[Rileydog]

Actually, I am the biggest advocate for movies being around 2 hrs.
Unless you are a horror film, stupid comedy, or cartoon, 90 mins or less is a rip off to me.

I had no expectations for the movie- saw the tv show when I was a kid and nothing else, not even sure what "Hulk Smash" is- is it him just going nuts breaking crap?

My disappointment was based solely on seeing the movie itself, as a movie. What I do know is this:

1. The movie moved very slow.

2. The Hulk Effects were bad. And, I believe at the time technology was such that they could have done better. He looked in his closeups like a green Jose Conseco.

3. Plot- was there one? Army guy was after him, his dad had issues, they kept showing flashbacks that I didnt see as relevant. Really, I didnt know what the hell was going on, and it could have been saved by some kick ass action, but that never happened.

4. Along the same lines- what was up with his dad? And the fight at the end where they turned into big electric monsters? One thing I need in a movie like this is an understanding of "the why"- why is he like this, how did he get his powers, how do you kill him, what are his motives. All of a sudden Nick Nolte turns into this giant Zeus like cloud / electricity man, but I didnt know how he got that way, what he could do and how you stop him. Felt like they were reaching.

5. Good vs. Bad Theory- Every superhero should have an anti-thesis, an antagonist. A recognizeable foe we can identify. Builds tension, involvment with the character, and helps us route for the good guy. This movie had none, and the stuff with his dad seemed to come out of nowhere, almost like they thought it up at the end to fill the movie. They realized what the movie needed, but to do it right, they almost had to do the movie over from scratch. So, they stuck it at the end, which was too late.

As far as I last remember reading, the Abomination is in this movie. Guy audience will hate, or more importantly want Hulk to beat.

Like Batman Begins, it will have to overcome the bad taste people have from the last outing, or at least market itself cleverly enough so as to not be seen as a sequel.

Thats all I can think of now. But, compare it to the better comic movies of the last, oh say 10 years- Spiderman, Batman Begins, X-men, even Superman Returns- and they all have some combination of the above, if not all. And, a decent connection to the comic.