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[Xenon]

WTF were they thinking? How could it be corrected?

Hulk (2003)
Directed by Ang Lee

Why would they do this? I remember hearing in an interview that they were trying to appeal to the female audience, sure at the cost of the subject matters fanbase(mostly males) Fuck while they were at it they should have cast Huge Grant as David Banner. "Well, [blink]ummm, er... you won't[blink] like me when I'm Angry" Fuckers!

To fix it I call upon the opposite of Ang Lee: Paul Verhoeven

Gone would be the art house cinematography, subtle emotions, and psychological take on the Hulk, replaced with over the top action, naked women, and the uncensored display of the Hulk's super strength clashing with the frail human body.

 

[sprsk]

uh, no.

 

[Escape Goat]

I thought Hulk was a good movie. Hulk was never a superhero, it was all internal conflict with him kind of like Batman. It wasn't about the villains but the conflict inside the characters. Sure, we had big time fights with military vehicles which is also part of Hulk. I liked it except for the anticlimactic ending.

 

[Blatz]

I liked it too. Although I didn't care for the fight at the end.

 

[Matlock]

This Thread: The Movie
-It was poorly concepted, as the author thought his opinion mattered.
-The thread should not have been posted.

 

[Escape Goat]

Nothing in the OT forum matters. Its why its entertaining.

 

[Xenon]

Turn in your penises now!

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Ang Lee is a home-run hitter. he swings hard, and when he misses, he misses big.

He's directed movies I really love (Wedding Banquet, Sense and Sensibility, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) and some of the most disappoining (Ice Storm, Hulk).

Hulk was just amazingly bad. I don't know what he was getting at, except to make the Hulk big and give him dad issues. To me, Hulk works best as a symbol of technogy getting out=of-control dangerous (like the Atom Bomb). Not dad issues.

 

[Xenon]

I don't think Ang Lee is a bad director, just a horrible choice for The Hulk.

 

[=W=]

I liked The Hulk.

 

[psycho_snake]

The only good thing about the Hulk was Jennier Connolly

 

[Flynn]

The Hulk is going to be remembered as way, way ahead of its time. Sure, Lee failed in many parts of the movie, but where he suceeds, he manages the kind of emotional nuance that superhero movies have yet to pull off.

And yeah, the father/son--id/superego battle at the end was a mess.

 

[spliced]

Damn you hit the bullseye with this topic.

Watching The Hulk was surreal for me, It blew my mind how horrible it was and I couldn't believe it ever got approved to be released.

 

[ToxicAdam]

Woody Allen as a romantic love interest to a younger woman. But then I realize who was responsible for casting and it all makes sense to me.

 

[FortNinety]

Didn't Ang say he never even read an issue of the comic? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[kIdMuScLe]

Letting Wes Craven direct a movie. or having the main protagonist die in the movie like in "the passion of the Christ"

 

[Barrage]

The Hulk was incredible. When I see people hating on it and then praising a piece of shit like Batman Begins, my heart weeps.

 

[RevenantKioku]

The Hulk was incredible. When I see people hating on it and then praising a piece of shit like Batman Begins, my heart weeps.

I'd like to hear more of this opinion.
And a hit of that fine grass in your pipe.

 

[robertsan21]

The Hulk was incredible. When I see people hating on it and then praising a piece of shit like Batman Begins, my heart weeps.

WTF is wrong with you guys!

HULK WAS GREAT!

and batman begins was the best superhero film to date!

ang lee is a great director and as one guy already said in this thread when he misses he misses big. but with Hulk he hit a homerun!

 

[Lord Error]

...and some of the most disappoining (Ice Storm, Hulk).

WTH man, how can you say that movie was disappointing :\

 

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http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=58304

 

[Error]

The Hulk was incredible. When I see people hating on it and then praising a piece of shit like Batman Begins, my heart weeps.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

I thought the hulk was a pretty good movie. The fight at the end kinda sucked, but it wasn't an all around bad movie IMO.

 

[Geek]

I quite enjoyed Ang Lee's Hulk. I was never a big fan of the comic, nor of the television show, so I found it refreshing. I'll admit that the end was a little WTF, but all in all, it did it for me.

I was definitely in the minority in my circle of friends, though.

 

[EekTheKat]

The only good thing about the Hulk was Jennier Connolly

Crazy Nick Nolte was priceless in that movie

I just completely lost it and cracked up laughing when he

Spoiler

bit into that giant electric cord

:lol

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

WTH man, how can you say that movie was disappointing :\

Well, after Wedding Banquet (his best that I have seen) and Sense and Sensibility (which I loved) this movie didn't do anything for me with its despairing nihilistinc 70s suburbia. I'll admit it was *different* but then again, so was Hulk.

 

[Prince of Space]

Hulk was over-the-top cheese. That scene at the end when Banner and his dad are screaming at each other = :lol :lol

 

[karasu]

People who praise the Hulk as ahead of it's time and emotionally poignant boggle my mind. Just because it was slow paced doesn't mean it had anything to say! The "exploration" of Banner's psyche went no further than the animated series from the 90's. Schamus just made it sillier. Not to mention tha Ang Lee was somehow arrogant enough to insist on performing all of the motion capture. The Hulk moves like a diminutive 50 year old...nice! @_@

That gets my vote. The idea that someone read this script and fought tooth and nail for it to be filmed amazes me to no end.

The only way to fix it is to kill it.

 

[Ristamar]

Hulk was a little too drawn out, and the father/son final conflict was ridiculous. It's not as bad as some people make it out to be, though.

 

[Sinatar]

Hulk was fantastic, I don't understand all the hatred for it, I really really don't.

 

[Error]

wow people actually praising The Hulk did I watch the same movie?

 

[TJ Bennett]

Ang Lee is so damn overrated it makes me sick. This is the man who Time Magazine named the best director in the world. The Hulk was a mess, even Stan Lee's cameo sucked.

 

[Wafflecopter]

People who praise the Hulk as ahead of it's time and emotionally poignant boggle my mind. Just because it was slow paced doesn't mean it had anything to say! The "exploration" of Banner's psyche went no further than the animated series from the 90's. Schamus just made it sillier. Not to mention tha Ang Lee was somehow arrogant enough to insist on performing all of the motion capture. The Hulk moves like a diminutive 50 year old...nice! @_@

That gets my vote. The idea that someone read this script and fought tooth and nail for it to be filmed amazes me to no end.

The only way to fix it is to kill it.

:lol :lol Bulletproof Monk was atrocious