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Just saw it last night -- firstly, two things for anyone going to see it:
1) If you have to tinkle, do it before the movie. It's 2 hours and 40 minutes long. I did and my body thanked me.
2) Do not go expecting to see a feelgood, Spider-Manny, "superHERO" flick. I've heard way too many people say they didn't like the movie because they were expecting him to be more of a superhero. These are people who have obviously never read any or much of the comics.
Hulk has never been the classic superhero, fighting for justice at the drop of a hat. The Hulk story, comics and movie, is about emotional turmoil, anguish, and freedom. It speaks to the innate feelings that exist deep down inside all of us that say "I wish I could do more/I wish I was better/nobody really understands me/If only I could just..."
I think Ang Lee captured this element beautifully in this movie.
Something notable about the movie is that there is no cursing in it. Aside from your every day "hell & damn" stuff, I don't even recall hearing the word "ass," let alone the big S & F guns. Just goes to show you that a good movie can STILL be made in this day & age that doesn't lose IQ points by having the characters curse like sailors when the slightest thing happens.
CGI Hulk -- amazing. Obviously this is a much different character than Gollum, but the detail put into this character is incredible. Basically, they took a bodybuilder (Lee Priest), and created the CGI character skeleton and muscular structure based on him, then exaggerated it (to say the least). I'll just say the clips they show in the trailer on TV don't do Big Green justice. There are scenes in the movie that are 10x more detailed. When he movies, the muscles actually flex and change shape as they would on a real person, instead of the cheap-looking CGI we're used to, where they basically stay the same shape and just kind of "smush" into other objects when they come in contact. A good example of that is the human bicep -- when your arm is stretched, the bicep is long. When you bend your elbow, the bicep contracts and gets rounder. Cheap CGI will leave the muscle in one basic shape while the arm bends, but Hulk's changes as it should.
They were able to capture Eric Bana's eyes almost perfectly, and the emotional expressions displayed by Hulk are very believable.
As far as interpreted realism, you HAVE to resolve yourself to the "fact" that this is who he is -- a 15ft tall, 1100lb green monster. Once you accept that as the character, it's easy to read him and believe him.
Jennifer Connelly did a great job, and I was very happy with Sam Elliott as Gen. Thunderbolt Ross. Nick Nolte looked, during the entire movie, just like his now-famous mugshot from a few months back, but he gave an outstanding performance as Bruce's father.
1) If you have to tinkle, do it before the movie. It's 2 hours and 40 minutes long. I did and my body thanked me.
2) Do not go expecting to see a feelgood, Spider-Manny, "superHERO" flick. I've heard way too many people say they didn't like the movie because they were expecting him to be more of a superhero. These are people who have obviously never read any or much of the comics.
Hulk has never been the classic superhero, fighting for justice at the drop of a hat. The Hulk story, comics and movie, is about emotional turmoil, anguish, and freedom. It speaks to the innate feelings that exist deep down inside all of us that say "I wish I could do more/I wish I was better/nobody really understands me/If only I could just..."
I think Ang Lee captured this element beautifully in this movie.
Something notable about the movie is that there is no cursing in it. Aside from your every day "hell & damn" stuff, I don't even recall hearing the word "ass," let alone the big S & F guns. Just goes to show you that a good movie can STILL be made in this day & age that doesn't lose IQ points by having the characters curse like sailors when the slightest thing happens.
CGI Hulk -- amazing. Obviously this is a much different character than Gollum, but the detail put into this character is incredible. Basically, they took a bodybuilder (Lee Priest), and created the CGI character skeleton and muscular structure based on him, then exaggerated it (to say the least). I'll just say the clips they show in the trailer on TV don't do Big Green justice. There are scenes in the movie that are 10x more detailed. When he movies, the muscles actually flex and change shape as they would on a real person, instead of the cheap-looking CGI we're used to, where they basically stay the same shape and just kind of "smush" into other objects when they come in contact. A good example of that is the human bicep -- when your arm is stretched, the bicep is long. When you bend your elbow, the bicep contracts and gets rounder. Cheap CGI will leave the muscle in one basic shape while the arm bends, but Hulk's changes as it should.
They were able to capture Eric Bana's eyes almost perfectly, and the emotional expressions displayed by Hulk are very believable.
As far as interpreted realism, you HAVE to resolve yourself to the "fact" that this is who he is -- a 15ft tall, 1100lb green monster. Once you accept that as the character, it's easy to read him and believe him.
Jennifer Connelly did a great job, and I was very happy with Sam Elliott as Gen. Thunderbolt Ross. Nick Nolte looked, during the entire movie, just like his now-famous mugshot from a few months back, but he gave an outstanding performance as Bruce's father.