Marvel Movie Review: The Incredible Hulk

 This is the Hulk before the Avenger's version of the Hulk.  Hulk/Bruce Banner (Lou Ferrigno/Edward Norton) is staying off the radar in Brazil.  Howe ver some of his blood gets into a bottle where he works, and his location is revealed.  General Ross (William Hurt) is determined to bring him back as he himself is a weapon.  As a result of this confrontation Banner decides to head north, hoping for a "cure."  He sees his girlfriend, the general's daughter Betty (Liv Tyler).  Of those trying to capture Hulk, Emil Blonsky/ Abomination (Tim Roth) is the most determined, even to the point of attempting to dupicate Hulk's results and make himself a monster.  This leads to some pretty intense fight scenes.  Hulk tried living with his girlfriend, but in the end decides he is better living alone.

Movie Review: ***^The Village

This movie is directed by M. Night Shyamalan.  Again this movie has twists.  What makes this movie eerie is the use of colors--yellow for the Villagers and red for the monsters.  The community is manipulated into red areas and yellow areas.  It is very isolated.  The villagers are not to go into the red area.  However, some of the young people are wanting to challenge this tradition.  Ivy Walker, who is blind, (Bryce Dallas Howard) and Lucius Hunt (Joaquin Phoenix) have a love interest.  However this leaves out a third friend, Noah Percy (Adrien Brody) who becomes jealous, and stabs Lucius with a knife.  It falls upon Ivy to save him by going for medicine.  It is a long journey for a blind girl, especially with monsters around.  Sigourney Weaver plays Lucius' mother, and William Hurt Ivy's father.
I enjoyed this movie very much.  It does not keep its scariness on subsequent viewings, but the first watch is very creepy.  This is not geared as a children's movie, and the red blood is a bit graphic for children.