Movies / Animé and Toons

Planet Hulk

By Hervé St-Louis
April 4, 2010 - 08:03

The heroes of Earth have had enough with the Hulk’s destructive bouts and they decide to exile him on an inhabited planet full of plants where his rage will cause no more harm. But the space shuttle carrying the Hulk changes course and falls on Planet Sakaar instead. The Hulk becomes a slave gladiator in the ruthless games of the evil Red king. Will the Hulk destroy the Sakaar or help its people?

I spoke to a lot of friends about this animated movie and most didn’t like it. They thought it was stupid and that the animation was poor. They expected much more from this film and wondered why Marvel Entertainment even bothered. I had a different take. It was not the best thing I ever saw. It lied just under Titan A.E. Having not read the Planet Hulk storyline from the comic books, I assumed this was a good recast of the whole series. I like how characters I expected to be heroes in their own right just died. I found the bug creature annoying like Jar Jar and really wanted him to get pulverized. I didn,t like the  logic of making the Hulk character tame in this film and never revert back to human form. Where did his rage come from to sustain him in that form for so long? I didn’t like that he was portrayed as being smart after all and not just a mindless creature. But then, they probably borrowed that from the comic book. What that does is create a logic problem. Why couldn’t Hulk be so docile on Earth as he was on Sakaar. What really changed? The one thing I did not like was the appearance of Beta Ray Bill and the cameo by Thor. It was overkill. Again, I can’t explain if this is from the comic book series.

The animation was decent. It’s not the best I’ve seen but it did its job. I like the Sakaar characters’ designs. They felt streamlined and clean. The animation used won’t beat anything from Japan, but then does it need to?

Rating: 6.5 / 10

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