[...] couple of weeks ago I posed the question: Will The Incredible Hulk defeat Iron Man? on its opening weekend at the box [...]

Regarding Hulk, I thought it was good for the average person and very good for the fans. Not as close to Iron Man territory as you say, however. It won’t do nearly the box office Shellhead did.

I’ll be posting my review late Thursday night.

Vic

I had my doubts but truly believed it would be just “fine”. Never did I imagine it would fall just shy of ‘Iron Man’ as one of the better comic book films around. Sure… there’s no cool suit… Sure… the story’s kinda predictable. But, y’know what? It has so many goodies for those of us viewing this as “part 2″ of The Avengers franchise that the few shortcomings the film has (ie. Liv Tyler) are completely forgivable. They really are… because this movie is filled to the brim with plot-driven action and important references.

I’m actually gonna go out on a limb here, too: the climax of Hulk was actually a LOT more enjoyable than Iron Man’s, which I felt was a letdown after the superb Afghanistan/fighter jet scenes mid-film (which, admittedly, beats Hulk hands-down).

(PS: Vic… For some reason, I couldn’t post this on a Mac! Had to wait til I got to a PC. Somethging to do with new site, maybe?)

Don’t get me wrong, ‘Hulk’ was very good, but it wasn’t the fun ride that audiences loved so much from ‘Iron Man.’

Vic

iron man was awesome because it had all the key areas in place (as mentioned before). if the hulk has these areas in place it will do well and better. it will do well because of it having the right tools, and better because hulk is more well known than iron, and therefore more liked.

ok, guys sorry i’m late. i’ve been away from the cpu for about 5 days, but now i’m back. let’s see.
i am assuming that the hulk movie is going to be a smash hit. with that said, then, yes, i do feel that the hulk movie will beat out iron man. however, i can understand what you mean H.O.M.E.R. when you say that the iron man movie set up the in coming of the hulk. but honestly, if hulk came out first and iron man second, the same argument could be applied.

however, in my initial argument (overall)i’m not referring to who set up who. iron man is not more known than the hulk. a character that is more well known than the hulk would be spiderman. in fact the very first superhero (in the marvel realm) i became aware of as a kid was spidey, followed by the hulk. plus, i think my generation, when we were kids, most of us tuned into see the hulk cartoons of the early 80s and even the ones of the 90s. grandmama’s and ganddads know of the hulk.

there is no formula to know just how much each movie will exactly make at the box office, but like adrian said, he has kids who constantly ask him when the movie is coming out and if they are still going to see it. with the millions of kids in america, and grown-up kids in america i say hulk will beat out iron man at the box office.

Vic

I think you’re wrong about what appeals more. I think you’re confusing that idea with what people/comic fans knew more about previously. The hulk character prior to these movies was obviously way more well known.

When we say appeal, we mean when regular ppl see the commercials, which is cooler to them? Robert Downey, funny as hell in an awesome looking modern fighting suit with crazy sweet action sequences, or a big green monster fighting another monster…? I don’t think there’s anyone out there who can say the hulk commercials were better or more appealing than the iron man ones. You could also go as far to say Ed Norton doesn’t appeal as much as Downey does.

Did anyone see the MTV movie awards? Someone brought that up in the weekly chat topic. Anyways, Ed norton was a boring not-caring guy in his 2 seconds presenting, and downey was funny as hell and actually enjoys what he does. Whether that has to do with Norton’s controversy with Marvel or not, I don’t know.

Hard to believe June 13 is only a little over a week away now.