Pielorinho said:
Betty as a scientist made perfect sense, and it was great to see a superhero movie with an intelligent, effective, non-superpowered heroine. Her father was more sympathetic, ultimately, than I'd expected him to be: despite being a cold-hearted arrogant killer, he was doing the best he could to love his daughter and fulfill what he saw as his moral duty.
I could be wrong, but didn't Betty actually become a medical doctor at one point in the comics? I know she was some sort of scientist on the most recent cartoon series.
And how do you get that Gen. Ross was a "cold-hearted, arrogant killer"? Granted, he was distant from his daughter, but he untimatley cared about her.
I don't see how he could be called a "killer", though. When the Hulk first appeared, he sought to contain him. Once he got loose, it was a matter of an unstoppable monster with the potential to kill thousands. He was pragmatic.
Considering he let Bruce's father talk to him as part of the conditions he made when he surrended to Betty show he was hardly "cold-hearted" or a "killer". After all, he didn't have to honor that agreement at all (the police, military, or DA aren't beholden to agreements made by civilians, which is what Betty is).
Repressed Memory Syndrome is almost certainly a manufactured, fictitious disease.
No, it's real. Basically, it's when you witness something so traumatic your mind blots it out. Being 4 yrs old and seeing your father stab your mother to death would certainly be enough to do it.
Anyway, I finally got a chance to see the movie this week, and I thought it was one of the best superhero flicks since the 1st Superman.
What surprised me the most was how good the CGI was. From looking at the trailer, I was fully expecting The Incredible Gumby. But, aside from one or two odd shots, it looked really good.
And the comic panel split-screens weren't as bad as some have said. There were a few that bothered me, though. In Talbots first appearance and, later, when he talked to Bruce about "hostile takeovers". Also, the "Rubick's Cube" screen flipping in the lab scene made me nauseous. And, finally, there was a top/bottom split-screen when the helicopters where flying over the desert that I thought was ill thought out since it created a weird false horizon effect.
Strangely, I liked the portayal of Glenn Talbot in the film. In the comic, from what I recall, he was just a weasely little toady, following Gen. Ross around. He was the guy who would fire off a weapon right in the Hulk's face, and then fall to his knees, begging for the Hulk not to hurt him.
But, in the movie, he was just so rotten.
There were a few things I didn't like. The altering of the origin bothered me.
Also, it really needed a good villain. The dad was fine, but I can't help wondering what kind of film we could have had with the Abomination or Leader.