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Summary: WHAT A WASTE OF TIME
Review: From the moment I first saw the trailer to this movie, i thought the CGI looked extremly bad. And as soon as I saw it, i knew there would be a long drawn out boring interveiw with someone at I.L.M bragging about how there latest computer desighn was the best they have ever done: and I was right! Not more then 2 days later there was a thing on TV about the making of this movie, and sure enough, theres the guy raving on about how realistic this charactor of the Hulk looks. How wrong they are.If it wasnt for my old man buying it ex-rental after I told him 100 times not to buy it, he bought it, and I suffered through watching it, just incase I was wrong and it was an ok movie? But my hunch was right, i should not have watched it... If your a fan, or remember the original TV series of the Hulk, then dont expect this movie to have anything to do with that, it's like how they took Godzilla and changed that in the latest one they made. The Hulk stars Aussie EX-comedian Eric Bana, who at one point was one of the funniest people on Australian T.V with his performances in stand up and sketch comedy which are the way I wish to remember him. This movie, however, was completly boring, had plots just going no-where, the most boring dialog, and as i said, the worst CGI effects of the year! Dont just take my word for it, just look at how many second hand copys there are currently selling right now? and how much for?! I wouldnt recomend you even watch this movie for free. It's not even worth renting! And above all, I cant beleive there going to make a seaqull to this god awfull, terrible movie! If there going to make all the old super hero's make a come back? then why not go for somthign with them all in it? like that cartoon Justice League? Make that a movie, that would be somthing intresting, instead, here is your classic exsample of Hollyweed completly dry out of ideas, and recycling old ideas, old shows, old movies, and putting CGI to them expecting it to be a hit.... well, it didnt work for me, they need to learn to stop worrying so much about CGI effects and think about how to give a storyline a great plot. I'd tell you about the extra features, and if there's any egg's...but I hated the movie so much, i didnt even bother to stick the second disc in to look at it!
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Summary: "Hulk destroy The Incredible Hulk"
Review: This movie is so much better than the series IMHO. That's all I'm gonna say. Just watch it...make your own mind.
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Summary: It's a good movie- don't over analyze!
Review: I'm giving this movie five stars because of Eric Bana and the dark approach that Ang Lee took in interpreting this comic book character. I am not a comic book fan and never read "Hulk" comics, I did watch a lot of the tv series in junior high and remember being sad about how Banner has to always leave and has to always keep moving on because of his dark, green secret. That's probably why I appreciated the darker tone of this movie. Now back to Eric Bana, I think this movie works because of him. He has such a handsome, booding screen presence that is hard to ignore specially with those icy dark eyes. It is easy to miss all these quality because at first he seem terribly average, but as the movie progresses, you can really see what a crafted actor he is. Ang Lee made a good choice. I know a lot of reviewers are complaining that this movie is too dark and misses the point of cartoons being fun and goofy. But Lee's choice of having a darker almost horror movie like atmosphere bodes well with a lot of people who aren't into comic books, like myself. I think the movie is well crafted and obviously well thought of, with Ang Lee wearing the electronic suit to see how to better direct the actors. The DVD itself is chock full of extras and that's always well appreciated. I highly recommend this movie from an action thriller, drama, Eric Bana fan prespective.
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Summary: Big green turkey.
