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Scott D. Neff
Theatre Dork

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From: San Francisco, CA
Registered: Oct 1999


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Saw it last night in the screening room. It definiely captured the art of the "Graphic Novel" and was edited and produced in such a way that each frame of the film looked as though you were looking at a separate page of a comic book.

Unfortunately they took the cheesy dialogue and dramatic effects of the comics and put them into a medium where they don't translate so well. I'd like to say the movie was fun to watch, but nah, for 2 1/2 hours I'd rather have done something else.

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Daryl C. W. O'Shea
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From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from)
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6 reels could have done it.

Since all of my prints' DTS discs were either missing or damaged, I got to watch this in glorious DTS pretend SR. I wasn't impressed with the sound at all. I'm sure it would have been much better in DTS Digital or SRD... see it in digital sound.

I thought the movie was OK... I wasn't overly impressed with the animation. It just didn't look that good. A lot of it was out of focus around the edges, presumably to blend in with the live action footage. Whatever the reason, it didn't look good.

Did I mention that it could have been only two hours long?

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Jacob Huber
Expert Film Handler

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As Daryl said, it could have definitely been shorter. The beginning was pretty slow, but it picks up the pace once he transforms for the first time.

This was an OK popcorn flick meant for the summer. The only problems I had, other than length, were the fact that the Hulk looked like Shrek on steroids, especially in the face, and Ang Lee went way over the top with the comic book cinematography (split screens, multiple scenes on the screen using comic frames, fancy camerawork, etc.). It got kind of off the wall towards the end during the stuff with his father, but I guess that's what comic book movies do.

5.7/10

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Michael Gonzalez
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Anybody else have framing issues showing this film? The movie kept going out of frame vertically than there would be a horizonal frame line and a couple of times there were 4 or 5 different frame lines on the screen at the same time. I couldn't figure out if there was a problem with the projector or the print. I wonder if I move the print to a different projector, if I would have the same problems?

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Aldo Baez
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LOL I had the same problem too, this movie utilizes a TON of split screen (vertical and horizontally) camera views I guess to make it feel like a comic. First time I saw it I immediately moved the framing knob, then next scene it was out of frame [Frown] . If you built it up correctly just let it run.

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David Stambaugh
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Regal Cinema World 8 in Eugene, house #3. Subwoofers and surrounds working 100% again after being out of action for X-2 and Matrix Reloaded. Yay! Probably SDDS. Very good presentation.

It requires some patience from the viewer because there's a LOT of talk laying down the foundation of Hulk's origin. But I liked it. I especially liked the uniqueness of the split screen and other comic-book visual tricks. The special effects were better than I was expecting. In fact the movie as a whole was pretty good. Liked it.

This print looked GREAT on their massive 25' screen [Wink] . I'm serious -- very sharp, plenty of detail, bright. Closeups of faces looked really really good.

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Manny Knowles
"What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???"

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The CGI character turned out to be okay. Certainly, the least of my worries with this film.

Too long, The opening was far too slow. Didn't they know that young kids would want to see this movie? We had a number of sleeping kids and also some walk-outs. Tragic!

Overwrought melodrama. Poor boy has "repressed memories" and "something inside him." So what? We want to see the green guy!

You know what? There was a lot of exposition at the beginning of SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE but there was actual poetry in some of that writing. And there was a real sense of majesty and legend in those scenes. This movie doesn't have that.

The green guy. What can I say? He shouldn't be able to move like that. Unbelievable. He's green and he's big -- he's HUGE -- I can buy that. But he can leap around the world? No way, man. Sorry.

Oh! And he can fall from outer space into the Pacific and just make a piddly little splash? Yeah. Right. Sure. Fine. Whatever.

And that dude in the tank...You know the tank...They showed that clip a zillion times on TV...So "angry man" picks a whole tank and flings it out into the desert like he was training for the super-freaking Olympics. And the soldier walks away fromt that wreck!?

Throw me a frickin' bone here!

Best story angle was the father-daughter subplot and THAT was hamfisted most of the time.

Split-screen effect did very little to cover up the fact that those scenes were boring and went on too long.

The villain. Wishy-washy and unfocused. Actually, there were a number of bad guys but I'm talking about Nick Nolte right now. I couldn't understand a word he was saying half the time. Mumbles in DICK TRACY had better diction than this guy.

Not that I'm complaining, mind you. Who knows? There may be method to Nolte's madness -- he may actually have improved his dialogue by making it unintelligible.

And let's not forget the real villain -- Ang Lee.

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Paul Linfesty
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I actually found myself enjoying THE HULK. The film had unexpected character depth for a movie of this kind. Although I was somewhat confused as to the actual powers the daddy hulk had. I did find it hard to buy into all the leaping around the Hulk did. The variety of wipes made the film visually interesting, though.

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Aldo Baez
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FYI the Hulk can leap 3 miles in a jump, his skin can take something like 15,000 degrees, and he has a bunch of other powers, thats how his char was originally made and it was protrayed very closely to the comics.

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David Stambaugh
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Saw it again today, Cinemark 17 in Springfield, house #13, Dolby Digital, attendance about 100. Pretty darned good presentation. Picture & sound excellent. Print was outstanding in clarity, detail, and contrast. [thumbsup] My only complaint is there were too many ads and trailers, like 50% too many. [Frown]

Hulk was better for me the 2nd time. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The pacing doesn't feel rushed, time is allotted for ample character development (some will be bored by that, but I liked it). This one feels the most "comic bookish" of the recent Marvel superhero efforts for the big screen. Too bad it's dropped 70% in weekend #2. [Eek!]

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Paul Linfesty
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quote:
thats how his char was originally made and it was protrayed very closely to the comics.
OK, I claim ignorance then. I admit to never reading the comic book (I was a DC comic fan, not a Marvel). I did watch the original TV series with Bill Bixby/Lou Ferigno.

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Aldo Baez
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http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/h/hulk.htm

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Paul Linfesty
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Aldo

Well, he was a LOT taller than any seven feet in many of those scenes in the movie.

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Dave Williams
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Saw the film last night, and actually liked it quite a bit. I didn't see any cheezy and horrible CGI that so many have complained of. I think people just need to relax a bit and just take it in instead of spitting it all out so quick. Thats what I do with most new food I try, I spit it out, but thats because I am a picky eater. Most people claim to actually like this crap people keep trying to make me eat.

As for bieng taller than seven feet in most of the movie, yep. He actually GREW BIGGER the madder he got. In fact, Betty even told her father that the more mad they made him, the more it fueled his rage and the more powerful he got.

Dave

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John Lasher
Master Film Handler

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I found it enjoyable. (I read a review in the local paper that accused the film of thinking too much. If they had just made a big, wretched-cgi, effects-charged piece of popcorn flick, the same reviewer would have said it didn't think enough. There's no pleasing these people, but at least they seem to have hired at least 1 or 2 heterosexual critics now, as opposed to before when they were going with a Homo=good, happy, yum, fun/Hetero=bad, mad, stench, wrench(e-mail me for an explaination))

The story was well thought-out, the direction was good, the acting was on the line between very good and excellent, the cgi was... passable but it served the purpose well.

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Presentation:
Newark Cinema Center
Picture: ****
Sound: Stereo(SR w/Sub, w/o Surrounds) **

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