Comments on: Hulk

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 13:14:00 +0000

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By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:35:24 +0000

The title sequence was the present fad. X2, Spiderman, even Matrix 2 rotated and zoomed around 3D text. The “H-U-L-K” looked bold and strong for 1.5 seconds before withering into a shitting glob text and dying out. The exact opposite of what the HULK is, maybe a foreshadowing of what this film would become. I liked it alot (the film) but noticed the flaws and enjoyed the fresh start ‘The Incredible HULK’ as the REAL film.

The yellow location/time subtitles were good comic homage though. Just that it didn’t keep consistent throughout the entire film. You see, a DC guy like me, I see you make a movie feel like a comic book, I want you to make the entire thing feel like a comic book. Not mismatch the dragging 2:18:00 feature on by continuing evolving and changing it’s style and look. I get it, it changed like the HULK, but that just hurt it. Want proof? It was remade with a good lead actor and an ACTED backstory title sequence that replaced “HULK.” Plus they gave it the full title, as if ‘HULK’ was just a long film featuring the one green element of the well produced full titled film.

By: Jerri Dias

Jerri Dias — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 06:32:26 +0000

I Must confess the first the first time I saw the movie I found all the concept a little too much. But at a second view, I enjoyed it much more an nowadays I consider this movie a classic amongst the super-hero movies.

By: Ranjit

Ranjit — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:27:11 +0000

The effects were superb and the CGI for the action sequences were solid. I guess the one thing that detracts from the movie is just how seriously it takes itself. The Hulk is all about action and if you watched the theatrical trailers, you’d expect as much.

Ang Lee took the movie in a different direction, making the Hulk out to be an emotional character wanting to be left alone and who’d suffered a lot of pain and emotional turmoil throughout his life. I’m just not sure audiences could really connect with a CGI character. As good as the CGI is, the Hulk was still lacking a soul. The movie might’ve worked if it was a real actor playing the Hulk who could really bring out the Hulk’s emotion. That’s just a guess:)

I was expecting a lot more of “Hulk Smash!” The 2008 version does it well while still keeping the balance between action and drama.

By: JonnyB

JonnyB — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:37:50 +0000

So creative and wonderous. And Danny Elfman’s theme music was certainly not of this world!

I don’t think Ang lee got due credit for this film. If it had been under any other title other than the ‘Hulk’ franchise name, then it probably would have gotten drastically different results from critics and movie goers.

By: angryboy

angryboy — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:45:22 +0000

I was floored when I first saw this opening credit sequence–it so perfectly set the comic booky tone of the film. I don’t understand why such an imaginative film is so underrated.

By: Dirk

Dirk — Fri, 15 May 2009 09:00:29 +0000

I like looking at the WIP clip. It’s cool to see where they were in the early stages, and how it changed in the final cut.

By: RC of strangeculture

RC of strangeculture — Thu, 14 May 2009 04:44:01 +0000

The title sequences in this film are certainly memorable. (or maybe it’s just their imitation for the Hulk ride at Universal studios I saw ten thousand times waiting in line one day)

By: William

William — Tue, 12 May 2009 01:17:44 +0000

Thank you for such a thorough look into the creation of these titles. Can’t wait for next week. I always prefer titles that advance narrative but at the same time exist apart in some transcendent, slightly oblique, microcosm of the feature. And when they finish, you are wholly deposited in cinema’s mimesis and prepared to exist within the film proper.