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Summary: A Triumph! A 10! Hulk Smash!!
Review: The Hulk is one of my very favorite movies. The magisterialy versatile Ang Lee has gifted us with a tremendous version of the mighty green legend. The story and characters were excellent, Jennifer Connelly's subtly powerful performance brought a few tears to my eyes and there was actually more Hulk mayhem than I had dared to hope for. The CGI and other effects were astounding, certainly better than Spider-Man; all the negative nonsense buzzing around about them actually served to further WOW me, as I was worried about the FX going into the theater. The close-ups of his face and emotions were some of the best CGI I've ever seen and the tank battle is my favorite action sequence of all time.
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Summary: A fine interpretation of the comics
Review: (This movie ges a 3 and 1/2 star rating from me but as we know Amazon doesn't allow you to give "half" stars)The Hulk, although not quite what I expected it to be was a good time at the theatres. Firstof all, the CGI Hulk looks great, the special effects in this movie were astonishing, yet this movie certainly wasn't what I expected. It's that the movie is way to slow, yet when it speeds up it seems rushed. Not to say this movie was bad. It had quite a few good points to it, it definetly was more good than bad. Just don't go in expecting an action packed night at the theatre. And I must add, Eric Bana was great as the hulk. Quite a good interpertation of the Hulk on Ang Lee's part, although not up to Spidey's caliber. Pros: Great Special Effects
Great acting
Funny Stan Lee cameo
Great Story
Visually amazing at times Cons: Not enough action for those who expected that
The desert scene was completely not necessary If you go in with low expectations you'll be pleasently surprised, yet if you go in with expectations that it will be action packed (like the trailers made it out to be) you may not enjoy the film.
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Summary: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.....No
Review: I thought I was watching the sequel to Shrek...i was waiting to see Donkey...then I realized that this wasnt the sequel...it was a serious film the tried to be very serious. They take the Hulk ino outer space to try to stop him....HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Quite different from Marvel's OTHER films...
Review: When I heard Ang Lee was directing this film, I knew that The Hulk wouldn't be like Marvel's other movies. Not that this is neccessarily a bad thing. The big difference is that there is no real 'villian' until the last half-hour of the movie. In fact, the Hulk himself was treated much like a villain, even though all he wants is to be left alone. The pain that is inflicted to Bruce Banner because of his semi-psycho father is depressing, knowing that he never really cared for him. The Hulk is really imposing, especially during a couple scenes where he goes beserk in a military base and in a forest versus some mutant dogs. The Hulk's cgi wasn't really that bad, and only a few scenes didn't go well with the computer animated Hulk. The acting was alright, and none of the actors really did seem two-dimensional. The music score is disturbing(in a good way), but then again, anything scored by Danny Elfman sounds frightening. One thing that I didn't like was that the movie seemed to drag on a bit at the beginning, but at least the last hour was pretty good, and it wouldn't be good at all if we didn't find out all the details about the characters at first. There also was this nifty split-screen thing that kept popping up during the movie that takes some getting used to, but it's not that distracting, and it helps in some cases(on one screen you'll see the Hulk smashing his way through a lab and on the other screen you'll see everybody preparing for his arrival.). All in all, this is a good movie for those who've wanted to see the Incredible Hulk on the big screen, or those who want something a bit different from the traditional superhero story.