Review: It's ironic that the star of this "movie" is a strong, enormous, solid, smart superhero. The film itself is the complete opposite. It is weak, tiresome, stretched-out, and hopelessly inane. I rarely give one-star reviews, because I truly understand that it is hard to make a good movie these days, and it takes great effort from all involved. I even gave two stars to SHOWGIRLS because it at least tried to be entertaining despite of its ineptitude. But I haven't an ounce of sympathy for this turgid waste of time. The problem with the story is that there really is no story. Right from the get-go, each scene of this 140-minute monstrosity is like a cesspool, stinking to high heavens with monotone dialogue that no real human-being would ever speak in. Every single scene seems like part of an extended trailer for a bigger, better movie. The first hour or so of the film is slow-moving. This would be fine if this time were used for exposition or character development. After all, who wants to see an action movie where you don't care about any of the stars? Well, in this first hour, we basically watch actors read lines. Bad lines. What's more, there is gratuitous use of split-screens and other comic book conventions throughout. This can be a cool effect to set the tone for a film (e.g. CREEPSHOW, NARC), but here it just comes off annoying. We're introduced to Dr. Bruce Banner (Eric Bana) and his "love interest" Betty (Jennifer Connely), using the term loosely because there is no chemistry between them at all. Don't blame the actors, because with a screenplay this moronic, I don't think any actor, living or dead, at the top of their game, could have given a believable performance. Sam Elliot, usually an excellent character actor, is just a cardboard cutout in a military outfit in HULK. Meanwhile, Nick Nolte is left with some lines he can scream in anger. Whoa, their Nick! Save some of that for your agent for putting you in this flop! But once the "action" scenes roll along, they make you wish these idiots would start talking again. All the unconvincing CGI effects that fill the screen begin to mold together after a while, and you can't tell what's going on anymore. When an action scene seems like it's going to be nifty, such as the much bally-hooed "tank-throwing" sequence, it ends up going on for waaay too long until you're just praying one of those dumb smart missiles will hit the green beast and put us out of our misery. However, in this abyss of retarded pretentiousness, nothing can possibly outstink the utter foulness of the climax. After 140 minutes of corny dialogue and Z-grade special effects, we come to find out there is NO ENDING! Did that guy die? Why did that lake freeze? What are we looking at? Is that a giant hand coming out of the sky? In the end, it just doesn't really matter. Trust me. Save your money. If you really must see it, steal it. Don't pay money to rent it. Seeing this movie for free is still a rip-off. This is 140 minutes of your life you can never get back. -Sean Lynch
5-29-04
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Summary: not as good as the old tv show
Review: As a long time comic reader i saw this movie in the cinema on release and enjoyed parts of it. since i am not a kid anymore i appreciated a dramatic cerebral approach to the comic character. i feel that ang lee just failed in what he was trying to do. many of the deviations from the original comic origin were unneccesary and arbitrary. i know an exact reproduction of a comic from the 60s wouldn't stand up in the early 21st century, but to completely rewrite the story is unforgivable. the hour long wait for the first appearance of the hulk was too much. i was bored by the talking heads. i thought the cgi was effective enough and the action scenes were well done. did anyone else have trouble seeing the fight with the dogs on the dvd? it is so dark i can barely make out what is going on. that wasn't a problem in the theater. i enjoyed the bonus features especially the history of the comic. i'm not sure if there is a sequel in the works, but i don't think they have a franchise with this kind of interpretation.
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Summary: Despite The Many Bad Reviews....
Review: I liked it. I must note that it does not rank on par with some of the truly great superhero movies that have been filmed in recent years. It is certainly not on par with Sam Raimi's "Spiderman" or Tim Burton's "Batman", but then, the Hulk has never had the following or commercial popularity of these other characters. Much credit should be given to Ang Lee, whose vision of this well-known, (if never fully conceived) character remains truly to his own directoral style. Bruce Banner (Eric Bana), son of David Banner (one of many "tips of the hat" to the original television series), grows up without his real parents, raised instead in a foster home. Ambitious and bright, he pursues a career in advanced science, attempting to develop a new "nano-technology" that will enable people to rapidly heal. Aided by Betty Ross (Jennifer Connelly), all seems to be going along fine until a mechanical malfunction results in Bruce's exposure to gama radiation. This exposure unleashes the Hulk, whose presence in his body has been there since before his birth, when his father (Nick Nolte) performed an experiment on himself and inadvertantly passed his genetically enhanced and altered DNA onto his son. Now unleashed, Bruce Banner becomes consumed by the anger and rage of the parents that abandoned himand thegovernment that would use him as a weapon. And, as Bruce admonishes, "Don't make me angry...you wouldn't like me when I'm angry..." For it is through his anger that he is transformed. Ang Lee's monster, far more massive even than Lou Ferrigno's Hulk of the T.V. series, was created using some of the most advanced CGI to date. The transformations between Bana and CGI are seemless, and, unlike so many CGI characters, the Hulk is convincingly real, with a degree of authenticity that really goes beyond most of what has been seen on