This movie proved to be VERY divisive upon release. We heard the now familiar rumblings of 'superhero fatigue,' and talk that the comic book bubble was about to burst - and this was fourteen years ago!Let's be fair - Hulk is not a bad movie. Ang Lee doesn't know how to make a bad movie. Having said that, was he the right guy for this movie? Hmmm... The story comes across more as an art-house type Greek tragedy than a superhero flick, when people really just want to see The Hulk and The Abomination pummelling each other. They did so in the Incredible Hulk, a lame reboot nobody went to see. The action beats, when they do eventually come, are pretty impressive. We see Big Green taking on tanks, helicopters and, er, poodles. The Hulk himself looks really weird now. People were criticising the CGI even then, and of course, time has not improved it. It would be a while before they would get the Hulk right. One thing that I hadn't seen before was the framing of some shots in the style of comic book panels, a technique later borrowed by other comic-book movies (see Kick-Ass). Eventually Marvel realised that The Hulk works better as a supporting character than as a lead, but Hulk remains and underrated curio.

Movie Review: "Hulk" (2003)One of the best Science-Fiction-Action movies of an early 21st century, in where the balance between picture, sound and any additional digital effect got carefully considered under one of most accomplished screenplays in at that time young Marvel universe, where each green-lit motion picture meant something to take home with an emotion, a notion or at least an idea to dwell on as of reading a deeply thought-through novel on a father and son relationship breaking bad.The father doomed to underrating jobs to make a living, constantly connected to his safely brought up son; stolen after a domestic violence incident of screams, speed motions, banging doors and a beat to be extended visually in an atomic bomb explosion in a distant black side lab in a U.S. American desert, where science knows no limits and the results kept secret, hidden from the public; a movie like an hyper-stylized poem, where truth between human relations eventually break out to confront demons before death.Despite minor miscommunication on design choices in creating the on color green powering "Hulk" and producers denying a fully R-rated adults-only audience to engage the life-story of character Bruce Banner, who relentlessly must leave everything behind to embrace fate, defeating each opponent, which becomes the ultimate price of being alone, but not lonesome in this world, where the director masterfully prepared the breathing-through cast, color-enforced cinematography, a haunting musical score and a pitch-tight picture-twisting editorial.The filmmakers pay respect to the original comic book source material in never-again achieved picture editing, starting with the opening credit sequence sharing the classic charm of the Golden Age of Hollywood translated to the 21st century, entirely misunderstood by the time of its release in June 2003; "Hulk" becomes after 15 years out for consideration - available to watch on any digital device by now - a blue print for empathetic representation of character confrontations, where still the human condition remains the frontrunner of motion picture entertainment.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainment LLC)

Smashing His Way into the First Wave of Marvel Movie Superheroes, (The Incredible) Hulk, an at First Failed Title that only went 6 Issues in the Early Sixties, did Recover and has had a Long and Intricate Career (Grey/Green). The 1970's TV Show with Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno is Remembered Fondly.Director Ang Lee Decided to give the Tragic and Unfortunate Scientist Bruce Banner and His Gamma Ray Created "Monster" a more than Serious, Psychological, Philosophical Bent that Audiences found Boring, Slow, and Pounded on this Film with some Brutal Bashing and the Sequel was Scrapped.Critics, for the most part, Like the Movie Much More than Mainstream Viewers. They were Kind to the Depth of Characters and Rich Story. The Movie's Supreme and Interesting Template also got Noticed.Back to the Haters. Folks Complained about the Length (2hr 20min), Nick Nolte's Bombastic, Shouting Performance, and Not Enough "Hulk". The Big Green Guy doesn't Show Up much in the First Hour.Danny Elfman's Score is as Usual, Good but Derivative and Repetitive. The Characters like Betty (Jennifer Connelly), General Ross (Sam Elliott), and Talbot (Josh Lucas) are 100% Dead Serious and Chew the Melodramatics Ad Nauseum.Overall, Director Ang Lee Accomplished His Vision, but in the Early Days of the Mega-Blockbuster Summer Superhero Movie, it wasn't Welcomed and was Dismissed as a Major Misfire. Viewed Today it Holds Up quite well and Deserves a "New" Look and Appraisal.

This movie is fun to watch. I like the way when Bruce Banner transform into the hulk. I thought Eric Bana was good as playing Bruce Banner. It sucks that there's no sequel like I want to know if Bruce Banner is still alive in the film. I thought Edwad Norton as Bruce Banner is weird like I don't why I think that. The special feature of this movie remind me of Spider-Man (2002) because they have two disc like one for playing the movie and the other one for special feature. It's still a good film.