"Well, that was disappointing!" said a voice from somewhere in back of me, as the screen went to black at the end of the new Hulk movie. The guy was not, however, referring to the film as a whole -- but, clearly, to the fact that we'd all patiently sat there through seemingly endless credits, waiting for some sort of kicker footage at the end. For nothing.

Unless you consider it a must-see kicker that there's a quick notation that, no, we don't endorse smoking, you needn't bother to hang around through hundreds of names. You can just mosey out of the theater and head for home. (There is an epilogue, mind you, but it precedes the endless Scroll of Details.)

As to the movie itself, there was, unfortunately, far too much time devoted to predictable chase scenes and predictable fight scenes, and the CGI was far too clearly CGI (yawwwwn). Nevertheless, despite all that (and the fact that the bellowing Hulk kept reminding me of the large Totoro in Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro), I enjoyed the film and hope you will, too. It's no Iron Man, mind you, but I'll be buying the DVD when it's released for Christmas or whenever.