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Summary: Passafist Reviews THE HULK
Review: I sit here in utter shock. SHOCK! I have just seen the worst movie I have ever set my eyes on. You're right it's probably just that it's a new experience. I mean I've seen many bad movies. Most of them have some endearing qualities. Ang Lee's (The Ice Storm) THE HULK does not. It's pretentious, stupid, banal, trite, awful, horrible, vomit inducing, and many other choice words. It's a grade-A suckfest. It's so bad it's unwatchable. In the beginning I thought maybe this movie had some potential. Sure, I walked in with low expectations. I expected neat action sequences, maybe a little love story, some neat if hokey special effects; A popcorn movie, with ANG LEE at the helm maybe a little substance. What I got was a disjointed, amateurish, and plotless mess of a film. Eric Bana (Black Hawk Down) stars as Bruce Banner, a scientist, who will eventually turn into a big green monster, like SHREK without the sarcastic wit. Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind) plays Betty Ross the other scientist, the pretty one who loves Bruce, but how can you love SHREK. They're working on some pointless experiment that explodes a toad. There is also a guy trying to steal the research and the girl, his name is Talbot (Josh Lucas, Sweet Home Alabama) and he's a jerk. Nick Nolte (Blue Chips) is there as Bruce's estranged and nutszoid father, and Sam Elliott is Betty's estranged and bi-polar father. Bruce Banner turns green and jumps around a lot while helicopters chase him. Betty broods around a lot, she loves him, but how can she love the Jolly Green Giant. Her father can't make up his mind, one minute he's mad at the Hulk another minute he feels sad for him. Stan Lee (Daredevil) and Lou Ferrigno (TV's The Incredible Hulk) give Oscar worthy support as bad actors, oops I mean security guards. Oh yeah, and Nick Nolte acts crazy a lot. You know what's funny. None of this can be blamed on the actors. The blame is squarely on the director, the screenwriter and the editor. First of all, the movie uses a bad gimmick, the split-screen. I think my favorite split screen was the one Truffaut used in FAHRENHEIT 451, where the screen splits and there's a black screen on one side. That was really deep. Or maybe my favorite one was in THE PARENT TRAP, I really believed Haley Mills was two girls. It's intent is to make the film look more like a comic book. But in reality I make the film it look really, really sloppy. The split screen makes it like they are covering up mistakes. There are scenes that are wooden; there are scenes in this film where you can tell that the characters are not talking to each other. This is filmmaking 101 ANG LEE, go back to film school buddy. Not only that, the story has no tone. One minute everything is dark and brooding, the next minute everything is colorful. There is an underground military base in this film that looks like Dr. Evil's Lair in AUSTIN POWERS, hey ANG LEE you have millions to make a movie hire a decent art director. Yeah and why not hire graphic artists that can make the Hulk freaking walk. Instead of jumping around like the earth is one giant moonwalk. John Turman (TV's Crow: Stairway To Heaven) and Michael France's (Cliffhanger) screenplay lacks any character's. Every motivation is simply to move the story along. The Hulk is powerful only when the screenplay calls him to be. There is a moment where they spray him with some freezing goop, sure he can lift a whole mountain off of himself but it takes him 2 minutes to break through goop, and Bruce Banner isn't a softy when the movie let him, but he can't beat up a guy in a cast. I couldn't believe it. And, Poor Jennifer Connelly, she has the most amazing expressive face, and all Ang Lee can have her do is brood, and cry. Let the poor girl smile you dehumanizing jackass. Let the girl smile. And finally, if I see one more pointless fight scene during the night. A scene that is only shot in the darkness to cover up the fact that very little is happening. I will get angry and probably turn into the Hulk myself.
