There hasn’t been much on The Incredible Hulk front in the last few months, aside from a few not-so-revealing images of Edward Norton as Dr. Bruce Banner. But we wanna see THE HULK!
And now we can courtesy of MTV, which premiered the teaser trailer. Watch it right here below and keep your fingers crossed that this is not the finally CGI rendering of the Hulk and Abomination, because, frankly, it kinda sucks.
My first impression of Norton is that he’s totally capitalizing on his Fight Club persona. I’m not sure how I feel about Norton rewriting Zak Penn‘s script, because now, if this movie sucks, Norton’s getting the blame. Even if it’s just the CGI that sucks, I’m blaming Norton.
At least the film score is by Danny Elfman, so that’s one aspect that we know won’t suck.
Teaser Trailer
Official Synopsis
“THE INCREDIBLE HULK” kicks off an all-new, explosive and action-packed epic of one of the most popular superheroes of all time. In this new beginning, scientist Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) desperately hunts for a cure to the gamma radiation that poisoned his cells and unleashes the unbridled force of rage within him: The Hulk.
Living in the shadows — cut off from a life he knew and the woman he loves, Betty Ross (Liv Tyler) — Banner struggles to avoid the obsessive pursuit of his nemesis, General Thunderbolt Ross (William Hurt), and the military machinery that seeks to capture him and brutally exploit his power.
As all three grapple with the secrets that led to The Hulk’s creation, they are confronted with a monstrous new adversary known as The Abomination (Tim Roth), whose destructive strength exceeds even The Hulk’s own. And on June 13, 2008, one scientist must make an agonizing final choice: accept a peaceful life as Bruce Banner or find heroism in the creature he holds inside — THE INCREDIBLE HULK.
“THE INCREDIBLE HULK” hits theaters worldwide on June 13, 2008.
Directed by Louis Leterrier.
They’re keeping Elfman??
YES!!!!
His first Hulk score is by far the best work he’s ever done. (yeah, I said it)
As for the trailer… Looks interesting! I like how they’ve made the hulk a little more badass (sort of the way Prince of Persia went badass after the first game), but his body is WAY too ropey. He looks like a grotesque body builder. I prefer the smoother, sleeker physique from the first movie.
Comment by NeverWanderer — March 12, 2008 @ 11:13 pm
I HATED the CGI in the first HULK movie and I’m not too crazy about it here either. I kinda dig the end of the trailer where Hulk and Abomination are about to go at it, mainly because the parts with Edward Norton were, well, kinda snoozy Zzzzz…. Sorry, I love Eric Bana and thought he was basically the best part about the first Hulk. Norton, hmm, I’m not feelin’ him yet. I hope that changes, but so far, nope. And Liv Tyler, is she just going to have her weepy Arwen face on through this entire movie?
Comment by Empress Eve — March 12, 2008 @ 11:43 pm
I have mixed feelings about the Ang Lee film.
I want to check this out.
Comment by Jerry — March 12, 2008 @ 11:50 pm
Eve, I’m with you 100% on the CGI here (and in Lee’s HULK). Hopefully three months will give them some time to polish everything up.
Comment by Movies At Midnight — March 13, 2008 @ 2:21 am
when will they realized that technology isn’t to the point where this film can possibly be pulled off.
I’D RATHER WATCH A DEAF BODYBUILDER IN GREEN PAINT AND PURPLE BUGLE BOYS then watch another horrible CGI filled movie.
jerks.
Comment by mo — March 13, 2008 @ 3:26 am
@mo
Dude… say what you will about how the Hulk looks in either movie… I realize there were moments of the first movie where the animation was obvious…
But “technology isn’t there yet”?
Gollum.
Hi.
Technology was there six years ago.
Personally, I’m willing to suspend disbelief for a movie like this, or LotR, or Transformers, or King Kong, or Spiderman, or Star Wars (well… most of Star Wars), or Jurassic Park… I’m okay. I can except the fictional dream. What I want is for the Hulk to be translated to screen in a way that is accurate to the comics. I want the size, the weight, the presence, the depth. I want my angry green giant!
First movie gave me that. Second one could very well do it again. It may not be a great film in the end, but I’m pretty confident the ONE thing it will pull off is showing me the Hulk. Like I said, the first movie did that for me.
I just think it’s amazing that the bar for CGI has been set so high that such obviously amazing artistry can be passed off as substandard now-a-days. This may still need some blending elements, but look at the lighting on the Hulk as he’s walking toward the camera. Look at the way the firelight plays on his torso. Freeze-frame that shit… LOOK at that. That’s talent. That’s skill.
Far from sucks, my friends. Not perfect. Not yet. But far, far from sucks.
Comment by NeverWanderer — March 13, 2008 @ 4:41 am
I’m with NeverWanderer on this one. I don’t know what you naysayers have been smoking, but I don’t want any part of it. The CGI in the first Hulk was done by ILM, the best effects house in the world, except possibly for WETA. Hell, ILM practically invented modern special effects. The CGI they did in Ang Lee’s Hulk is still some of the best character CGI ever done, with the possible exceptions of Gollum and King Kong.
I’m not sure what you’re expecting here, but the CGI in this trailer looks fine to me. It doesn’t look as good as in the first movie, but then, it’s being done by Rhythm & Hues this time around, the FX studio that gave us Garfield. They’re a decent enough studio, but I’m not sure they’re up to the task of taking over from ILM. Still, I’m optimistic about this film mostly because of Norton and the story.
Comment by Slayve — March 13, 2008 @ 12:04 pm