The Hulk
Cast
Eric Bana .... Bruce Banner
Jennifer Connelly .... Betty Ross
Sam Elliott .... Ross
Josh Lucas .... Talbot
Nick Nolte .... Father
Directed by
Ang Lee
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Rater #1
Has Not Seen Movie
Rater #2
9/10. If you go into The Hulk expecting Spider-Man, you'll be surprised.
With only a few action scenes, and more drama than you can shake a
stick at, it's clearly the best comic book movie to date, and, so
far, the best summer movie. I'm actually surprised that Ang Lee would
risk losing the teen demographic for this, but the movie turns out
better for it. The Hulk has a perfect mix of action and drama, and,
although I don't read comic books, has the feel of a comic book.
Kudos goes out to Lee for turning in an excellent directing job. With
more split-screens than The Thomas Crowne Affair, it may get annoying
for some people, but to me, I really liked it. Also, Lee didn't
always have the whole screen covered up by the movie. Although the
split-screen wasn't always necessary, it added to the unique look of
the movie. Lee wasn't a Hulk fan before he signed on to direct this
movie, but the whole thing looks like a giant comic book�you'll have
to see it to understand what I mean.
The plot is actually THERE; it's involving and has depth. Scientist
Bruce Krenzler (Eric Bana) is working on the same project his father
David Banner (Nick Nolte) worked on years earlier, a human
regeneration project. David tested it on himself, and passed it on to
Bruce. However, they become separated, and Bruce moves into the
Krenzler's house. However, he is reunited with David, but an
explosion in the lab causes Bruce to become a giant, green, CGI Hulk
every time he becomes angry.
If a movie this far-fetched can seem so real and plausible, then that
can only mean one thing: everyone involved with this movie deserves a
raise. Usually Universal movies have cheesy special effects (U-571
for instance), and the Hulk in no way looked real, but for a CGI dude
in a live action world, it worked well. When the Hulk interacted with
humans, I was in awe. However, at the end, when the Hulk was fighting
another CGI monster, that looked like it was a sigh of relief for the
crew.
Bana proves that not every superhero has to have a bad actor play him
(i.e. George Clooney in Batman and Robin), in fact, he's a great
actor, and now that he's sort of well known here in the States, he'll
probably get better roles (the same is happening to Tobey Maguire
after his role in Spider-Man). Jennifer Connelly, for the first half,
shows that yes, she is a good supporting actress, but in the third
act, makes the Academy wonder what they were thinking when they gave
out her best supporting actress for A Beautiful Mind. "Let me talk to
him, Dad." "Dad, let me talk to him." Sam Elliott, who plays Betty's
(Connelly) over-bearing, military father who has something against
the Banners, does what he's supposed to do. The real standout,
however, is Nolte, yet again. After his somewhat lackluster work in
The Good Thief, he's back again, stronger than ever.
Many people won't like The Hulk because they want it to be what it
isn't: another mindless action movie for the summer. It's actually
one of the most intelligent movies of the summer, and, dare I say,
the year, so far, and expect it to be on my top ten list for the year.
Rater #3
Has Not Seen Movie.
Rater #4
Has Not Seen Movie.
Rater #5
� /10. Puh-Leeze! This movie was sooo corny not to mention the ending. I'm all for the good guys winning and all but this is ridiculous. A green guy twenty feet tall gets hit continuously with helicopter bullets doesn't show any sign of weakness, he jumps onto the helicopter and takes it down (still getting shot at the same time). Then the tank incident, all four tanks shot shell hit him, not a scratch on him. Back to the helicopters, one shoots a missile at him; he catches it and throws it back. The good guy has got to have some weakness or the plot SUCKS. You can disagree all you want I don't care but I say that the movie sucked the big one!
Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence, some disturbing images and
brief partial nudity.
Running time: 138 minutes
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