We went way back to the beginning for this one. This film, "The Amazing Bulk," was the 18th movie we watched at movie night; when we first watched it, it was a new film. Although we have referenced it on occasion over the years, we have never rewatched it, probably because it was so many years ago that we usually found something more recent to rewatch first. But this movie is a triumph of bad CGI. Adam suspected that they were going for a "Sin City" kind of thing that just doesn't pan out when a lot of your sets are made in MS paint. Delightfully, whenever someone is sitting in a car, you can see the couch they are sitting on in the background as if it's meant to be the seat. At the end, there's an extended sequence of the Bulk running through the country and encountering every bizarre animal or thing they managed to acquire from the CGI team. Oh, and the running is hilarious, both of the Bulk himself and the humans. The acting is bad too but mostly not in the funny way, with the exception of these two cops who have seen many serious cop movies and want you to know that. The plot is of little consequence: it involves a scientist who looks like a member of a mediocre early 2000s rock band, injecting himself with a superhuman serum that turns him into the bulk. He ends up stopping a crazy German guy who wants to blow up the moon. That's about it.
The thing to know about this movie is that it is fun and pretty short at only an hour and 15 minutes, but should you rewatch it, you should wait a while in between viewings. There's mostly only one joke (the bad CGI). It's a fantastic joke, but you need time for your brain to forget just how bad it was.
Spoon Rating: 7.5
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