Apr 30 2008'Incredible Hulk' Trailer is Incredibly Dull--Except for the Part with the Power Suit
After watching this new trailer to the Edward Norton-starring remake of The Incredible Hulk, I can safely say it's not worth talking about. There's no reason to continue discussing it. It's not good; it's not bad; it's just nothing. It's everything you'd expect it to be and slightly less. So instead of wasting my time attempting to describe it to you, I've taken IMDB's summary for a far superior Hulk movie, Suburban Commando, and adapted it to fit this mundane trailer. It works well enough.
[Edward Norton] is an interstellar hero, righting wrongs, etc. His [skin] is [green] after a [gamma irradiation] with a [government] nasty and he must hide out on [Brazil?] until [he] can [cure that]. He leaves his [Liv Tyler] at home, but still finds himself unable to [stop turning into the Hulk and whatnot] and so mixes it up with bad [Gen. William Hurt], offensive paperboys, [another giant green asshole] and the like. Then the family he's staying with finds his power suit and the father tries it on.
See it in HD here, or slightly more conveniently below the cut. (Thanks to Kyle and Joe.)


Reader Comments
1. Me - April 30, 2008 7:08 PM
meh...
See that? I didn“t say first...
Why should I?
2. Alex LLanio - April 30, 2008 7:17 PM
Dude you never have anything nice to say about a movie. You run a nice website but full of garbage posts.
3. Mr. Mason - April 30, 2008 7:26 PM
I'm trying to summon up the requisite amount of bored hipster cool to dismiss this properly, but watching insane amounts of property damage incurred by enormous freaks has been a weakness of mine since the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. It's pathetic how overjoyed I am to see that he's using moves from the Ultimate Destruction game (turning cars into makeshift brass knuckles, throwing debris at helicopters, etc). Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury is just the one-eyed constantly cursing cherry on top of the double-layer cake of this and Iron Man.
Is there any way Marvel can cross this movie over with Cloverfield so we can see the Hulk beat up those OC castoffs? Call it "The Bruce Banner Project".
4. Meg - April 30, 2008 8:46 PM
Eh, looks a little drab... think I might just ski-
Wait, was that a shirtless Edward Norton? HOT DAMN I am so there!
5. Interslicery - April 30, 2008 8:51 PM
ehh.. story looks pretty lame, and I know the cg isnt the best, but I like the hulks look and the action looks pretty decent
6. godless - April 30, 2008 9:00 PM
Don't understand why the laid back hulk is doing the skinhead pit walk down the street.
7. Assistant to the assistant manager - April 30, 2008 9:51 PM
For once I gotta disagree with you. This trailer is a heck of a lot better than the disappointing teaser and actually makes the movie look like it'll be worth matinee pricing.
The amount of sheer destruction that will occur in this flick could only be topped if they somehow managed to pit the Hulk versus not only the Abomination, but Dolph Lundgren, JCVD, and Steven Seagal as well.
8. sva1994 - May 1, 2008 12:06 AM
"I can safely say it's not worth talking about. There's no reason to continue discussing it. It's not good; it's not bad; it's just nothing. It's everything you'd expect it to be and slightly less."
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You're an idiot. That trailer was great.
9. PAH Nation - May 1, 2008 12:26 AM
i gotta disagree too - i think the base story is good - especially since they start it with the Hulk on the run...other than the crappy CGI (which could definitely ruin the movie) it looks like it will be fairly enjoyable...but then again i did accidentally see the Fantastic Four...that one still hurts...
10. Cyd - May 1, 2008 3:42 AM
Nothing? Seriously?
Honestly, I think the movie presents a solution to the major problem that the previous attempt to capture the Hulk franchise in cinema. From the trailer, it appears as if we'll be focusing more on the human aspects of the hulk, a.k.a. Bruce Banner, only relying on the Hulk for occaisionally ass-kickery.
Now, when it comes to comic-films, the very best you can expect is for it to imitate it's canon medium. Thus, it seems as if the film might just do that.
11. MrGutts - May 1, 2008 7:10 AM
This movie already doesn't make sense. Knowing full well what he can do to them after he hulks out and from the last movie with the open battle from the military in the previous encounter with the Hulk like fucking tanks, choppers, smart bombs from F16's and a small nuke explosion didn't bother him what makes them think that Shitty little assault squad with normal humve's with crappy 50 cals on the back and smuck infantry running around with m203 rappid launchers firing at the hulk.
12. Turgid Dahlia - May 1, 2008 7:38 AM
Yeah because when I pay twenty bucks to go to the cinema, I want to watch Philip Seymour Hoffman (whatever) standing around with a funny moustache talking about tweed jackets. WRONG! I WANT TO THINGS ASPLODE!
13. policegirl - May 1, 2008 9:04 AM
I have to also disagree...going by this trailer the move looks great. The storyline is a hell of a lot better then 'Hulk', the 2003 attempt at bringing the franchise back. And even though the CGI is crappier than the other film, I think that, overall, it looks better. The Hulk in the last film looked like it was made from a gigantic neon green turd. This time around, they are at least trying to make a more serious movie, so Hulk looks more realistic.
14. PB&J - May 1, 2008 11:38 AM
Well now that the mult is done with all his fake comments...I have to AGREE with the post. This looks terrible. Hell...pout face being cast opposite Norton as the love interest should be the first warning flag. Second? The giant green Stretch Armstrong. Third? Norton in Shia's wardrobe.
15. Bryan - May 1, 2008 11:46 AM
MrGutts - this movie is a redo. Meaning, the previous movie and everything in it never happened, and has no relation or bearing as to what happens in this new film.
16. Lefty Rodriguez - May 1, 2008 6:29 PM
I notice that this version seems to have been edited so that the movie isn't so obviously filmed in Toronto. The first trailer had the Hulk running down Yonge street right past Zanzibar and the now-gone Sam The Record Man. If your going to make Toronto fill in for New York, try a bit harder.
17. meanmofo - May 2, 2008 1:17 AM
I can't belive this movie is pulling the old "battle the evil guy with the same powers" type of thing. It's going to be so predictable.....You know throwing cars and shit in the big battle scenes!
18. MrGutts - May 2, 2008 6:34 AM
@Bryan
Thank you for clearing that up for me. Now I don't know what to think haha. Maybe wait for dvd or amazon unbox download.
19. jr - May 2, 2008 9:12 AM
Whomever writes up the posts for on this website is a hypocrite; bashing this movie?, yet then turing around and having incredible hulk promotional banner ads pasted not once but twice on the same website?
I understand you're prolly making a buck off hosting the banners, but as a true movie critic, dont support something you highly dislike. It comes off as flaky.
I do enjoy most of your write ups on this site.... this just seems a little contradicting in this case.
correct me if im wrong.
20. 420 - May 4, 2008 1:55 AM
Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one here, because I thought that trailer looked so cool. And I just can't resist Edward Norton!
21. Looks Alright... - May 11, 2008 6:42 PM
This movie only looks good because Liv Tyler is in it...