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The Incredible Hulk

2008 / Louis Leterrier > The most impressive thing about The Incredible Hulk isn’t the fact that it’s actually good, but that Marvel was able to eat the mistake that Ang Lee made and reboot the series in five short years. Not only does it show that the movie-going audiences have surprisingly short-term memories, but also that a storied franchise need not be bogged down by a misfire. That being said, Zak Penn’s script is more on par with his first X-Men 2 effort than Elektra, and Leterrier has targeted a good blend of action and drama while respecting Hulk’s fanbase. Now it’ll be interesting to see if Hulk returns as a good guy or bad guy in the upcoming Avengers movie.

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