Just re-watched Hulk (2003) after a decade. Here are my thoughts!
This movie was my introduction to Hulk. Used to watch this film on my computer as a kid daily after coming back to school. It was like Real Steel to me, which I watched over and over again. I was obsessed with both these. In one hand, Real Steel has aged well, on the other hand, Hulk not so much. I can watch Real Steel countless times without getting bored, but I don't think the same goes for Hulk (but it did go same for me as a kid).
I think I've watched this film after 9-10 years. And there were so many moments I remember watching of it. All those memories swing by, all that joy of watching it as a kid come by, while watching it. Almost all the fight scenes were memorized in my mind. Hulk running in the desert, his escape from the chamber, his fights with tanks, his confrontation with his father, even a tiny scene of a baby boy crying and playing with his toys and a >!scene of Bruce's mother's dying while imagining a gamma radiation in the desert!< was memorized in my mind..
Now keeping aside the nostalgia, after the re-watch, I found that this film is flawed, in many aspects. The CGI of Hulk is bad. This isn't a big bother, since the technology at that time wasn't that great. The subplot of his father derails the film. And in the end, >!his father asking Bruce for his power and him turning a villain made no sense.!< But it sure did look badass.
I'll tell you the fight scenes of this film hold up very well. Eric Bana portrayed Banner very well, and Jennifer Conelly as Betty is also very good. Few subplots in the film are unnecessary. But the presentation is appreciable. Ang Lee's direction somewhat felt weak. He had his vision, a different one, but he couldn't achieve it fully. I couldn't believe when I got to know that he's the same guy who directed Brokeback Mountain.
Marvel used to do a thing back then. Released games based on the films right after the film's release. Marvel did that with each movie of Raimi's Spiderman trilogy. And with this Hulk movie. I used to play that hulk game in my computer also. Though it was a demo.. it was so nostalgic.
Idk, this movie surely is flawed, but the presentation is very good, plus add the nostalgia factor for me. I really got goosebumps at some moments, because of the presentation and nostalgia. Holy fuck that moment in the end fight when the lightning strikes in the clouds and Hulk's imageries are visible. I think it was one of the best Hulk scenes in love action films. This film was special to me during those days, and it will be.
What are your thoughts on the film?
I think I've watched this film after 9-10 years. And there were so many moments I remember watching of it. All those memories swing by, all that joy of watching it as a kid come by, while watching it. Almost all the fight scenes were memorized in my mind. Hulk running in the desert, his escape from the chamber, his fights with tanks, his confrontation with his father, even a tiny scene of a baby boy crying and playing with his toys and a >!scene of Bruce's mother's dying while imagining a gamma radiation in the desert!< was memorized in my mind..
Now keeping aside the nostalgia, after the re-watch, I found that this film is flawed, in many aspects. The CGI of Hulk is bad. This isn't a big bother, since the technology at that time wasn't that great. The subplot of his father derails the film. And in the end, >!his father asking Bruce for his power and him turning a villain made no sense.!< But it sure did look badass.
I'll tell you the fight scenes of this film hold up very well. Eric Bana portrayed Banner very well, and Jennifer Conelly as Betty is also very good. Few subplots in the film are unnecessary. But the presentation is appreciable. Ang Lee's direction somewhat felt weak. He had his vision, a different one, but he couldn't achieve it fully. I couldn't believe when I got to know that he's the same guy who directed Brokeback Mountain.
Marvel used to do a thing back then. Released games based on the films right after the film's release. Marvel did that with each movie of Raimi's Spiderman trilogy. And with this Hulk movie. I used to play that hulk game in my computer also. Though it was a demo.. it was so nostalgic.
Idk, this movie surely is flawed, but the presentation is very good, plus add the nostalgia factor for me. I really got goosebumps at some moments, because of the presentation and nostalgia. Holy fuck that moment in the end fight when the lightning strikes in the clouds and Hulk's imageries are visible. I think it was one of the best Hulk scenes in love action films. This film was special to me during those days, and it will be.
What are your thoughts on the film?
Commentaires
Eric Bana was clearly only given the role because his last name is Bana. But he still does a great job with it.
Nick Nolte’s performance in this film is incredible. He’s pure insanity.
I consider this movie to be the first MCU movie. In my head canon the reason for Hulk’s fluctuating size in the movie is because he didn’t have control over the anger. When we see him in The Incredible Hulk and beyond, he is shown using meditation etc to control himself, and in Avengers we see it to the point when he can simply turn when needed to.
If you have some super simple video editing skills, you can edit the flashback origin story scene out of the intro credits for The Incredible Hulk very easily, from the last frame of it showing Edward Norton’s name to the first frame of the flash of the title The Incredible Hulk and Ang Lee’s Hulk fits canon perfectly.
There’s not many of us about, but there’s fans of Ang Lee’s Hulk out here. I love that movie.
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