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offline aneurySm from Ypsilanti (United States) on 2003-06-22 02:47 [#00751270]
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I had to go see it... it's good, but friggin; long! 2hours
15minutes... But it did rock though I think XMen2 was
better...
too much 'caring about the characters' scenes for me

more HULK SMASH!!!!


 

offline Jedi Chris on 2003-06-22 03:41 [#00751293]
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Hulk look absolute shit in my opinion. I for one will not be
going to see it!


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-06-22 04:11 [#00751315]
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ditto


 

offline X-tomatic from ze war room on 2003-06-22 04:15 [#00751319]
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it looks like they did an excellent job transferring the
cartoon to the big screen, lots of screens where the hulk is
being harassed by the army etc.
The hulk himself looked really huge and cgi, but then again,
spiderman looked really cgi too, but that didn't stop it
from capturing the feel of the cartoon.
Problem is, I always loved spiderman, but never the hulk.
I will go and see it though.


 

offline electro from detroit on 2003-06-22 04:40 [#00751323]
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it is the least movie out now i could bother about
i would see charlie's angles before i see the hulk


 

offline aphextriplet from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-22 05:57 [#00751342]
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im gonna see it cause jennifer connelly is in it, and she's
absolutely gorgeous.


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2003-06-22 08:58 [#00751456]
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Apparently, it focuses on the human side even more than the
HULK SMASH DESTROY LITTLE PEOPLE side... that makes me want
to see it. And of course, Jennifer Connely... mmm.

The Hulk himself looks cheap... I understand the technical
side of animating a humanoid with all those muscles and
movements must be tough, but it looks unconvincing
regardless. Making progress though.


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-06-22 09:02 [#00751458]
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"it focuses on the human side even more"

in will be in vein and only add to making the movie worrse.
it will get to the point wherre all you bloody want to see
is some action, and you will have to sit thrrough some
verrbal diarrrrhea instead.


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-06-22 09:02 [#00751459]
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it will be*


 

offline Rambling Madman from the future (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-22 09:03 [#00751460]
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Shrek on steroids anyone?


 

offline forck_02lynix from brooklyn on 2003-06-22 09:43 [#00751511]
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i'm gonna watch the original lou ferigno version in spite of
this cg crap.

lou ferigno. heh.


 

offline aneurySm from Ypsilanti (United States) on 2003-06-22 10:17 [#00751562]
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Lou Ferigno has a cameo as a cop... the CG wasn't bad.. it
was better than Spider-Man for sure, but the non-action
parts did drag, but Jennifer Connely...
and they should of got Gary Busey instead of Nick Nolte o
play the dad

but Ang Lee keeps the movie spicey with intensely layed out
shots and transitions!


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-06-30 19:01 [#00763167]
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I saw Hulk this weekend. Out of 5 stars i give it meh.
Thats right, 'meh'.

It starts out very good. I like all the research scenes in
the begining. I work in a genetic research lab so finally
seeing a movie where the labs are cluttered and the
equipment is dirty and appears low tech was exciting. The
comic book style framing and screen wipes of the scenes were
cool at first but got to be a little obnoxious after a
while. I was thinking "o.k. we get it! the hulk is a comic
book hero." The background for the origin of Bruce Banner's
power was also fresh and interesting, but the rest of the
movie is so silly, it's really hard to take any of the
dramatic bits seriously and the Hulk becomes kind of an
eye-sore in contrast to the otherwise stunning
cinematography.

ultimately, the movie is very slow, the hulk doesn't make
his first appearance until almost the second hour of the
movie (at least that's what it felt like). But when it
finally does get to the 'Hulk Smash' scenes they are quite
funny. It is gratifying to see the Hulk just go crazy aggro
on everything within reach. But one huge problem with these
scenes is that 2 of them are so dark you can't really tell
what's going on. And i couldn't stop thinking about that
old joke, about how the hulk swells through all his clothes
except his purple stretch cuttoffs. I would have liked them
to at least make an attempt at explaining this, or at least
acknowledge that they know the audience is thinking this.
especially when they explain everything else so thoroughly.
anyway, this is easily ang lee's weakest movie, by a long
shot.

meh


 

offline teapot from Paddington (Australia) on 2003-06-30 19:04 [#00763169]
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i'd give it 4.5 / 10

i was a comic nut as a kid, but i cant really get into
comics anymore... and as with spiderman and xmen2 it reduced
me to a little excited kid in the audience... i couldnt wipe
the grin off my face, it was brilliant


 

offline Oddioblender from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2003-06-30 19:06 [#00763171]
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i really don't enjoy too many comic-book based films -- not
because I don't like comic books, i love comic books, but
because hollywood usually doctors up the original story to
make it more worthy of box office dollars, but then again, i
guess you have too, since filmmaking is a business.

CG tends to detach me from a movie-going experience. I think
there is way too much CG today, it's too sterile for my
tastes, and I'm sorry, but I always know CG when I see it.

However, older films like Legend, Altered States, and even
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory prove that you don't
need special effects to make some good escapist fiction. You
just have to know how to use your budget.


