RyTunes In On Some Recent Casting Choices

Geek movies are back with a vengeance! With the advent of Spider-Man 3, sequels of your favorite (and indifferent) heroes are lacing up their boots, unwrinkling their spandex, and Ironing their Man for 2008 and beyond. A list of casting choices have been released recently, thanks to movies.aol.com. So here are my thoughts, and I welcome you to (respectfully) agree or disagree.

Edward Norton has been cast to replace Eric Bana as the Incredible Hulk for the 2008 sequel release. According to AOL Movies, in this movie the Hulk aims to find the cure for his greening. I've got three reactions to this.

1. Why, Edward, why? This is generally a move for people whose careers are faltering. It's called a desperation play, or Hail Mary. But for people like Mr. Norton, who pulls off acting with such a fine touch, this is a possible career suicide. I'm talking Roberto Benigni as Pinocchio-magnitude career suicide. This may possibly be the first truly stupid movie he's ever done.

2. I...guess he could pull it off? Edward is capable of bringing class to a lot of roles. No one else could be Smoochy. So it's possible, I suppose, that the Jekyll of the story (face it, that's all the Hulk is, Jekyll and Hyde fighting crime) could be a lot classier/more beautifully tormented.

3. He's not a hero type. Edward Norton playing truly mindless? There may be too much intelligence in him to play a bulging, raging, soup can mascot. Look how well intelligent actors did in, oh say, Wild Wild West.

Moving on.

Tom Hanks is back to further destroy Dan Brown's work in Angels And Demons. Maybe he's really a spy for art historians who despise Dan Brown, trying to sabotage the work from the inside. I don't think his portrayal is going to be any good, and I hope like Hell that the rest of the cast can make up for it.

Maggie Gyllenhal will be assuming the role of Rachel Dawes in "The Dark Knight". Question: do we still need Rachel Dawes? Really? Did we need her to begin with?

The role of Iron Man goes to...Robert Downey, Jr.! I wouldn't have been so sure about this, but his recent roles in such films as A Scanner Darkly....have not helped that in any way. It could work, but I have my reservations. Sure the guy's got an iron liver but...

...we can't forget about Speed Racer! Or can we? I don't know. I have. Anyway, Emile Hirsch will be taking the title role in May of '08. By November of '08, it will be long out of theaters, marking another victory for the intelligent portion of the American population.

So weigh in! What do you think?