(Note: spoilers abound. Enter at your own risk.)
Why……?
…is it that every time Bruce attempts to contact Mr. Blue, Mr. Blue is right there on the computer, ready and willing to type 200 wpm, save for the one time that Bruce and Betty require him not to be at his computer (when they visit him and oh-so-coincidentally meet him outside)?
…does Betty plead for Banner/Hulk to stop choking Blonsky/Hulk? She would prefer that he lived?
…is it that when Banner is searching for data using Betty’s profile that when he clicks on “Encryptnet,” it connects him immediately to Mr. Blue? Are all computers hard-coded to connect to him?
…wouldn’t Banner even attempt to get his heart rate up before voluntarily falling out of a helicopter? Was he that confident that he’d change? Seems like an awful risky manuever to me.
…would the Army even be chasing after Banner/Hulk after he releases Blonsky/Hulk? Isn’t, you know, a GENERAL standing right there, ready, willing and able to give the call to stop chasing him, given all that he’s just witnessed?
…didn’t the producers keep Downey’s cameo where it no doubt belonged – after the credits just like Iron Man? I understand the reasoning (Iron Man’s a hit and many were anticipating it), but they not only had a better ending (closing on Banner), but compromised their lead character and actor in favor of a different film’s lead character and actor. If I were Norton, I’d be pissed.
…is it that not even a single one of Betty’s hairs was singed when a fireball engulfed her and the Hulk?
…does Blonsky/Hulk have the ability to speak cogently, while Banner/Hulk has the brain of a three-year old (no offense to three-year olds)?
…isn’t United Blood Services contacting Mr. Blue, asking him to save the world’s blood supply by “concentrating it and making more?” The man could have been a millionaire at worst!
…had I never noticed that Tim Roth is a borderline midget? (IMDb says 5’7″; I say bullsh*t.)
…did Norton do this?
…is this movie so effing stupid?
…did I let myself get swayed by all of the positive reviews, when it ended up being exactly what I thought it was (right, Denny Green)?
Listen, I know this is a comic book adaptation that is not grounded in reality in the least. For that reason, I’ve tried (I might’ve failed) to avoid even broaching questions like “why doesn’t the Hulk’s hair burn?” or “why does Banner even bother buying stretchy pants when his outbreaks are so relatively rare?” I understand the all adaptations of the comic book are either stuck with the conventions that they were born with or risk pissing off fanboys and girls everwhere by altering them. Therefore, I’ve tried to ask common sense questions that should be asked of any film, no matter how “out there” the the concept is. It passes none of them. Were I so inclined, I could probably drum up 40 more, but the movie’s just not worth it (and if you ask Mrs. Fletch, it’s not even worth the ones I did ask). Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – will you take me back?
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