>>107360528Ang Lee's Hulk proves my point exactly about how audiences are much more accepting of a Hulk movie now than they were before.
The major criticism that was constantly leveled at it was that it "didn't have Hulk being Hulk", as in, it didn't give people enough monster fighting and big punchy boom boom stuff, as it was mostly dramatic and kind of slow.
Now granted I think there were a number of issues with the movie and I wouldn't even call it a good movie, but I think it had the beginnings of a great idea in how to tackle the character.
I think there is great potential in Hulk's character that goes beyond the usual tropes people think of when they think of Hulk stories. Like this guy
>>107359749 said, there can be a Hulk for every kind of story and there is a lot more to him than wether he is just dumb or smart.
Frankly, there is no reason why Godzilla can have 30 movies around the same premise and still deliver great spins on the subject decades after his inception, why there can be an entire genre of film dedicated to celebrating monsters wrestling as a form of expression, and yet we can't even have a single great Hulk movie.
Hulk should be America's Godzilla and he deserves much more than the rep he's given.