 

offline Oddioblender from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2003-06-30 19:09 [#00763172]
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I enjoyed spiderman as well -- sam raimi did the comic its
fair share of justice.

by the way, nice avatar, teapot.

it is just me, or was joe madeuira (i'm betting I spelled
that wrong so you can slap me) one of the best marvel
artists ever?


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2003-06-30 19:10 [#00763173]
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i think ang lee did a great job. beautifully stylized. if
you wanted to pick apart the CG then it was very easy to do.
suspension of disbelief is key. if you can do that then
the character development was great if you ask me. i didn't
really feel it drag much at all, because i felt like the
actual plot was constantly making progress.

my only complaint was that the ending was a little weak.

but jennifer connelly almost made me melt out of my seat
onto the melted milk duds and popcorn covered floor.


 

offline teapot from Paddington (Australia) on 2003-06-30 19:46 [#00763185]
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joe mad was indeed the finest comic book artist of all
time... pity he seems to be too lazy to do anything other
than sketches for adverts now... shame, but he's still my
hero :)


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-06-30 20:37 [#00763201]
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I liked it... it was dragged out a bit too much, but yes,
the smashing of stuff was awesome!! :)


 

offline BlatantEcho from All over (United States) on 2003-06-30 22:35 [#00763267]
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HULK SMASH!!!!


 

offline morguean from Calgary (Canada) on 2003-07-01 03:44 [#00763346]
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haha jennifer connelly is the chick from labryinth


 

offline AphexAcid from Sweden on 2003-07-01 05:14 [#00763392]
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Was it Ang Lee that made Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2003-07-01 07:03 [#00763496]
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yep


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2003-07-01 07:05 [#00763498]
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sounds like old shit reheated to me... wont go see it i
think..


 

offline DJ Xammax from not America on 2003-07-01 07:20 [#00763518]
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I believe one quote from the ad is

"It's like being born"

And you'd be able to draw comparison since you can remember
what it was like being born eh, you silly fuck. Get this
piece of shit out of my face, I don't care if Gary Busey
is in it!


 

offline Refund from Melbourne (Australia) on 2003-07-01 07:32 [#00763531]
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nice to see eric bana in an all american film


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2003-07-01 17:08 [#00764282]
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this movie was awesome. it has all of the flair of the
original hulk but understands the jekyll and hyde monster
movie undertones of the story.
4.5/5 stars
fuck off naysayers, go watch dumb and dumberer


 

offline BlatantEcho from All over (United States) on 2003-07-01 17:15 [#00764312]
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HULK SMASH!!!!!


 

offline warpphex from lurkston, ziltyland. (United Kingdom) on 2003-07-01 17:21 [#00764331]
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well i cant say to much about it because i havent seen the
whole film only the trailer, i wasnt very impressed with the
hulk graphics they looked to cartoony. The hulk looked to
unreal and i wanted to be scared , but i suppose it had to
be taimed for the kids .


 

offline X-tomatic from ze war room on 2003-07-01 18:49 [#00764417]
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Ok now I'm getting annoyed.
What's with the "it looks too cartoony" attitude most ppl
seem to have?
FFS it's based on a cartoon,it's supposed to look like that,
get real!
It would have sucked mayor ass if they'd have taken just
some gymsucker who has a bit of muscle and paint him green
(lou ferigno). Nice on the retro side of things but honestly
that wouldn't have made the impression of a superhero.
Nobody had that attitude about Spiderman while he looked
fake as hell too, but that was forgiven because after all
it's based on a comic. So forgive the Hulk too and quit
complaining about that.


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-07-02 13:25 [#00765282]
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yeah but at some point, it starts to look like a roger
rabbit movie. or pete's dragon. neither of which took
itself as seriously as the Hulk.


 

offline Refund from Melbourne (Australia) on 2003-07-02 14:28 [#00765348]
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I personally liked how serious the movie was, it pretty rare
that you see movie making an honest to god attempt at
bringing such a far out idea to life without dressing it up
with silliness and gimmicks to make it appeal to the younger
crowd, I salute the producers of this film..


 

offline Job a boj from Land of the Lost Timezone! (Canada) on 2003-07-02 14:31 [#00765352]
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MAIN PROBLEM: Hulk doesnt say "Hulk Smash"


 

offline Refund from Melbourne (Australia) on 2003-07-02 14:36 [#00765359]
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agreed.

I thought the bit where he breaks through the mirror and
chokes bruce, and says "puny human" was so 'orcish' it was
ridiculous


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-07-02 16:21 [#00765485]
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my favorite part is where the dog is biting the Hulk's
shoulder and he flexes and swells the muscle till the dog's
jaw breaks. that was pretty hard-core.


 

offline teapot from Paddington (Australia) on 2003-07-02 16:24 [#00765489]
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the hulk does not look fucking cartoony!!! i totally
forgot it was CG after the first few minutes of his
appearance, everyone stop being so bloody critical! its a
fun movie!!


 

offline WooferAttack from Milano (Italy) on 2003-07-04 01:35 [#00766785]
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i want to see it, 'cos i'm a "MARVEL" superheroes fan


 


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