The Hulk

Gremmie95
Gremmie95 Posts: 749
edited May 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Anybody else excited about this? I hope they don't f*ck it up again.....

http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/theincrediblehulk/
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  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    I don't think there was anything wrong with the last one but I know I'm in the minority.

    This one looks good but with a great actor like Ed Norton it's a shame there has to be so many glossy special effects.. I don't know what this one has over the last one, except for more blockbusting, money-making sheen.
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  • westsidepie
    westsidepie Posts: 627
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I don't think there was anything wrong with the last one but I know I'm in the minority.

    This one looks good but with a great actor like Ed Norton it's a shame there has to be so many glossy special effects.. I don't know what this one has over the last one, except for more blockbusting, money-making sheen.

    You are not in the minority. I really loved the first one. I liked the whole father /son story. I know the Hulk had too many feelings and was too reflective for most, but I liked that bit of introspection as well. I also appreciated Ang Lee's attempt at something different in the cinematography. Nevertheless, like you, I know most people did not like the first Hulk.

    With that said, the new version looks F'ing cool. I think is is a great cast. Plus, the Hulk seems back to his old rampaging self.

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  • JonnyPistachio
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    I really liked the first one until the end. It felt like the producers decided to smoke a shitload of weed and cheech and chong the ending..what the fuck was all that swirling mess of silliness?

    I'm curoius and really want to like this next one, but i'm a little surprised Ed Norton is doing this one.
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  • Gremmie95
    Gremmie95 Posts: 749
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I don't think there was anything wrong with the last one but I know I'm in the minority.

    This one looks good but with a great actor like Ed Norton it's a shame there has to be so many glossy special effects.. I don't know what this one has over the last one, except for more blockbusting, money-making sheen.

    Abomanation is the villan, and a fairly sweet one at that!
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    I really liked the first one until the end. It felt like the producers decided to smoke a shitload of weed and cheech and chong the ending..what the fuck was all that swirling mess of silliness?

    I'm curoius and really want to like this next one, but i'm a little surprised Ed Norton is doing this one.
    Could be worse - like Starship Troopers where they apparently ran out money out of the blue...
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,016
    i really didnt like the first one so im hesitant to even care about this one. i'll probably rent it one day though.
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    The cast is fantastic. could be good, probably won't be.
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  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    It looks rubbish.

    Hulk vs..... another Hulk! Kinda stupid to pit 2 monsters that are pretty much exactly the same except for small differences in size and appearance. Plus the Hulk has always been a bit of a boring comic that's hard to transfer into a film anyway. They should just stop trying.

    As for Ed Norton, I think Eric Bana fit the role a lot better. Ed Norton doesn't really do 'tortured soul' very well, he always seems kinda vacuous. It fit Fight Club, but don't think it'll work in The Hulk.
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    fowls wrote:
    As for Ed Norton, I think Eric Bana fit the role a lot better. Ed Norton doesn't really do 'tortured soul' very well, he always seems kinda vacuous. It fit Fight Club, but don't think it'll work in The Hulk.
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120586/
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  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    I'm just really burned out on superhero movies by now. It was cool when Spiderman came out way back when, but now they're turning good franchises into lame superhero films-by-numbers. Kinda makes it all less special, even for the little comic geek inside me. (I call him Memnon.)
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  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120586/
    But he wasn't a tortured soul in that, his mind was never really in conflict. He was clearly pro-nazi and then clearly anti-nazi. It didn't show much of the in between
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    I'm just really burned out on superhero movies by now. It was cool when Spiderman came out way back when, but now they're turning good franchises into lame superhero films-by-numbers. Kinda makes it all less special, even for the little comic geek inside me. (I call him Memnon.)
    Same. Spiderman and X Men were alright but now they're getting onto the silly ones like The Fantastic Four and Iron Man, and the ones that don't really make good films, like Superman and The Hulk.

    Nolan's Batman's are great, but that's because he's made them grittier and less comic book-like. I'm kinda interested to see how The Watchmen turns out, partly because it looks dark enough to make a cool film and partly because Billy Crudup is in it and he's always great. Other than that, I'm kinda apathetic towards the comic book film craze.
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  • macci
    macci Posts: 1,057
    I heard Ed Norton on Opie & Anthony - and I caugh the end of it - but he was saying that he wasn't happy with the final cut & the way the movie was edited.

    Anyone know more on this??
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    fowls wrote:
    But he wasn't a tortured soul in that, his mind was never really in conflict. He was clearly pro-nazi and then clearly anti-nazi. It didn't show much of the in between
    He is a nazi because he hates, as a result of his grief for his murdered father, and it is an outlet, not because of eugenic convictions. He realises that his hate is only chewing him up and nothing he has ever done has made him feel better. He kills two people because of his anger and nothing, not even the most powerful of actions, is enough to change the way he feels until he finally lets go of the hate.

    Sounds pretty tortured to me :p

    Seems a fine choice for the Hulk for me.
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