On a postive note there is a shot. One shot where Jennifer Connelly is swinging on a swing. It's a beautiful shot in the middle of a mess. Thank you for the chance to vent. The Hulk is a heaping Hulk of elephant dung mixed with dog vomit. No Stars out of *****
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Summary: Intelligent, though not effective in the way it wanted to be
Review: There is a very old, very sharp line between so-called "low brow" readers and moviegoers, i.e. comic book and science fiction fans, and supposed "high brow" elitists, people who get their kicks primarily from Dostoevsky, Proust or Eugene O'neill. The former call the latter dull and boring, while the latter call the former base and unsophisticated. And then, there are those closest to enlightment who realize comic books, when done properly, have just as much drama and depth as any classic stripped from its fancy prose. Is The Hulk a "literary" comic book movie that will present intelligence for the elitists? I'd have to say yes. The problem, then, is ye olde "push one button, the other pops out" routine. There's just not enough well-dispersed action and/or comic relief to keep the true comic book fans' interest; the first half of the movie will appeal to Eugene O'Neill fans, sure, maybe winning over a new crowd. It most definitely appealed to me, though I'm that rare mixed breed. Unfortunately, the lack of "fun" will turn off most of the people whose backs went into feeding the comic book industry as a whole for the past eight decades or so. The trick with these movies is to make a happy medium, something that has deep ideas and characters and drama yet cleverly wraps them around enough action and fun to engage both audiences, not just halfbreeds like myself. Spiderman and X-men (especially X2) did this just fine. The Hulk doesn't; it trades one crowd for another, rather than expanding both horizons. Eugene O'neill style pacing and big green monster stories just don't mix for most people, and though I personally liked the movie quite a bit, it ends up winning a little corner in the "not for everyone" shelf.
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Summary: Forget the criticism
Review: Having seen some pretty crappy trailers, I was hesitant about the Hulk.
After opening credits that are loaded with info, and a tedious 45 or so minutes of background, the expected moment comes when Bruce Banner gets angry, and the result is orgasmic in terms of rage and destruction! Acting is secondary, although they're not bad for comic strip characters, ranging from brilliant (Nick Nolte with the meatiest part) to cardboard (Josh Lucas bound hopelessly by stereotype) The CG Hulk is an obvious CG character...but the best use of technology is the reactions of a CG Hulk with doors, windows, walls, tanks, planes....etc. It is a non stop roller coaster ride with a not unpleasing ending. Although the script is dark in nature, it's not without some genuine humor. Don't take it TOO seriously, but don't leave your brain at the door either. And if you don't like poodles now, you'll like them less afterwards! A MUST SEE!
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Summary: Worst movie I've ever seen...
Review: Hi, my name is Jay, and I watched the Hulk last night. I stayed until the end of the movie, hoping for something redeeming: a bit of witty dialogue, decent special effects footage, gorgeous backgrounds ... something. I shouldn't have wasted my time or money. I can rack my brain and not find any redeeming qualities in the movie. The plot was confused (and the revelation of Bruce's repressed memories at the end was a let-down). The dialogue was stilted at its best and totally inane most of the time. The special effects were absolutely horrendous -- I had heard that test screeners felt that the Hulk looked unrealistic and that a lot of effort went into making him look more realistic ... all I can say is that I shudder to think of what the test screening must have displayed. As far as I can tell, the best the filmmakers could do to make the Hulk more realistic was not allow the filmgoer to see him (make the scene dark or keep the camera moving so much you get very few real looks at him). The scene transitions ... oh my word, the scene transitions ... I'm not certain what the filmmakers were seeking by using the unusual and disorienting scene transitions they scattered throughout the movie, but they irritated me and my friends even more than the movie did. In short, I have never seen a movie as bad as The Hulk, and I can find something good in many of the worst B-grade films. The Hulk doesn't even deserve one star in my book, but Amazon.com will allow me to rate it no lower. Don't waste your time or money.
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Summary: Good, but Not Great.
