Finally a Hulk movie to be proud of

Rating: 6/10 (28 May 2009)

I know I have been probably a year late in posting my review for this movie but I honestly didn't feel I couldn't post a review for it till I watch it again. Despite being a financial success TIH had the misfortune of being released amongst other Superhero movies, The Iron Man and more famously The Dark Knight. I saw Ang Lee's Hulk in the cinema and it left such a bitter taste in my mouth that I refused to see the Ed Norton version. I later caught TIH on DVD and regretted the fact that I didn't catch it on the big screen because in my opinion it is far far better.
In my opinion Ang Lee's version was a ponderous mess that should have been less talky and had more action. Another criticism I have of Ang Lee's version is that in my opinion they overcomplicated the story, instead of being just about Bruce and his battle to cure himself they tried to link it back to his father whilst TIH is far more simple.
After the critical backlash Hulk received it does look the producers learnt their less. Hulk in my opinion waffled on quite a bit whilst TIH is more to the point. For instance we see the gamma radiation accident in the opening credits so we skip right to the action whilst Ang Lee's version took up at least half an hour before that even occurred. TIH boasts of some good action sequences and a fine story to back it up. Plus Ed Norton is a far better actor than Eric Bana. I love how it toffs it cap to the TV show, Lou Ferrigno and Stan Lee both have special appearances and Bill Bixby is seen on TV and there was an instance where they used the music from the original show.
My only criticism of TIH is that they didn't show enough of The Abomination and felt they only included him so that Hulk could fight him at the end and give the audience a thrilling ending. In my opinion TIH is head and shoulders above most recent superheroes movies(Fantastic Four,Spiderman 3, X Men 3 etc).