In a word? Destruction
The story served it’s purpose… to propel Banner further and further down the line, into the cross-hairs of the obsessive Thunderbolt Ross and his legion of nameless soldiers, and to change into the Hulk. The villains did their job; giving Green Jeans someone to smash. But in the end, people don’t go to a Hulk movie to get tender feelings of joy and self-fulfillment – they go to watch things get smashed.
And on that note, the movie succeeded. Collateral damage… what’s that? Do we care they are smashing humvee’s into parked civilian cars, or shooting .50 caliber rounds into crowded apartment buildings in a residential area? Heck no… there are big ugly things on the loose in Harlem, and we must shoot at them!
I’m glad the movie made money this weekend, and I’m hoping it will make more money in the following weeks. Because then maybe they can come back with a sequel that has a little more thought, a smidge more character development and (God forbid) a plot with some meat to it.
But more than that, hopefully they’ll find more things for Hulk to demolish!
’nuff said…
