My thoughts on The Hulk, and other stuff too

Happy Birthday to Chris Evans, Lester and Germaine Chow


On Thursday...
I went to watch "The Incredible Hulk" with Source at Lido, at the earliest time of 1030 hrs. It helps that the cinema was a really HUGE one. :-)

Stan Lee's cameo at the start of this film is most remarkable, as is Lou Ferrigno's cameo as a security guard. So far Stan and Lou are the only cast members who appear in both the 2003 film and this reboot. I feel that Edward Norton did a better job than Eric Bana as Bruce Banner, the same goes for William Hurt and Liv Tyler as father-and-daughter Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross and Elizabeth "Betty" Ross. Tim Roth also impresses as the sadistic and power-hungry special forces agent Emil Blonsky (the main antagonist here), who volunteers to be transformed into a 'super soldier'. There is also Dr Samuel Sterns, a friend of Bruce who assists in supressing the inner beast within him with some antidote, and later pays a heavy price for duplicating Bruce's blood sample and assisting Blonsky in his mutation. Leonard Samson, Jim Wilson and even Tony Stark aka Iron Man (played by Robert Downey Jr) make special appearances in this film.

The chemistry between Norton and Tyler in this film is much better and stronger than the one shared by Bana and Connelly in the first film. The love story between Betty and Bruce/Hulk parallels that of Beauty and The Beast here. The climactic showdown between Hulk and Abomination is obviously better than The Hulk vs David Banner (aka Absorbing Man) in the first film... it's as intense as a match between Undertaker and Batista, that's how brutal it can be; watch it and you'll agree. ;-)

To sum it all up, the film is many times better and much more promising than the first film directed by Lee Ang, although it tends to get a little slow-paced and dull halfway through. I rate it 7.5 out of 10 marks. Lee Ang must be cowering his face in shame right now...

On Friday...
Went out to change some currency, meet up with a friend, then have dinner at City Hall region with Mother and Wendy, as some sort of 'farewell party'. Then watched last episode of "Honor and Passion" lor.

Today...
I will be going to see some Star Wars-vs-Naruto performance at Chinatown Point first, then head to Bugis to see everyone's fave Mediacorp Princess... Felicia!! Stay tuned for more updates on Tweety Bird fashion launch... ;-)


To Mr Kiam Pa (should I call you by your full name instead?), you can go ahead enjoy your time with Stefanie Sun for all I care, but you better NOT show up at Bugis Junction later tonight!! You really DON'T wanna make me angry. Me angry, very bad things will happen, I promise you (evil smile).