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Summary: A Good Marvel Movie!
Review: The Hulk is a really good movie! It may not have done well in Theaters and had bad reviews but its stil good! They were expecting it to lead up to Spider-Man's success,but don't expect it to be like Spider-Man or the 80s Hulk TV Series starring Bill Bixby. And it doesn't have the same line as the Comic book. But its still good for a true Hulk Fan! Its worth getting,but if you have your doubts always try renting it.
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Summary: good movie...
Review: another comic book turned movie... the late hulk movie about 20 years ago was a ed wood in my book but this one is loaded with cgi and just a good movie. better then daredevil the action is great except for the carried on begining... they dragged on the characters a little to much. well not as good as spiderman or x men it is deffetally a good movie to see on a boring day interesting tid bit that ang lee the director turned down the change to direct terminator 3 to direct this! COMPLETELY SURPRIZING but probably should have been
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Summary: Worst movie I have ever seen
Review: Before the people who liked this movie criticize me, I would like to point out that I understand the film and what they were trying to do. Now I can move on.Someone must have intentionally tried to make this a bad movie. I don't understand how else you could take this incredible cast, insanely large budget, award-winning action and drama director, and a largely franchised character retelling the classic story of Dr. Jeckell and Mr. Hyde, and flush it into the toilet on such a horrible waste of time? The CGI, beyond looking fake, used the cheapest trick to hide their own faults: everything happened at night! Only one or two really good fights scenes were filmed in daylight, and those were the ones prepared for the trailer. The acting was wooden and yawn inspiring. Connelly is a good actress, and here she is reduced to staring wide eyed in a display of insipidness. Nolte is his typical, big monologue delivering self. The writers destroyed a story that was perfectly good to begin with, by writing something other than a hulk movie. The tried to write a drama, or a psych exam, or some other garbage. I can't tell for certain, since they obviously failed at their task of getting whatever misguided message across that they were wasting their time on. Themes of father abandonment, and legacy were bandied about. Interesting for a movie where the original story never really featured much of a father figure, considering he was written as dead before the series began. Also, since this movie was so deadly serious all the time, let me point out two words from one of the many fight scenes at night: Mutant Poodle. Cinematography? No savior there either. Those cute tricks with split screens and jagged frames were as annoying to watch as I am sure they were annoying to shoot and edit. You can simulate this movie at home. All you need is a picture of Jennifer Connelly (face only), and an audiobook read by Nolte. Then sit in a chair, staring at the picture while playing the audiobook. Every 2 minutes place the picture at a jarring angle. Every 25 minutes, turn off the lights and grunt a lot for 5 minutes. Then resume staring at the picture, while listening to the Nolte tape. This is a PERFECT recreation of the film. Just follow those steps for 3 hours. I wish Ang Lee had just come to my house, turned out the lights, kicked me in the groin, and took twenty bucks outta my wallet. Would of been less painful then what he put me through with this film. P.S. For those of you saying the only people complaining are whining because this wasn't an action flick, I say YES we are. It was marketed as an action flick! I don't remember Tom Hanks throwing a tank in the previews for Philadelphia! Just because you like what they showed to you instead of the promised movie, don't belittle those of us who did not get what we paid for.
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Summary: Actually 4 and a half stars
Review: I just loved this movie. As always Ang Lee has interjected something of himself into his movie, which gives it a certain inexplicable quality that lifts if over every other SuperHero movie (with the exception of Unbreakable that is). I loved the depth of the characters, I loved the CGI Hulk and I adored the scenes of mayhem and destruction. The only thing I didn't like is the ending, which I will not spoil. I thought the conclusion of the fight was a bit too simple. People who think that Spiderman was a better (or even a good) movie, should have their heads examined. This is like comparing a good book to a Tom and Jerry cartoon.
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Summary: A smashing good time
Review: Let's face it, most people enjoy watching a movie where a lot of stuff gets demolished or blown up, and the Hulk is no exception. The scenes with the Hulk are absolutely excellent. After hearing fans complain for months on end about how fake the Hulk looked, and how stupid the computer generated graphics were, I thought they did an excellent job of animating the Hulk. In my opinion, this beats the alternative of painting Lou Ferrigno's skin green, dying his hair, and letting him play the Hulk once again. There are a few downsides to this movie though. I think the storyline requires a little too much brain power, and not enough entertainment. Personally, I wish they would have let the Hulk smash and destroy more stuff, but that's not too much of a big deal. Also, the extras on this DVD aren't that impressive. Sure the interviews are informative, but there's nothing here that any fan of the series really doesn't know about. I think it would have been better to package the DVD with extras that appealed to fans since they are the ones who constitute the population who will probably buy this movie.
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Summary: A mature, sophisticated surprise
Review: There are only a few moments when the Hulk looks real, but it matters little. Unlike so many comic-book adaptations, Ang Lee's "Hulk" aims for - and brilliantly achieves - another kind of realism. James Schamus, surely the most under-appreciated champion of quality American films, has penned a superb story which ensures this isn't just another disposable summer film doing the groundwork for a franchise. It's actually ABOUT something: fatherhood, and the legacy we pass on to our children. Embracing both the Oedipal subtext and the need for thrilling action, Ang Lee, with typical confidence and subtlety, has delivered a film which is both stunningly entertaining and more than a little moving. The trailers hyped the digital effects, but there's so much more here to be enjoyed. Indeed, the trailers gave away absolutely nothing of Act 3 which includes a climactic performance from Nick Nolte which is nothing short of Oscar-worthy. Innovative cinematography and editing are intelligently applied and, as always, Danny Elfman's thrilling score is a perfect match. "Hulk" is a film that can and should be enjoyed again and again - it's subtle, intelligent and above all interesting. What a refreshing change for Hollywood. Teen boys disappointed their expectations weren't met should take a second look at this - with their fathers.
