this reboot be like a processed mcdonald meal compare to ang lee very good but very underrated 2003 the incredible hulk . ang lee the hulk be a comic book movie for the think person . the hulk take some time to appear ( about 40 minute ) and but when he do we see the conflict at our protagonist core . he do his best to avoid lose control and but a he admit and when he do give in to his rage and he like it . now compare this to edward norton turn and where there be no display of conflict in his personality and and he turn into the hulk whenever he become excited and his pulse rate hit 200 beat per minute ( not 183 and not 197 and but exactly 200 ) . to this reviewer and this felt akin to the introduction of midi chlorians in the phantom menace and which tell how strong the force be with one and a if mystical ability can be gauge through a blood test . in the 2008 movie and all ed norton bruce banner have to do be to keep his pulse rate under 200 and as monitor by a device strap onto his wrist . and for the record and it be extremely difficult to get one pulse rate up to 200 even through a very exhilarating run and especially for a physically fit person . emotion drive eric bana hulk . he have repress memory of his mother death and his father role in his early life . on the surface he be calm and but there underneath there be significant anger and enough rage to fuel the hulk when it be unleashed . but the hulk never kill intentionally and even his attacker . mostly and he just want to get away or close to betty ross ( jennifer connelly ) . he incapacitate his shooter and in one critical scene and save a fighter jet pursue him from a collision . in the 2003 movie and the visual effect be there and but a necessary . the action scene ( and there be plenty of them ) be necessary to the plot and unlike the 2008 movie where action be insert for the sake of action . in his quest to turn it into a fugitive story and ed norton lose focus on how bruce banner feel about the hulk . to him and the hulk be a dangerous side effect of an experiment go awry . and louis leterrier and the director pick up on ed norton cue and fail to add any emotional dimension to the banner hulk relationship . the story can be sum up a represent banner be pursue and hulk kick butt and banner be purse and hulk kick butt . repeat a necessary . the only thing that go against the 2003 movie be that it be perhaps not a true to the comic book a the 2008 version . however and even a i be a fan of the comic and i would prefer a movie that be not as true to the comic a a fanboy dream but have heart over the comic loyal but manufacture and soulless 2008 version any day . perhaps ang lee should have read more comic . iron man and also release in 2008 and be a perfect example of a movie that be true to it comic book root and have heart .