Who was the best HULK?

Pretty sure the hulk didn’t explode out of antisemitism, egomania, and sheer crazy.

I’m rather fond of Bill Bixby. I remember as a little kid my dad smearing mom’s green eye shadow all over his face, wearing a ripped undershirt, and shoving over rotten pine trees while yelling “Arrrggh!”.

@syz is that the reason he gave when he got caught in your mothers makeup?

At this writing I haven’t seen The Avengers.
Eric Bana didn’t seem right for the character. I loved Bixby as a kid, and thought Ed Norton got it just right.

I liked Edward Norton. He had a good balance of nervous small guy and “you don’t want to make me angry” guy.

I have to say that whoever played the Hulk in The Avengers was fantastic! I really liked this movie. The acting was damn good all around. These are cartoon characters and they came alive in a believable way…. to ME!

I was amazed at his normal life character. I was thinking to myself what kind of movie had I gotten into? Where was all the cartoon dialog? They actually made an effort to make it make sense and the lines were delivered with complexity.

Of course, I didn’t see The Hulk in any of it’s other movie versions. So I can’t compare. All I can say is that I really liked this movie and I didn’t think I was going to. There was self-knowledge and character development that made me feel like this wasn’t just a cartoon.

Ruffalo. I liked Edward Norton as well. Bill Bixby was kind of a downer.

I have mixed feelings about the actors. I think Norton and Bixby were both very good at what they did. I think Ruffalo has the advantage of playing a Bruce Banner who is a lot further along at accepting his fate, and has a sense of humor about it.

That other Hulk movie was so bad I only really paid attention to Jennifer Connelly.

Truth is these actors were all very good. They did their respective roles quite impressively. It’s a tie for me. But who is the best Hulk?

Tobey Maguire! HUEHUEHUEHUE

@filmfann No, I was referring back to your Mel Gibson reference.

That one that turns green and gets all big and muscely and rips his shirt off. Oh, wait…...

I have seen all of the performances you mention and my favorite Banner was Mark Ruffalo by far. I loved The Incredible Hulk and even had a little crush on Bill Bixby, as a grown up though, I think Ruffalo’s Banner blows Bixby’s out of the water. Mark Ruffalo was just so calm and mellow and matter of fact about co-existing with “the other guy” it was awesome and really one of my favorite things about the movie.

This kid.

I’m going to lose a little of my nerdiness when I tell you this… I’ve never seen any Hulk(s), except Lou Ferrigno when I was young, and just recently Mark Ruffalo in the Avengers. I really dig Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk. I guess I can’t make any comparisons, though, since I haven’t seen the others. Perhaps my inner nerd needs to watch the other Hulk movies.

Mark Ruffalo.

With the benefit of hindsight, Lou Ferrigno looked like Shrek in a shit wig.
As for the best potential candidate to play Banner, I pick Pee Wee because he looks like he has a nasty temper on him.