Is anyone else bothered by the fact that, it seems, in this film as in the first, the filmakers don't really let us relate to the Hulk as a character?
In the comics (when I read them 100 years ago) my favorite moments where when the hulk was in the woods, at peace, enjoying nature, and then those damn humans would show up shooting at him: "Why do puny humans always bother Hulk? Hulk just wants to be alone."
I also remember a scene in the TV show (the original pilot?) when the Hulk is trying to save a little girl in a lake, and her father is shooting at him. That was a great, memorable scene, and there was nothing like that for me in this story.
Every hero needs a certain weakness. For Superman, it's Kryptonite, for the Hulk it's his heart.
He had such an innocence in the comics that even though he was the strongest thing on the planet, the reader felt almost a paternal urge to protect him from the evil world.
The "misunderstood monster" is a classic theme that has worked throughout the history of literature. Think Hunchback of Notre Dame, think Frankenstein.
Am I dwelling on something that really isn't needed, or does anyone else think the film-makers should include more of the vulnerable side of the Hulk if they want these movies to ever really work?