to tell the truth, i saw iron man, and was not impressed at all. Everyone was saying it was so great and i thought it was mediocre at best. I liked the first spider man the most out of all the marvel films; it was rather novel (in the sense that superhero films were not too common at the time) and, imo, stuck to the comic book version pretty well. They butchered the first hulk film, and now i have no idea how they plan on reconciling the story with the second.
Really? You didn't like Iron Man?
I thought Iron Man was good. To me, it was a lot like the first Spider-Man, a good mix of humor, a little romance, and some good action. I don't know, maybe I need to go back and watch Spider-Man again. I also liked it because it presented a good origin story for the character and showed some character development (he ended the movie a different person then he started it).
That's the thing about taking these classic comic book characters that have been around for so long and translating them into modern movies, there's no way they can compress centuries worth of stuff into a two hour movie. To me, as long as they stay true to the character's personality from the comics, which I think they did with Tony Stark (i.e. playboy who doesn't give a shit about anyone but is empty on the inside to man with a mission), it doesn't matter if they compress the story down or attempt to modernize it a bit and change some minor details to fit the film medium better.
As for the Hulk, it's not a sequel to the 2003 version, it's a reboot. They know nobody liked that one, so they're pretty much ignoring it and starting fresh with this new one. I saw it and enjoyed it. It's much truer to the comic's origin story and general storyline, and also closer in tone to the old TV show rather then the 2003 movie (i.e. there's actually some humorous moments, it doesn't take itself super seriously, and Hulk actually destroys a bunch of shit rather then just running away the whole movie). Also, they actually have a real villain from the comics this time (the Abomination, plus they also set up another of Hulk's enemies for future installments) as opposed to the other movie where they had him fighting his father at the end.
I dunno, I like the movies, but you're entitled to your own opinion. I'm going to hold off on judging future installments until I actually see them though...