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...but still not even a third as good as the original. There really aren't a whole lot of new joke concepts in this one. It's mostly recycled material from the first two. The only real new joke is the one with the Japanese subtitles, and even that fell a little flat. The plot is slightly better than "Spy who shagged me", but nowhere near as imaginative as the first one.

(It is also strange to note, that in the third installment, they have strayed completely from the storyline of Austin being a fish out of water after being frozen for 30 years. Perhaps they were hoping we would forget?)

Still, Mike Myers portrayal of the villain Goldmember is one of the few saving bright spots of the movie...a welcome addition to Myers' family of his characters.

Overall, I give this one four out of ten.

Wow...what a waste of time this movie was. All the celebrities that contributed voice-over work can't seem to save this movie laden with bad animation and a so-so plot.

The animation was really sub-par in my opinion. Maybe i've been spoiled by Pixar movies and Shrek, but it was just lousy. And, what was the deal with having to have the fish have Will Smith's head on it? Were they afraid that the general public was too stupid to recognize his voice, so they had to super-impose his face on the fish? Whatever it was, it just looked awkward.

And, the product placement in this movie was really shameful. Can Will Smith ever do a movie that isn't one giant commercial? Sure, instead of Coca-Cola it was Coral-Cola, and instead of Krispy Kreme, it was Kelpy Kremes, but you get the idea. It seems like they sold all the advertising first, and then decided to write the rest of the script around it, you know?

Overall - 2/10

Somewhere, Bill Bixby must be rolling around in his grave. Ang Lee managed to take a fantastic comic book story written by the genius Stan Lee, and twist into this garbled mess of a movie. I'm not a comic book purist, so I'm not going to debate the origin of the Hulk as depicted in this movie vs the comics. However, Ang Lee's adaptation of the Hulk origin is bizarre, and frankly just not that interesting.

The acting is fine, but it's really the directing and editing of the movie that is really sub-par. The scene transitions were just nauseating...I think Ang Lee was trying to keep the movie feeling like a comic book (with the "panels" of action going on) but it didn't do it for me.

The special effects when they do show up are pretty good, but if you're looking for any big fights, then you'll be sorely disappointed. There's a scene where the hulk battles 3 dogs (granted, they were mutant dogs, but still...how lame) and another scene at the end that defies explanation, as to how stupid the fight is.

In closing, I gave it a 3 out of 10...I almost turned it off halfway through, but felt that I had already invested an hour, so I might as well watch the rest. Maybe not my best move.