Pathetic inane babble

Rating: 3/10 (27 May 2009)

This film is the epitome of what's wrong today in Hollywood.
The movie starts out great. It's different, it's interesting, it's mysterious.
Then, it becomes an action film, where sensitive characterization and plot development is sacrificed for CGI action sequences.
After seeing Iron Man, I thought Marvel was finally ready to put together some films made for fans of comic books and the hero genre.
A tip: If you're making a movie on a hero, try to abide by the Monomyth structure.
The Incredible Hulk is not a hero movie. The Femme Fatale is not a femme fatale. The road of trials is not a road of trials, it is a confused set of meaningless action scenes during which the main character undergoes zero change. The belly of the whale - normally, a part where the hero enters a strange, dark world, which represents the fact that he is lost and scared (ex: Tony Stark in the cave). He comes out reborn, and ready for his destiny. This whole thing, important in any hero myth (Batman has a bunch of them.... Achilles has one, when Priam comes to him in the night), is absent.
But the worst is the 'Atonement with the Father' - "The hero reconciles the tyrant and merciful aspects of the father-like authority figure to understand himself as well as this figure" - this is usually at the climax, when the hero wins/comes to terms with his past. This scene, in this film, was the stupidest thing I ever saw. You just want to regurgitate. It is senseless.
But that's the film. Bruce Banner's actions are inexplicable. Normally, a character changes over the course of a film. This character for no reason accepts his fate over 2 seconds as Bruce Banner suddenly realizes his role in the world.
For all my complaints... I realize the true problem. Bruce Banner is a horrible character. Like Peter Parker. However, Spider-man is a sentient being, and so the character develops through him. The Hulk is a wild animal, and cannot be developed. And since there is a complete disconnect between Banner and Hulk, there is no character growth.