I do believe my totem-pole made of trash-cans stacked on top of each other with cheap paper wrapped around is awesomer than your totem-pole made of... whatever you make totem-poles of over there.
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Of course, for people who don't know about the Hulk, you won't understand it. You actually have to know the characters to understand most of it. That's a problem because it's not a sequel, it's okay if it's a sequel but watching this movie, it took me some time to figure out that Edward Norton was called Bruce. The good thing is that the movie doesn't move slow, there is about action at every corner. It's either that or dramatic scenes. Also note that the film has a quick flashback like scene to demonstrate the beginning of the Hulk as the opening credits, which is a good idea because we would take much more drama and time which would drag the film into some boredom. The film reminds me more of the TV show than the comic, but that's what they were looking for but, if you're more of a fan of the comic, they have the comic characters, Hulk's abilities, and of course, the action of a Superhero movie.
When I was watching the movie, I actually felt what Bruce Banner (okay, I rather just call him David at this point, he's not much of a Bruce but more of the David from the TV series mixed with a little comic and Norton himself) felt, because even though he had an impossible to have monster inside him, he had the feelings of an everyday man and most people will understand how he feels. You can even feel the anger and sadness of the Hulk, the worried feeling given from Betty Ross. It has much more of a realistic feeling you would be given off by, let's say, Spider-Man? You would be anxious to find out what happens, you feel the shame that the Hulk gives to Thunderbolt Ross, and there's even humor in the film at that too. The camera work in the movie is what really gives the feeling though, the realistic feeling is given by the great camera work.
The CGI is also very detailed and great. Sometimes I forgot the fact that Hulk was even CGI and I saw a lot of Norton's face in Hulk and the same thing with Tim Roth in the Abomination.
Okay, so I talked about, the story, the feelings, the camera work, and the CGI, but what is the most important in a comic book/TV adaptation film is how true it is to the original. Sadly, I don’t read the comics, so that’s something you got to see yourself. Sorry.
But, I did see the TV series and I must say, the movie is a great adaptation of the television series, Norton is almost as David Banner-ish as the great Bill Bixby, the greatest part is the fact that Lou Ferrigno voices Hulk in this movie too! Some characters from the television show appear in the movie but they’re not in very serious roles, minor roles in fact. The characters are also given the TV series style which puts Bruce’s passion for Betty just as much as David felt his love for his wife before she died in the car incident. There are a few comic feelings in the film, but you have to see it in order to feel it, you just can’t put it into words.
I rate this movie, 9 out of 10 stars. It’s almost perfect.
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Why would I want to bump it? I'd have to post something REALLY elaborate, or else it would get locked because I apparently bumped the topic for no reason. :P
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