Iron man was SOOOOO much better. I thought Hulk sucked. It was non-stop testosterone-fueled violence. Edward Norton and Liv Tyler - even an unrecognizable William Hurt - were good, but it was just one Hulk vs. military scene after the other.
The best part was the cameo by Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark (AKA Ironman). But that was a short moment at the very end.
At least Liv Tyler, as one of only two female characters, was smart and emotionally evolved (way more than her boyfriend, Bruce Banner). She offered the only cessation of the violence with her glassy-eyed gazes and whimpering "Bruce" several different times.
As I get older, I am much more aware of the lack of strong female characters in films. (Especially since the strongest characters in my life have been women.) I remember the first time I noticed this was when I saw Lawrence of Arabia and there was only one scene with a woman in it (and all she did was say farewell from a boat).
I love men, don't get me wrong, but women rock. We are way more than arm-candy. It's time that these blockbuster movies acknowledge that once in a while.
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