I watched Hulk yesterday...
PostPosted:Sun Jun 22, 2003 6:25 pm
<div style='font: ; text-align: left; '>I noticed how much Kali O. hated it in the post below, and I have to wonder - is it because you weren't impressed by how it didn't connect to the story of the comics very well? Because I can honestly tell you guys that I've never read a Hulk comic in my life, and I thought this movie was actually quite good.
Most especially in the way that it was shot - why no director before Ang Lee has had the common sense to shoot a comic book movie in the direct style of a comic book is beyond me. I thought it was exceptionally well executed and enhanced my overall enjoyment of the film. At no point did I say, "The Hulk looks so fake" and I was pleased by the way the characters were treated like people as opposed to caricatures of people (like DareDevil).
This is the first movie that I've watched in a while where I was not only impressed after I watched it, but openly impressed <i>while</i> I was watching it. Normally I have a tendency to watch films from a distance and then reflect on what I thought when it's over, but Hulk drew me in almost from the beginning and got me genuinely interesting.
If it wasn't at all true to the story, I suppose I can understand why you'd be upset. But did it at least <i>sort of</i> adhere to it? What, in particular, was different between the movie and the comics? I'd genuinely like to know.
--Lee S.</div>
Most especially in the way that it was shot - why no director before Ang Lee has had the common sense to shoot a comic book movie in the direct style of a comic book is beyond me. I thought it was exceptionally well executed and enhanced my overall enjoyment of the film. At no point did I say, "The Hulk looks so fake" and I was pleased by the way the characters were treated like people as opposed to caricatures of people (like DareDevil).
This is the first movie that I've watched in a while where I was not only impressed after I watched it, but openly impressed <i>while</i> I was watching it. Normally I have a tendency to watch films from a distance and then reflect on what I thought when it's over, but Hulk drew me in almost from the beginning and got me genuinely interesting.
If it wasn't at all true to the story, I suppose I can understand why you'd be upset. But did it at least <i>sort of</i> adhere to it? What, in particular, was different between the movie and the comics? I'd genuinely like to know.
--Lee S.</div>