| mZuzek said: I feel Banner's arc is handled better than most during the movie's muddled opening acts, but ultimately it's all wasted when he just goes all superhero and is suddenly able to fully control the Hulk at will like a couple hours after he was trying to kill Romanoff. I also never bought Loki here, and why he was so hellbent on ruling the Earth... I suppose I'll have to settle for "he's a diva". |
Good write up. The film is exactly that, dumb and fun. On these 2 points though.
Hulk in the film and previous Hulk films, even in Avengers 2 when it comes, isn't seem as Hulk, he's seen as Banner. This is obviously very different to what we know of what Hulk is. If he is a comic version of Dr Jekyll an Mr Hyde, why do they refer to Banner/Hulk as though Hulk doesn't exist as a separate person? It isn't until Thor 3 that this is actually shown. Before they kind of had him as the 'raging' Hulk all the time but even then Hulk would not harm those do didn't deserve it. None of this ever comes across in the films except for one moment in the first when he saves a pilot from crashing into a bridge.
Loki's part seemed to be more "Loki was the reason the original Avengers formed. Let's put him in this too." He made a deal with Thanos to rule Earth, it sounds like a general bad guy thing with very little 'trickery' involved. Very unlike him.
Hmm, pie.
