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Review: *exclusive* The Hulk (2003): Eric Banna and Jennifer Connelly

Ok here it it kids:

Director Ang Lee strikes gold with the latest portrayal of a Marvel Comic to hit the big screen in the ME HULK, ME SMASHES genre, and Hulk fans sure will NOT be disappointed as I was just amazed at the way The Big Green Thing comes across the silver screen.

Eric Bana (Black Hawk Down) plays aclaimed scientist Dr. Bruce Banner, as you remember from the TV show, his inner demons and a catastropic experiment turn him into the big green monster, The Hulk.

ILM, Industrial Light and Magic does a super job transforming Bana into the monster, that is him in the green glob and not the CGI Hulk we have been seeing. Incredible stuff.

Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind and Darkman) plays Dr. Betty Ross, Banner's love interest who helps transforms The Hulk.

I think Jennifer Connelly has great chemistry with whomever she works with and Director Lee puts that chemistry to good use.

The cast is great and should be highly seen.

The Plot is developed into two different sections both of whom works, as Sam Elliot who plays the commander of a top secret military base tries to capture the hulk to study, and the second subplot, the main focus of this movie, is The Hulk facing off against the 3 Superdogs *sighs* convicts, thats what I call em. transformed through the same experiment.

The action is fast and furious, no pun to the movie, but I think Ang Lee hits a home run with this film.

The Hulk is yet to be rated, and hits theatres June 20, 2003.

My rating: 9 out of 10.

added note to Pho--This and X2 actually does deserve what I rated it..I haven't reviewed every movie I have seen on here..But there have been stinkers.

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they filmed part of that movie at my university(The chemisty lab scenes) :}

I'm lookin forward to this one. glad to hear a good review

Re: Review: *exclusive* The Hulk (2003): Eric Banna and Jennifer Connelly

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Originally posted by MovieGod
added note to Pho--This and X2 actually does deserve what I rated it..I haven't reviewed every movie I have seen on here..But there have been stinkers.

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it made my day for somoen to confirm this to be a good movie hehe

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Originally posted by krazyfoo
it made my day for somoen to confirm this to be a good movie hehe

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I CANT WAIT!!!!!!! oh I am so excited..the same feeling I had when I was waiting for the first X-Men and the first Spider-Man
Daredevil I knew was gonna suck

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i didn't think this one was going to be good. I definately wasn't a fan of the old school tv show ;p

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yes yes this and X2!

I can't wait!!

this is really the year of the marvel comic!

i hate how moviegod gets to see all the movies first... whats your secret man

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Originally posted by Hitman47
i hate how moviegod gets to see all the movies first... whats your secret man

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what a penis muncher!! i wanna see these movies!! grr matrix reloaded, hulk, x2, bruce almighty, damn all the 1's i wanna see. this looks good, theyve been showin previews for i think 2-3 years
so it must have some crazy sfx in it.

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Originally posted by rappa
what a penis muncher!! i wanna see these movies!! grr matrix reloaded, hulk, x2, bruce almighty, damn all the 1's i wanna see. this looks good, theyve been showin previews for i think 2-3 years
so it must have some crazy sfx in it.

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Originally posted by CczuAzul

Yep...I was getting impatient with all those previews.
Thing that's strange is, around here in MD/DC, none of the people, let's say, under 18 actually have an interest in this movie. They all think it looks dull, that's what's been going around. I think their full of shit though, as Ang Lee is awesome!

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Does anyone know if the movie is going to be based more on the comic book or on the tv series?? Or did Ang decide to make up his own version on how banner became the hulk????

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Originally posted by D3C3PT4C0N
Does anyone know if the movie is going to be based more on the comic book or on the tv series?? Or did Ang decide to make up his own version on how banner became the hulk????

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In the Original comic book version During a gamma bomb testing a teenager named Rick Jones had breached security and entered the restricted test area, Banner threw him into a protective trench. Before Banner could get himself to safety, the gamma-bomb detonated.

And in the tv version Banner gets intrigued by how people seemed to get stronger during stressful situation and hooks himself up to some machine which gives him the ability to turn into hulk.

It sounds like the Angster lean mored toward the comic book angle (thank god)

Thanks for the info horizonstar

In MovieGod's review he says:
The Plot is developed into two different sections both of whom works, as Sam Elliot who plays the commander of a top secret military base tries to capture the hulk to study, and the second subplot, the main focus of this movie, is The Hulk facing off against the 3 Superconvicts transformed through the same experiment.

did i blink and miss the section with the 3 Superconvicts? I saw the movie and did not see any such thing.

3 Superconvicts

Thats superman 2 or something

Im impressed with what Ang Lee did with the Hulk. Whoever did the Daredevil movie had a hundred times more material to work with and screwed it up.

The Hulk F'ing Rules

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I cannot believe you just said, "it's not out in europe yet" and linked to a UK site.. OMG

3 supervillains that the hulk has to fight? that's got me worried..

anyone elses opinions?

I must admit after seeing this in the movies I actually liked it. I wasnt too too thrilled after seeing the workprint but I took my neice and nephew to see it today and all 3 of us liked it..however it could've been 20 minutes shorter

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