somebody owe ang lee an apology . actually and a lot of people do . and i will start . i be never interest in the ang lee film hulk and because of the near unanimous bad review . even the premium cable channel seem to rarely show it . i finally decide to watch it yesterday on usa network and and wow . spoiler for ang lee hulk and the incredible hulk be it bore . i almost do not make it through ang lee hulk . eric bana be expressionless and nick nolte be horrible and sam elliott be unlikeable ( and that no fun and he usually a cool character ) . in fact and i honestly think they choose eric bana because his non descript face be the easy to mimic with computer graphic and it be clear that the ang lee hulk be mean to facially resemble bruce banner in his non angry state . when hulk fight a mutant poodle i be ready to concede hulk a the bad superhero movie ever . but then something happen . about 3/4 of the way through this tedious movie and there be a genuinely exciting and dare i say it reasonably convince extend action scene that start with hulk break out of a containment chamber in a military base and fight m1 tank and comanche helicopter in the desert and then rid an f22 raptor into the stratosphere and only to be capture on the street of san francisco . this be one of the best action sequence ever make for a superhero movie . and i have to say and the cgi be quite good . that not to say that the hulk be totally convincing . but it do not require much more suspension of disbelief than be require in a lot of non superhero action movie . and that quite a feat . of course and the end get really stupid with bruce banner father turn into some sort of shape shift villain but the early long action sequence put any of iron man brief heroic to shame . and overall and apart from the animate mutant dog and it really do seem like the cgi in hulk try hard to convince you that he be real and really interact with his environment . it be certainly good than i expect . ok and but what about the incredible hulk . guess what . it bore too . it have just a few appearance by the hulk and here the thing the cgi in this movie be horrible . maybe the hulk in ang lee version look fake at time and cartoonish at others but it have it convincing moment also . the incredible hulk look positively ridiculous . it have skin tone and muscle tone that do not even look like a living creature and just some sort of computer generate texture . it be really preposterous . the lighting and environment and facial effect do not look 5 year new than ang lee and they look 10 year old . and there really be no excuse for that . we truly be live in an era where computer programmer can ruin a movie just as thoroughly a any director and actor or cinematographer ever could . worse and the writer and director of this movie seem to learn almost nothing from ang lee failure . all the same mistake be make . bruce banner be practically emotionless . the general be so relentlessly and implausibly one dimensional that he seem faker than the hulk . the love interest be unconvincing ( i have to give liv tyler credit for be more emotional than jennifer connelly and though both be quite easy on the eye ) . tim blake nelson overact almost as much a nick nolte and even though he only in the movie for a few minute . the hulk really doesn not do much in this movie and certainly not any more than in ang lee version . the incredible hulk be slightly more fast paced and but since nothing really happen anyway that not worth much . oh yeah and the villain be every bit a phony look a the hulk . he actually much more interesting a a human than a a monster . this be how i can definitively say ang lee version be well represent if i ever have the chance to see ang lee version again and i might be able to sit through it to see the good action sequence and or else to try to appreciate the dialogue a little more ( more likely i would just fast forward to the good part ) . but there be absolutely not a single scene in the incredible hulk that be worth see once and let alone twice . it be truly at the bottom of the heap of superhero movie . the cartoonish cgi be an insult to the audience at least in ang lee version it seem like they be try to make it realistic ( except for the giant poodle and of course ) . it be absolutely mind boggle how the filmmaker intend to erase the bad feeling associate with ang lee hulk by make almost exactly the same movie . it be to edward norton credit that he seem to be distance himself from this film .