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Summary: The Incredible Hulk + Invincible = John Galt.
Review: It's getting easier to get worked up about superhero movies, when independent directors get interested in them - including X2 and Spider-Man. And Hulk has Ang Lee - who injected a new cinematographical vision and a new vision of his superhero, made them more interesting instead of standard Hollywood clichés. The Hulk is Bruce Banner (Eric Bana), scientist, who becomes a green super-powerful hulk when angered. The back story to Banner is much more interesting than most superheroes. His father, David (Nick Nolte), worked for the US government. But when his plans for human experimentation were rejected, he experimented on his own DNA. When he has a son, his scientific curiosity overrules the moral problem of giving birth to a dangerous mutant. A series of not quite specified events lead to David Banner being imprisoned by the US Army for more than thirty years. Bruce Banner is genetically pushed to research the same areas than his father has. He has an ambiguous relationship with Betty (Jennifer Connelly), his laboratory partner. An evil military corporation in cahoots with the government is trying to acquire their research by all means necessary. But when Bruce is involved in a laboratory accident irradiating him with gamma radiation which prods his mutant genes into action, all hell breaks loose as he becomes Hulk. Betty's father, a high-ranking military officer, eventually gains custody of the green behemoth. As I wrote before, Hulk is a mix between the movie Invincible and the Hulk character - retaining the Hulk character while telling it in a fable-like manner. Hulk is told like a comic book. In some scenes, the cinematography is arranged like a comic book : there is fast cutting from "picture" to "picture", you see two things happening at once, or two, three, five angles of the same thing at once. A scene melds into another, a backdrop literally drops, a victim stays suspended in the air as he is engulfed in flames. True, the fast cutting can be detrimental sometimes. And the techniques don't always work. But I would say that it never impacts negatively on the movie, and on the whole it works. The story and themes revolve around the relationship between father and child, especially between Bruce and David Banner. Betty trusts her father compulsively even though he cannot sustain human relationships. David Banner is obsessively concerned with his genetic research, but has a tender, if twisted, concern for his son. Critics have pondered on the Freudian themes of these relationships : I didn't see such themes per se, although it is implied that father and son are ultimately two sides of the same coin. As we see in a climatic ending, David Banner is concerned with destroying their enemies, while Bruce doesn't want to take responsibility for his unwanted powers. The original Bruce Banner was an intelligent man, but as the green behemoth he seemed to lose all humanity, to become an unthinking brute. The Bruce Banner in "Hulk" is truly an ubermensch, an Objectivist hero. He fights against the military and military agencies - at first to survive and help his girlfriend. He is an intelligent scientist and a powerful being capable of compassion. While during the movie his two sides are not integrated (he ponders that being Hulk is "like a dream" where he has little control), at the end of the movie we see that he is finally integrated and confident in his abilities. Hulk is a revolutionary, progressist movie in many aspects - it sees genetic research and scientific progress not as a Frankenstein but as a valid means of revolution. It also has anti-imperialist and anti-American overtones. It's quite incredible that this movie even got made, let alone as a major feature. I can't really describe the long climatic ending which ties all this together, because that would be a major spoiler, but be warned that it will force you to re-evaluate the movie in an important way. There has been a lot of criticism, and some praise, for the Hulk model. From a distance, the model is good, but it's from up close that it really shines. With more than a hundred layers, the model appears realistic, the skin moves with touch, and moves around with more than a thousand independent muscles. Ang Lee's goal was to make people forget they were looking at a computer model and, while I can't say it worked completely, it certainly succeeded to some extent. The other actors are also excellent, especially Connelly, who can always bring intelligence to her roles. Director Ang Lee is a Buddhist, and inserts a couple of references in the movie through David Banner, which was fun. In the end, what really sells Hulk is not only its heroic themes and its deep character analysis, but that it keeps a total depth of story and character while the cinematography transforms this great movie into a comic book. Truly stunning. The DVD opens with non-skippable ads (including, ironically, one for Bruce Almighty). That's unfortunate, but unavoidable. Most of the criticism against Hulk is that it is too sophisticated. Well, if you think that's a bad thing, you shouldn't be watching movies. You should be watching flickering images on screens - well, blockbusters made by formulatic directors. All those critics are idiots. It's interesting to me that great things happen when more "arthouse" directors deal with more down-to-earth material - Tarkovsky and science-fiction, or Bergman and the Dark Ages, for example. Ang Lee has definitively succeeded in pushing superhero movies to the next level. And it is certainly great science-fiction : while it's supposed to take place in the present, the technologies are superior to our own, and the technology takes an integral part in the plot and themes, and so Hulk is definitively science-fiction in my book.
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Summary: Very Good Effort
Review: It is obvious a lot of effort went into this production. It's not perfect, but those not suffering from A.D.D. will be pleasantly surprised. The story is a little confusing, but certainly plausible in a comic book world. The CGI Hulk was incredible. Movement was a little jerky when he initially jumped, but overall the effects were outstanding. When a bomb hits the house and he gets blasted by the shockwave a split second later...well you'll just have to see it to fathom the awesome effect. His encounter with the tanks have some of the best scenes in science fiction film history. The confusion surrounding the climax towards the end was the only disappointment for me.
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Summary: A surprisingly good movie
Review: Not my normal type of movie but I have to say I enjoyed it. Special effects were really good. Story was a little to typical and expected but all in all I really liked the movie.
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Summary: THE HULK
Review: I BAUGHT IT ON VIDEOCASSETTE AND I BAUGHT IT ON DVD
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