More proof of the greatness of “The Hulk”
It’s been a slow posting week at 423smith - so I’m indulging myself with a post about my favorite movie - Ang Lee’s The Hulk. I thought that perhaps I was alone in my appreciation of the movie and love of Eric Bana’s performance - but it turns out that Stephen Spielberg and I are on the same wave length. And really, who is going to argue with Stephen Spielberg? Spielberg’s selection of Bana for Munich may not be a love letter to The Hulk - but it should be!
Since I can’t write a film review to save my life, I’ll defer to Roger Ebert, to explain how Ang Lee managed to take a seemingly simple comic book movie and turn in into a beautifully filmed drama about two damaged people. (and yes, I would agree with folks who say the effects aren’t the best - but that isn’t really what the film is about.)
Here is a video of Eric Bana talking about the movie and how Spielberg saw him in The Hulk…
And just because this is nutty - I googled “Stephen Spielberg and Eric Bana” and this is what I came up with. I have no idea what compatibility chart means but it seems like a bit of fun.
January 17th, 2006 at 3:02 pm
Tammy, we have to watch this together. We can do Batman Begins and then this back-to-back. I thought the effects in HULK were terrific, and while I didn’t like the movie when I saw it in the theaters, I’d like to revisit it. I can see this becoming a big cult favorite in the years ahead. But the ending — I have no clue wtf was going on!
January 17th, 2006 at 8:56 pm
I think the psychedelic-pond-power-struggle ending, while it has been done a million times and is so cliche, was brilliantly executed. And yes, count me in for back to back Hulk / Batman — supreme idea!
January 23rd, 2006 at 3:13 pm
I saw and loved Munich a couple of days ago, Bana is incredible. He was also perfect for HULK cause his last name is as close to Banner as is humanly possible.
July 22nd, 2007 at 6:37 pm
We just re-watched the Hulk the other day, and it still is our favorite of the genre. I am a life long comic collector, and I could not have been more happy with that film. The only flaw for me was the lack luster digigital Hulk. I was just writing a myspace blog on the quality of this movie.