Todd Terwilliger

That’s the bottom line of the NY Times review of the new Hulk film. Here then is the flip-side of the AICN gush-fest from last week:

…let’s not get carried away: “The Adequate Hulk” would have been a more suitable title. There are some big, thumping fights and a few bright shards of pop-cultural wit, but for the most part this movie seems content to aim for the generic mean. If you really need a superhero to tide you over until Hellboy and Batman resurface next month — and honestly, do you? really? why? — I guess this big green dude will do.

I would guess that the smart money puts the film in between the polar extremes of this sentiment and the pant-spoiling excitement of the earlier review. Wherever on the spectrum the Hulk lands, I’ll be there to see it tonight. I gotta have faith.