Review: I wanted desperately to see this movie, and even wrote a review on amazon.com stating my enthusiasm. Well, I must admit, it was worth the wait and hype . . . . . . sort of. HULK is a difficult movie to review. It has so many ups and downs that it comes off as one of those films you simply can't place your finger (or opinion) on. I'll just make it easier and take it in random sections. The acting was great. Eric Bana perfectly embodied the emotionally bottled-up Bruce Banner, and he is quite powerful and moving at times. Jennifer Connelly is an Academy Award winner, and that sort of speaks for itself. It's awesome to see Sam Elliot back on the screen again; he is, needless to say, perfect, especially for the role of a military general. And Nick Nolte is . . . . . well, Nick Nolte. His role in this film was a very strange and unsettling one, a role that when placed in the hands of almost any other actor would've destroyed the entire movie. But Mr. Nolte does one helluva job at it, and he's a thrill to watch. The action was absolutely riveting!! I feel somewhat strange saying this, considering the fact that this is obviously meant to be a character study above anything else, but the action scenes were the highlight(s) of the film. Oh, and I've heard countless people complain about the special effects. I can only guess they were basing their opinions on the Superbowl trailer, because the stuff I saw on the big screen was spectacular. True, at times it really does show, but for the most part it's some of the best stuff I've ever seen. And for all you dorks who ranted on about how stupid it was to do the Hulk in CGI, well you've been watching that old TV show too much and not reading enough of the comics. HEEELLOOOOOOOOOOO???!!??! The Hulk IS fifteen feet tall, and he CAN leap that far, and I'd be impressed beyond belief if they could pull that off by just painting some beefed up guy green! (Note: Do not conclude from all this that I do not enjoy the old TV show; it was, in fact, a very well-done series, and watching that old painted Hulk ( I forgot his name) was always very entertaining.) It's kind of like the FX work in SPIDER-MAN, as in the CGI is realistic enough (more so in HULK) to convince, yet at the same time it perfectly captures the sense of a comic book to satisfy comic fans. All this is put into action even more efficiently in HULK, because of the use of pannels on screen (exactly like you would find in a comic book). However, the filmmakers far too often overuse this technique. Seeing the Hulk leaping onto a helicopter from three different angles is really cool, but watching a man walking down a hallway from three different angles is just plain pointless. The trick does, overall, prove to enhance the viewing experience, mainly the action scenes. Now for some more cons. I'm dismayed even more with the music by Danny Elfman, whose score for HULK was equally as bland and uninvolving as his work in SPIDER-MAN. This troubles me, considering the fact that Elfman is (or used to be) one of the greatest in the field of film music! I can only hope he improves in the future. Now I come to the worst part of the film: the ending. It just totally fell apart! It was both confusing and disturbing, with Nick Nolte going more than a little psycho. And the final image I found to be just plain stupid; it's whole purpose was to tell us that a sequal was on the way, and it was very choppily done. On the other hand, it is very nice to know that there is at least one sequal on the way, as there are so many elements of the film left unexplained. But I guess I shouldn't be all that surprised; disappointed to be sure, but how else could a project like HULK end? It's so huge and massive that it could not help but topple over in the end, and completely collapse under its own weight. So, there you have it. Totally mind-blowing action, some very dramatic moments, great acting, and spectacular special effects. On the other hand, a bland score, far too much hinting on what is hidden inside Banner during the beginning of the film, and a trashy ending. Overall, definitely worth seeing in theaters (it would be a crime not to), but don't go in expecting the bravura that was SUPERMAN, or anything.
Rating:
Summary: 4.5 Stars from someone who has seen the movie
Review: I watched the making of "The Hulk" on the Sci-Fi channel and I decided that I really wanted to see the movie because it looked like it had some cool action scenes and effects. The first half an hour of the movie was a little bit boring because it was a lot of storyline and stuff, but it was still a necessity to the movie. The movie gets really awesome once Bruce starts changing into the Hulk. The action scenes are golden and well thought out. Yes, you can tell that the Hulk is a computer animated being, but it's not so noticeable that it ruins the movie and in fact, it actually adds to it. There is a great storyline and you can really relate with the characters. I even felt sorry for Bruce because of the [stuff] he had to go through.
A few notes about the movie that may interest people:
- There is very little swearing, so the little kids can see the movie too!
-During the film you will notice that the director decided to use comic-strip like boxes on the screen (ex: there would be what seemed like 3 different TV screens on the movie screen, each showing a different view of the scene being shot) and I think it worked really well.
- No sex or love scenes (also another good thing for the kiddies)
- Not a whole lot of blood and gore
All in all, this movie is worth going and seeing, no matter how lame you may think it looks. The acting is top notch and so are the action scenes and story line, so give the Hulk a chance.
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