the screen so far. There are, of course, weaknesses in this story. Some can be forgiven, though personally, it felt as though Ang Lee spent too much time on exposition and character development, and not enough time on the culmination of his characters and their conflict. (NOTE: SPOLIER AHEAD) In the final showdown in the film, David Banner has transformed himself into a monster by exposing himself to the same gama radiation as his son. His metamorphosis enables him to capture the energy and strength of whatever he touches, transforming himself into whatever he is in contact with. As he confronts his son, the battle between the two rages, and suddenly, and with no obvious or appearant reason, his father is defeated. An explination is given (won't ruin this for viewers), but it left me going, "huh?" In many ways, Lee's depiction of Bruce Banner is a Jekyll/Hyde character, and audiences would feel sympathetic to his plight, were it not for the very dry and unemotional portrayal of this character by Eric Bana. I am not familiar with any of his other films, but in this particular offering, his performance is dry, without emotion. Jennifer Connelly, on the other hand, is immensely believable as Betty, whose loyalty and tormented love of Bruce is balanced against her contempt for her father, a high ranking officer chiefly responsible for the torment of both David and Bruce Banner. Perhaps most dis-satisfying about the film was Lee's way of using small windows in the screen to tell portray the film as a series of vignettes placed together to resemble the layout of a comic book. The idea is clever, and at moments, really works in this film, but for most of it, it is more distracting than anything, making it ever so much more difficult to follow the film. Those criticisms aside, this is still a well developed movie, and far better than some of the other recent superhero fare (Daredevil as one such example). Rated PG-13 for moments of action style violence and some unsettling images, this is a film that is best suited for slightly older audiences, both for the forementioned reasons, and the level of complexity built into the story. For avid fans of the comic book or the television series, look for both Stan Lee and Lou Ferrigno at the beginning of the film in a brief cameo. DVD extras are okay, designed more for the comic book fan than any serious film junkies. -Scott Kolecki
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Summary: A good movie.
Review: No this is nothing like the TV series. But this is a very good movie.
It did take too long to get to see the Hulk, but once you did, it was pretty incredible. I didn't like the jumping thing the Hulk did throughout the movie, but aside from that, I thought it captured the comic book side pretty good (though he doesn't speak excpet for one little line).
The extra DVD has some pretty incredible stuff and even gives you the dimensions of the Hulk based on his anger level.
Overall, this was a pretty good movie and once the movie got rolling, it didn't really slow down (the dog fight scene was very cool).
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Summary: It tends to be a slow flick.
Review: But better than Daredevil by a mile. What they need to do is make a motion Picture with Daredevil, Spider-man, the Hulk, and the X-men! That would be the bomb! They could battle Superman, Batman. Hellboy, and the JLA. Now we are talkin' a frakin' movie!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh yeah, you should see this flick, it is much drama, but it also has good action.
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Summary: Silly at times but never as bad as people make it out to be
Review: I was very excited when i heard that they were bringing out The Incredible Hulk movie. I was even more excited when i heard that the film was being directed by Ang Lee as i was a fan of his earlier films(Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,The Ice Storm etc...). But after watching Hulk at the big screen i was fairly dissopointed. It was a bit talky at the beginning and it took over an hour for the action to come. But when the action finally does come it's a real good blast.The Hulk is entirely computer generated but that doesn't stop it from being entertaining. After watching it, all i heard were bad reviews which i thought was very wrong as it wasn't all that bad. Vaguely did i hear good reviews but we all have our own opinions. I say don't be put of by the bad reviews you hear and if you're not sure what to think of it rent it and see what you think. A bit silly at times (One of the characters goes to fire a missle at the Hulk and puts it in the wrong way causing him to die instead) but not at all a bad movie. Far of from the TV series but is still great. If you don't like this film why not see other great Marvel films such as Spiderman or Daredevil.
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Summary: Surprisingly Interesting
Review: I'll have to start with a disclaimer: I could care less about graphic novels and I really really really hate megabudget movies that permeate our theatres. Maybe that's why I was able to enjoy this movie. Because whatever it is supposed to be isn't contrary to any expectations I had going in. In fact, I was taking my younger brother to the movie, expecting to spend 2 hours yawning and anxiously waiting to leave. Yet for some reason, I sat down to this movie and really enjoyed myself. The special effects were not very realistic, and the sets weren't either, but i think that was the point. This is based on a comic book. I think Ang Lee has succeeded in taking a graphic novel and all the artistic possibilities and made a movie that can be enjoyed if watched with a light heart and a sense of adventure. The so-called "slow" parts are what made this movie interesting to me. I thought that finding about Bruce Banner's life was pretty interesting, and then we got to see him turn green and run away from government machines. What more could you ask for in a movie?
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