Hulk (2003)

Saw this on tv a second ago. Anyone else feel that it was good movie? Now, I mean movie, not adaptation.

I know many rip on Ang Lee for that film, but really, he didn't write it, he just directed. And he polished the hell out of that turd. There is only so much you can do with a script that has a radioactive poodle, and Ang Lee pulled through, considering. I remember disliking the hell out of the movie when I saw it in theatres, and most of my friends really liked it because it was the new superhero flick out. Then, as time passed, they jumped on the bandwagon of the dislike for it, and I changed my opinion after giving it a second viewing.

The cinematography, with the comic paneling, was great. Excluding of course the death of Talbot, which was kind of silly. Loved how it showed more going on than what a regular scene would allow, and that really added to the characters in each scene.

The acting was great from everyone. Connelly, Bana, Sam Elliot, and Josh Tobias played a great Talbot. Tobias's good at being pricks in movies, I find. Heh. Nick Nolte, considering his character didn't, in the movie's sense, exist in the books, he had the shining moments with his powerful dialogue. His character of Bruce's father combined (appropriate term) with Absorbing Man, and a sprinkle of Zzzax there at the final battle, was pretty hard to take in, I know. But it also paralleled Hulk/Banner being Man and Soul, while his father being Man and Matter, something that is limitless while simultaneously being limited, unlike Banner. Showing, at the end, the anomalus power of willpower, mind, and body.

Too pretentious? Ah well, fuck you.

it sucked, but i do not think it was as bad as everyone lets on. i personally hated the screen in screen shots though

Uhmmmmm...I enjoyed his battle with the military in the desert. The rest, not so much.

You know, it did take a couple of viewings to get behind it. It is what it is. Sure, its not the best comic flick ever, but its also not the worst. I did like the panel usage, but there were a few things in it that were really not needed, or just wildly unnecessary.

I can't hate anything with Jennifer Connelly in it, but otherwise I don't think it's as bad as everyone said. It's not a great movie by any means, and it does not do justice to the source material, but as a movie, it's not terrible.

I don't think this was a bad movie. It just wasn't exciting enough to keep me interested. It could have been a lot worse I suppose. The acting talent was there and I do like Ang Lee. This was just meh to me. Not horrible but not what it could be.

I have yet to watch this movie without falling asleep

Now, I'm not saying it is this epic thing, just that it isn't this awful flick.

There's the problem! It's a movie about the Hulk. It needs to be epic, for Stan's sake!

i think they just tried to hard to make it a psycological thriller.

They did a lot of marketing towards young kids when this came out...I think it was way too deep for most kids to understand and/or enjoy, and a lot of adults don't have the attention span for this type of film. The bad marketing IMHO, it was killed it.
I enjoyed parts if it...not a great film, but it was ok.

Movie SUCKED bad. I liked the movie alright but the Hulk ruined it by looking so video game stupid.

Off_White_Lantern wrote:Movie SUCKED bad. I liked the movie alright but the Hulk ruined it by looking so video game stupid.

It's one or the other; either you liked the movie, with the exception of the Hulk and a few key parts, or the movie 'SUCKED bad.' You can't have it both ways.


That being said, while I was disappointed in Nick Nolte and the Absorbing Dad sub-plot, I thought Ang Lee did a very good job of showing the psychological struggle that is at the heart of the Hulk Story.

As I've said before, Lee's Hulk movie does a magnificent job of showing us why the Hulk exists, and how he's not just a rampaging brute--he just wants to be left alone; Norton's Hulk movie does a fantastic job of showing how Banner lives with the Hulk as part of his life.

Well said Doug!!

It wasn't a good Hulk movie, but it was fine otherwise. The again, even 'The Incredible Hulk' didn't really work despite the attempt to give a better balance between the psychological and fantastic aspects of the character. Maybe the Hulk was never meant to be on the big screen?

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Off_White_Lantern wrote:Movie SUCKED bad. I liked the movie alright but the Hulk ruined it by looking so video game stupid.

It's one or the other; either you liked the movie, with the exception of the Hulk and a few key parts, or the movie 'SUCKED bad.' You can't have it both ways.


I WOULD have like the movie ALRIGHT if not for the video game Hulk. The laughable Hulk parts RUINED the movie so it doesnt matter. Unless someone would go through that movie and fix all the Hulk parts to look more realistic then the movie is $hitty. So yeah everything stacked together think most everyone agrees this movie SUCKED BAD.

Off_White_Lantern wrote:So yeah everything stacked together think most everyone agrees this movie SUCKED BAD.

Obviously not, as I and several others (yourself included, according to your first post) do not agree with that sentiment. I think most people would agree that some elements were seriously flawed, but as far as movies about fictional comic book monsters fighting soldiers go, it wasn't half bad.

I remember seeing in High School and though I enjoyed it a bit (I have not seen the new adaption yet), it was quite boring and while the comic panels was unique-it didn't do it for me that much.

superdoug wrote:

Off_White_Lantern wrote:So yeah everything stacked together think most everyone agrees this movie SUCKED BAD.

Obviously not, as I and several others (yourself included, according to your first post) do not agree with that sentiment. I think most people would agree that some elements were seriously flawed, but as far as movies about fictional comic book monsters fighting soldiers go, it wasn't half bad.

Doug this was an effects driven movie and the effects were laughable. I like the feel of the movie and the actors were all capable but the big fake Hulk came in and ruined it. Seriously u cant say the movie didnt suck when every scene with the title character felt like a joke.

Obviously, I can.