Happening
June 13, 2008
As I write this blog post, two movies have been released today (Friday the 13th): The Incredible Hulk and The Happening. I don’t know what most of you guys are thinking but I’m not too excited to see either of these movies. Ok, Give me a bit of slack if you’re Hulk fan or a M. Night Shyamalan fan. One of these two, I used to be a big fan of. If you guessed the Hulk, then you’re wrong. So let’s start with the Big Green Monster.
To start this rant off right, I’m not a big fan of the Hulk. I have never been.I have never seen the Ang Lee version of the Hulk. I know there are millions of people that love the Big Guy, but I’m just not one of them. I’m just not fascinated by a character that gets stronger as he gets angrier. A character that smashes things in his path. To get to my point, I will be seeing The Incredible Hulk. Will I go loving the character? Not so much. But as a complete Marvel film production, I’m interested to see what they will do with the character and his direction. I am a huge fan of Edward Norton and I wish they (Marvel) would have given him a chance to tell the Hulk story that he wanted to tell. I hear that Norton is a big fan of the Hulk. So in closing of this section, I will see the Incredible Hulk and I’m sure I might enjoy it as a movie fan, not as a comic fan.
Now onto that other movie, The Happening. I used to be a huge M. Night Shyamalan fan with movies like: The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs. During the last few years, my love for M. Night’s movies have decreased. With disappointing features like The Village and Lady in The Water, I have kind of lost trust in his ability to make great movies. Now, I know that by saying that someone doesn’t make great movies anymore is wrong because every filmmaker goes into a slump. After being burned twice by The Village and Lady In The Water, I’m afraid to give The Happening a try. Although the premise looks great and it’s Shyamalan’s first rated R movie. I’m not sure I will be checking this movie out in the theatres. Maybe just a rental.
June 14, 2008 at 6:13 am
Hulk – I think you’re focusing on the wrong side of the big green guy. Bruce Banner is by far the more interesting character. Seeing how he has to deal with his transformations, how he has to wander the earth because the Hulk ruins his life no matter where he is, how he can’t really have friends, family or loved ones because of the Hulk, how he tries to deal with the psychological aspects of the whole situation. These are what makes Banner an interesting character. It’s the same thing with Spider-Man. Peter Parker is by far the more interesting/relatable character.
Anger is something we all have to deal with as well as losing control of that anger. Bruce Banner is relatable in that aspect. We all have “Hulk Out” moments, and the Hulk lets us live out that fantasy of “What would you do if whenever you got angry, you had superhuman strength?”
In conclusion, I really think you should rethink your dislike of The Hulk as a character.
For a great Hulk discussion, check out Filmspotting Episode #214
http://www.filmspotting.net/
M. Night – Each movie has gotten progressively worse and worse. I don’t know if there’s anywhere to go but up after “The Happening”
June 16, 2008 at 11:44 pm
I am with Willie on this one. Bruce Banner/The Hulk holds very little appeal to me in any guise. I think I may even forgo seeing the movie as I am genuinely that disinterested (bear in mind that this is the girl who went and saw Step Up 2 at the theatres and gauge my level of complete ambivalence to this movie). Even the idea of She-Hulk sounds preposterous to me too and I cannot understand why this incantation of Marvel doesn’t strike a chord.
Anyway onto M.Night (I can’t be bothered trying to spell his surname correctly hence Justin’s J-Lo’fication of it). I must have been one of the few that actually enjoyed The Village. I thought that movie was amazing – Pheonix, Howard, Hurt etc made a phenomenal cast. That being said I guessed the twist in the first 15 minutes but I enjoyed it regardless. I won’t be seeing The Happening though, I do love Marky Mark and Zooey Deschanel but its not my cup of tea.
Cheers, Adele
June 18, 2008 at 6:28 am
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