THE INCREDIBLE HULK

HULK SMASH PUNY MOVIES



GO SEE! HULK GOOD!



BIG MOVIE OF ALL TIME





Will someone please take out this egomaniac!

Thanks Jips

The Incredible Hulk is amazing! It is exactly what the first HULK movie should have been. Ang Lee you should just stick with the crouching tigers and gay cowboys, and that's all I'm going to say about that movie.

Back to the Incredible Hulk. Edward Norton is the man! He always knows exactly how to play his roles. He brought the emotion and turmoil of Bruce Banner that was missing in the first film. There was plenty of him too. Don't be mistaking there is definitely alot of Hulk sightings, but the balance of actor and monster was great. Same goes with Abomination. Tim Roth was brilliant! I didn't believe him to be Russian, but that doesn't matter. I believed him to be a badass.

The Hulk animation was flawless. Never once did I think it looked fake or CGI. Mainly do to all the crazy action. The Hulk throwing, crashing, breaking, and smashing everything makes you forget all about CG. Man, movies are going crazy cool into the CGI world. There are plenty of those purest out there who hate the CGI, but I ask how else are you going to make a 8 foot green monster look real. Lou Ferriigno isn't going to live forever.

Speaking of Lou, his cameo was great. In fact all the cameos were awesome. Stan Lee, RDJR, Lou....superb!! (UPDATE: I just learned that Bill Bixby had a cameo!! I missed it! Off the the theater I go)

It is a good thing the SciFi network was playing the old TV show all week. I got a good feel for the movie. Because the movie had the same tone and emotion of that show. Man, Marvel did great this time! I don't know how they ever let that other movie get made. I loved the whole story about how Bruce is just searching for the cure, but along the way he does his best to help people. The Hulk isn't a monster. He is a hero. Uncontrollable....yes. But he is still a hero. It was the little things that made it good. Like Bruce wanting to help the girl in the bottle factory. The purple shorts! The days without incident counter. Finding himself in different countries after the Hulk leaves. The whole Hulk world was made believable.

Also look for Marvel to rule the world in the near future. I wasn't so sure about the crossing-over of characters but I got to say seeing Iron Man in the Hulk is getting this comic fan excited. In the comics the cross-over happens all the time, characters intermingle into each others' worlds. Until now, all the comic movies stayed self contained. Look for Iron Man 2 and Thor in 2010. Captain America and the Avengers in 2011. And most likely another Hulk in 2012. It is going to be a superhero world. Will Thor's Hammer be huge? What evil will Cap face? Are the Avengers going to take down the Hulk? If anyone can keep all these stories in line its Marvel.

My mind is spinning! Super Soldier serum! Abomination! Nick Fury! The Leader! Avengers! HULK rated A -AWESOME!! This one is so close to getting the the best rating. I might go see it again and change my mind. HA!

Sex and the City

Okay, so I told you that I was going to watch every blockbusting summer movie this year and give you a review. You better believe I gonna stick up to my end of the deal! All you have to do is read the damn blog!

Deciding to bite the bullet......take one for the team....whatever you want to use, Jips and I headed out to watch Sex in the City in its movie form.



I never really saw the show. Only a few episodes when I had free HBO back in college. But I get the gist.....they're women.....they're in the city.......they're getting old.....they're having sex.....yada, yada, yada.

On the way to the movie I was talking to Jips. Why are men ashamed to go watch this movie? Sure there are the boyfriends being dragged along and gay men who actually like the show, but where are the rest of the men. This movie is rated R and more than likely will have alot of nudity in it. Then I figured it out. They don't want to be seen as that gross guy, only there to watch it as if it was a porno. They don't want women to ask, "what? are you here for the SEX?"

Well I reply "NO! I'm here for the City!"

So with a plan ready to go, we walked into the theatre with confidence.......then I saw this



Holy shit! I was mesmerized.

If you know me at all, you already know I freakin' love Kung Fu movies. Then I see a giant panda fighting Kung Fu. How come no one hasn't told me about this?! That's it new movie!!
Uno minuto, es problema. We just bought Sex in the City tickets. Then Jips had a giant light blub float above his head....literally. Why not just use the tickets and then sneak into Kung Fu Panda. Brilliant!!! Even better the movies were only ten minutes apart. What's ten more minutes?

KUNG FU PANDA

....was AWESOME!!!!

Whenever Jack Black is just allowed to be wacky and crazy, he is totally amazing. He was a perfect pick for the voice of the panda. If you squint, you might even see Jack on screen instead of the Panda...he was that good.

I was impressed with the animation. It reminded me of good old days of cartoons...but better. It had that extra touch to add realism that all animation is going for these days, but it didn't push it over the top. There was just enough there to trick your eye.

The Kung Fu was great! I thought that the fight scenes animated wouldn't come across as smooth, but I was wrong. Sure there was a few "crouching tiger" slash only happening in a cartoon scenes, but for the most part I didn't have that no way that would happen feeling. Hey, it's a cartoon, right.

The story was very funny. The writing was very witty, probably from Jack. I was cracking up all over the place. It's good to see a movie that doesn't have to go down the "grossed out" joke path to get laughs.

You don't have to be a kid to enjoy this movie. You want to laugh? maybe enjoy a movie experience. Go to KFP! To quote the panda, "No charge for awesomeness", Kung Fu Panda gets an A - Awesome. Jips wanted to go with top rating, but I'm waiting for a movie to just blow me away. KFP was good....even great.....but no quite top rating. Hopefully there are a few this year.

So as for Sex in the City, it will most likely join the ranks of Speed Racer. Look for them on the New Summer Movies Finally Released on DVD Review blog.....coming soon!

Up next...........THE INCREDIBLE HULK