>the storyline was just a little too deep for a Hulk movie. Unironically, the mistake that Ang Lee made was actually READING the comics.
The best Hulk comics are incredibly cerebral. Not because the writers are more sophisticated than Batman or Spider Man writers, but because you have to approach a Hulk comic differently. In a team up or cameo appearance, sure, Hulk can show up and smash, but typically once the Hulk is there in his own comics, the fight is over. So the best comics have to play it like that. They have to play with tension and focus on other areas. The Hulk comics have been peeling away at Banners psychology for decades, and a most of it has been pretty good.
What Ang Lee does in HULK is actually show a comic accurate(or at least pretty close) origin of the character, not the big green monster, but of the angry, childish Hulk personality. The character of the Hulk is intensely focused on his relationship with his father and THAT'S exactly what Lee focuses on.
Unfortunately, back in 2003 when HULK released, comic book movies were still "kid's movies" and Baby Boomers only knew the character from the cheesy 70's TV show. No joke, their biggest complaint was the that the Hulk was too big and too fucking green?! Seriously. They didn't want a CGI Hulk, they wanted a dude painted green. Google it.
Eli King
I've always enjoyed it.
I liked that it wasn't your average super hero film. Eric doesn't have too much agency when shit hits the fan, and his father being a downright piece of shit and the villain was nice.
Aiden Bell
>Unfortunately, back in 2003 when HULK released, comic book movies were still "kid's movies" and Baby Boomers only knew the character from the cheesy 70's TV show. No joke, their biggest complaint was the that the Hulk was too big and too fucking green?! Seriously. They didn't want a CGI Hulk, they wanted a dude painted green. Google it.
Fucking this. These same boomers were the ones shitting all over the Prequels too. Makes you think.
Isaiah Johnson
>Now that I'm older I appreciate it more. I watched it as a 15 year old in theaters and HATED it. Over a decade later, I downloaded it on a whim just to see if I was wrong. It was a totally different experience. I couldn't believe it. It just blew me away.
John Stewart
Did any of you guys loved Eric Bana's performance? I don't know any other movie capturing so much anger and stress as well as him. The entire transformation at the lab was really fucking awesome.
Zachary Nguyen
Literal pleb filter right there. Hulk is a Freudian character. Not some quiplord that Kevin Feige and his puppet directors turned him into.
I'm not joking, Nolan's Batman Trilogy literally transformed public perception of comic book movies. Batman Begins was surprisingly good then The Dark Knight was legitimately a solid movie in its own right. If HULK had released in 2009 it would have been hailed as a masterpiece. That's a hill I'll die on.
Adam Russell
Banner being genuinely timid in general was the best part. Maybe the only mistake was casting Bana, as he's a bit tall and muscular in the group shots. His acting itself was fine, just harder for the message to get across easily.
Brandon Brown
this fucking scene is like a renaissance painting its kino of the highest caliber. you dont see mcu cange anything but the same boring basic camera angles and cgi crap.
Nicholas Taylor
The shots of Hulk in the Arizona desert were beautiful ngl
