Review of Hulk (2003) by Shane K — 19 Oct 2014

Spoilers ahead: throughout the decades of the comic book saga that Marvel keeps producing, the hulk has remained and always will remain as one of the most iconic superheros of all time. That being said it may be understandable to find a way to bring his story to the big screen that gives the audiences, comic book fans, and critics to agree on.

Given that many arguments construct around the same conflict of who do we focus on more monster or the person who becomes the monster. In the case with Agg Lees interpretation of this 2003 version and setting up an entirely new origin, may not be a great way to bring up for the characters actions for the story.

Having grown up watching the cartoons, playing the video games, and reading the comics in terms of authencity and construction if this was not based off of the whole comic and something completely new entirely this would probably be seen as a masterpiece if the character didn't have any other time to develop within the last 60 years.

Which in lies the movies biggest fault, they felt as creating this film they needed to set up a new arc. I don't necessarily feel that Avg Lee was purposely trying to destroy the legacy of the hulk per se but did he actually capture the essence of the man who is the monster other than the monster is the man, absolutely not.

The parts with Nick Nolte as the father could have been completely left out and probably the whole story with the father just never included. I mean it was a nice try but because it was never part of the hulks story to where we needed the hulk needed to be accepted.

It doesn't captivate it nor does it ever bring up the point. In terms of casting I think everybody was actually well placed but they're completely wasted due to the bad scripting and too much time focused on special effects that really don't live up to the hype.

In all honesty I don't blame Ang Lee completely but he should have looked more into the source material more accurately and it would have been fine. Overall it's a film that tries to one up something that is already great, even though that didn't need to be more improved.

In the most blatant terms he over thought it.