I honestly couldn't disagree more, its been a long time since I've seen it but that movie put me to sleep more than once, which is impressive given its erratic editing.
I honestly couldn't disagree more, its been a long time since I've seen it but that movie put me to sleep more than once, which is impressive given its erratic editing.
Sheesh. I know the MCU isn’t crushing it like it once was, but yeah, hard pass on this take. Yes, there were some interesting choices, but I’ll skip Hulk dogs every time.
Sheesh. I know the MCU isn’t crushing it like it once was, but yeah, hard pass on this take. Yes, there were some interesting choices, but I’ll skip Hulk dogs every time.
I much preferred Lee's "Hulk" to "The Incredible Hulk," with the exception that the latter movie has some better action sequences and didn't feel the need to fart around with yet another origin...
I much preferred Lee's "Hulk" to "The Incredible Hulk," with the exception that the latter movie has some better action sequences and didn't feel the need to fart around with yet another origin story. Also, everything is better with Edward Norton.
Lee's take is much more nuanced than the later film. You understand why Banner is a barely contained rage monster, and it isn't because of some gamma ray mumbo jumbo. Nick Nolte was on-point with his unhinged abusive drunken dad portrayal (method?), to the point where you actually feel that the sadism isn't just a means to a goal, but the goal itself.
I think what turned people off about "Hulk" was primarily stylistic decisions by Lee. Everything has a kind of underwater, hazy feeling to it until the Green Guy shows up. That makes sense in a thematic way, but doesn't really work for the genre.
Ultimately though, I think what turns a lot of people off about the film when they think back to it is that it was tonally out of sync with the times. Gritty realism was on the ascendency, but Lee's "Hulk" was much more in the Raimi Spiderman school of superhero flick. I think that's what took everyone by surprise with "Iron Man;" we weren't expecting something quite so grounded from a Marvel movie, and for a time it felt refreshing. Of course, all that went right out the window not too long later, but the fact that a comic book movie about a dude in a robot suit could feel so grounded, if not exactly realistic, really opened eyes to possibilities. "Hulk" was not that.
I honestly couldn't disagree more, its been a long time since I've seen it but that movie put me to sleep more than once, which is impressive given its erratic editing.
Sheesh. I know the MCU isn’t crushing it like it once was, but yeah, hard pass on this take. Yes, there were some interesting choices, but I’ll skip Hulk dogs every time.
I much preferred Lee's "Hulk" to "The Incredible Hulk," with the exception that the latter movie has some better action sequences and didn't feel the need to fart around with yet another origin story. Also, everything is better with Edward Norton.
Lee's take is much more nuanced than the later film. You understand why Banner is a barely contained rage monster, and it isn't because of some gamma ray mumbo jumbo. Nick Nolte was on-point with his unhinged abusive drunken dad portrayal (method?), to the point where you actually feel that the sadism isn't just a means to a goal, but the goal itself.
I think what turned people off about "Hulk" was primarily stylistic decisions by Lee. Everything has a kind of underwater, hazy feeling to it until the Green Guy shows up. That makes sense in a thematic way, but doesn't really work for the genre.
Ultimately though, I think what turns a lot of people off about the film when they think back to it is that it was tonally out of sync with the times. Gritty realism was on the ascendency, but Lee's "Hulk" was much more in the Raimi Spiderman school of superhero flick. I think that's what took everyone by surprise with "Iron Man;" we weren't expecting something quite so grounded from a Marvel movie, and for a time it felt refreshing. Of course, all that went right out the window not too long later, but the fact that a comic book movie about a dude in a robot suit could feel so grounded, if not exactly realistic, really opened eyes to possibilities. "Hulk" was not that.