Recent movies

I just finished watching The Hulk, starring Edward Norton. A few weeks ago I watched Ironman, with Robert Downey, Jr. Both movies center around transformation, though in different ways. Ironman tells the story of Tony Stark, military-scientist-for-profit-and-fame turned super hero. The Hulk is about scientist Bruce Banner who gets a gamma infection which gives him uncontrollable power when his blood pressure reaches a certain level. His transformation comes toward the end when Banner, devoted to keeping this monster under wraps and without incident, volunteers to transform to stop another crazy monster. While the Hulk this time, though, there is a measure of control because of love. Right at the end of the movie, we see Banner practicing some kind of yoga to control his blood pressure and begins transforming into the Hulk, this time under his own volition.

Good movies. Enjoyable. Super-hero movies without the philosophical nature of Batman, but stories of redemption and transformation, nonetheless.