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Simply too slow
When you go to watch a film based on a comic book there are certain things you have in your mind as a prerequisite, the most obvious being action, action and more action. The problem with this film is that nothing - and i mean *nothing* - happens in the first 90 minutes. Granted after an hour and a half you are presented with 20-25 minutes of unadulterated comic book action, but unfortunately until that happens its quite simply dull. Its such a shame that it turned out this way as I was really looking forward to seeing the Hulk get the Spiderman/Daredevil/Batman blockbuster treatment it deserved. However I had to watch this film four times to actually be able to make it through the first 90 minutes without dozing off (seriously - Merchant Ivory films have more action!)...and I honestly believe that if it wasn't for the stunning good looks of Jennifer Connelly, I wouldn't have made it on the fourth watch. I give this movie 2 stars; one star for the great cast, Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott & Nick Nolte (who looks remarkably like Kris Kristofferson in this film) and one star for the special effects in the last half hour, I unlike many here appreciated the amount of effort that was put into the CGI. Great cast, Great story, Reasonable script, Good special effects - just overlong, uninteresting and plain dull dull dull for the first 90 minutes.
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