Pressure on the Hulk sequel

Wednesday, May. 7 2008 | Author: Mel

With Iron Man firmly opening the summer blockbuster season with a cool $109 million box office take in North America, the next Marvel superhero movie in the pipeline has its work cut out for it.

A lot of pressure is going to be put on The Incredible Hulk starring Edward Norton and directed by Louis Leterrier and if internal struggles are to be believed that pressure has started even before the final cut has been approved. According to rumors, Norton and Leterrier wanted a cut of the movie that was “meditative”, character driven and will clock in at two and a half hours. But Marvel Entertainment executives wanted the most commercial movie that they can make — one that is filled with action sequences and will run for just an hour and a half. Norton has already issued a statement denying the rumors. But I think there is truth to the infighting. Norton is not the type of guy who would want to appear in a straight popcorn flick. I am a big fan of the Ang Lee Hulk and Norton’s and Leterrier’s take on the big green monster is what I am hoping to see. I don’t want to leave my brain outside the theater when I watch a movie and a dumbed down version is definitely not something I will support.

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6 Responses for "Pressure on the Hulk sequel"

why ask

May 7th, 2008 at 10:49 am
1

I whole heartedly disagree.
I think the first failed miserably because it misrepresented itself.
Some superhero movies can get away with depth, but this is the big green Hulk that destroys everything in sight and that is as deep as most people want; me included.
Don’t get me wrong it may be possible to give the big green guy depth, ala. King Kong, but I’d much rather see Hulk smash than cry.
That’s just my humble opinion.
Mark

May 7th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
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Yeah.. definitely not a sequel. Superman Returns wasn’t a sequel to the original Superman, was it? This is a restart of the franchise.
Mr Butterscotch

May 7th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
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No-one wants to see the Hulk cry, but Banner is a broken man - he’s literally in two parts. That’s what we want to see, more of an emotional struggle, than a huge breakout as the Hulk is unleased. That’s certainly what the trailer looks to provide so far and I can’t wait to see it.
Mel

May 8th, 2008 at 2:00 am
4

Call it a sequel, call it a reboot — but the bottomline for me is that Ang Lee did a hell of a job with his Hulk. I agree with Mr. Butterscotch, Banner’s story is about an inner personal turmoil that just happens to manifest itself as a green monster. I’ve also seen the trailer and I am hoping that a happy medium is reached between fans who wanted depth and great character development and those who want to see Hulk smash.

If given a choice though, I’d always go for the former. I don’t want dumbed down versions of my superheroes.
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June 25th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
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I didn’t agree with you first, but last paragraph makes sense for me…
Newlance

June 27th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
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I definitely would like to see more depth in this movie (I’m actually going to see it today). There really just needs to be more internal struggle in this on(I was disappointed in the last one, as were we all), after all it is an internal beast inside him and yadda yadda. I have very high hopes seeing our starring actor being Edward Norton. I was very impressed with his work in “Fight Club” and I believe he really plays the tormented rolls very well