It's a simple line, but it rings true in regard to the negative aspects of our humanity. Self control seems to be a foreign concept in an age of indulgence. The path of least resistance is simply giving into our vices, but when we attempt to control our feelings, it seems easier to rid ourselves of the offending feelings.

However, emotions and the ability to choose to work toward discipline and self control are a part of being human. No matter how hard we try, we're stuck in this fallen nature, and we have to work hard to quell the beast, doing right in self control.

The Bible has much to say about anger and how it can lead to both physical and spiritual destruction when we are controlled by it. The apostle Paul acknowledges our humanity when telling the Ephesians to "be angry and do not sin" (4:26a). But he advises that we must move past it and make things right, with ourselves and with our neighbor.

In the film, Bruce refuses to admit that the Hulk is a part of him, and Betty reminds him that he is still a human beneath the green exterior; he can still control the rage and do the right thing. But not before he takes care of some spectacular mid-town brawling with the bizarro Hulk.

I guess I've answered my own question: Marvel thought it was necessary to take matters of the Hulk into their own hands and make a movie more faithful to the original comic storyline, creating a typical, ho-hum story which included less talking, less thinking, and more "HULK SMASH!!"

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