I remember watching this as a kid and did not really understand what was going on. And now understanding it as a adult it really hits deep how sad this movie actually was. They need to make another Hulk movie with the same depth as the comics.
I can't even comprehend how there are humans on this planet that don't IMMEDIATELY call this the best live action Hulk by a landslide... The best cgi model, the most accurate to the comics (back when comics were good), pays homage to campy comic moments and stills, a unique and fitting combination origin for both Bruce's father and Absorbing Man into 1 character, and the BRILLIANTLY done Take It All scene which actually gives you a glimpse of what would become World Breaker Hulk (leaking energy from pure power). The campiness of this version would've EASILY fit well into the MCU and had a much cooler fight with Thanos. I do still like the other live action Hulks, but the Ed Norton one is just SO ugly looking in comparison. His model moves quicker, but still feels much much weaker. The ONLY reason I can possibly comprehend humans liking him more is due to being biased that he is in the MCU or they have a weird hate for Ang Lee's film being TOO much like a comic (which is a good good great thing)... My father and I have rewatched this film more times than I could possibly remember, especially him, as the biggest Hulk fan and collector of comics.
@@HulktySSJ2 I would love them to rerelease it but go back in and tighten up the graphics. I loved it when it came out. I think it's the best Hulk ever made.
@@HulktySSJ2 because we are the minority. At that times many people didn't really pay attention to movie so all those detail like staying the truth to comic weren't really a shit to give by them. You can see others commenting saying they don't really understand what's going on back then.
@@HulktySSJ2 I prefer 2003 too, we’re following Bruce as he loses control, his life goes down the toilet, and he uncovers his past. The Hulk is so energetic in every scene. It ended on a cliff hanger as well. 2008 Hulk was a bit too mild mannered for me, and his design looked strange (turns handsome, and has visible muscle fibres). The story was meh, at the start he’s a fugitive, 5 minute Blonksy fight, and at the end he is still a fugitive. Basically nothing changed. I loved Abomination though, best part of the movie, what a badass.
At 1:53 Bruce’s Dad says “That’s right, keep fighting, the more you fight, the more of you I take”. As a kid, I thought he was just talking about his super powers. But now as an adult who has had some traumatic experiences with an absent father, it makes much more sense. It wasn’t just about the power, it was Bruce’s life as a whole. This whole time Bruce was essentially held prisoner to trauma he experienced from his father. And the more energy Bruce gave to his father and those past memories, the more he was unable to experience the goodness of life around himself. So the more Bruce fights with these past traumas, the more it’s robs him of his livelihood and ability to experience a happy life. This movie is so underrated it’s not even funny. People want to shit on it for the Jolly Green Giant Hulk CGI, but honestly it’s better than anything the MCU has put out in regards to Hulk. This is one of my personal favs.
Very well said ! Finished it just now on Netflix & haven’t seen it in years. To add to that afterwards bruce saying “take it all “ referencing take all the trauma & grief. David couldn’t take it. 👊🏾
Pretty much. When you think about it Bruce has some freakishly strong willpower to be able to contain something that could kill any regular human within seconds
He’s technically a walking nuclear reactor with no real limit on his energy yield. He could probably clock a motherfucker with the force of several nukes
I don’t know if anyone has already said this in the comments, but this scene is powerful for a couple reasons. Obviously I think he wants the Hulk part of him to be taken away so he doesn’t have to live with that part of him anymore, but I also believe that because it shows his memories forming just before he screams ‘take it all’ that it also means he wants all the painful memories gone. Just an outstanding movie. Very underrated.
@@petew.7870 No I don't think so.... He made an artistic view of Mentality of a scientist who got abused by his father...... Killed his mother in front of Banner... Anger suppressed for years and finally getting the Embodiment of anger in form of Hulk....
What makes me enjoyed the ending more is the metaphor of how intense Bruce’s trauma, anger and hatred which becomes so unbearable to his father it ends up killing him. Speaks volume of how much he hated his father and I’m sure during the last of his father’s moments absorbing he sees and feels exactly why Bruce felt all these intense feelings. Kind of like a ‘fuck you’ to his father hence “You think you can live with it? Take it” and his father just couldn’t live with the immeasurable amount of anger and trauma he gave Bruce. It’s not that deep really but I absolutely adore not taking things as surface value
actually it is pretty deep. few movies deal successfully with the trauma that parents inflict on their children, and it is a cool and big deal that one of them is a giant blockbuster comic book movie from 2003.
@@TheBaBaTV Actually in the comics Dr Bruce Banner was in charge of inventing a 'Gamma bomb' and when it was being tested some kid named Rick Jones was going to be in the blast radius. Bruce got him out but couldn't save himself in time resulting in the Hulk. In later comics it's revealed that the Hulk's rageful yet somewhat infantile mentality is due to the severe abuse Bruce recieved from his father. Bruce supressed it but when he was mutated by the radiation all his childhood trauma manifested in the Hulk
I knew as a kid it was because Hulk was basically a powerhouse, but rewatching it now it all makes MUCH more sense. “Take it all” to Absorption Man yelling “It’s not stopping! Take it back!” Realizing he can’t control that much power This hulk really showed HULK from the comics and now I know why the other hulks seemed to be missing something
More like trying to please a woman like do you want it or not, like fuck pick one for crying out loud I swear this main villain has to be the dumbest made up character ever hopefully he doesn't exist in the comic cause I bet he's like his movie counter part " take it back " crying like a bitch smh
I remember watching this movie as a kid and the part at 2:42 where he said "TAKE IT ALL" has been embedded into my memory since i first heard it. We felt his anger through the screen. Such a powerful line and a brilliant movie 👏
His power is fueled by his anger. He had literally so much hate for his father that the power he was giving him was too much for him to handle despite the dads ability was literally absorbing anything. Even without the nuke he probably would of exploded. The "Take it all" quote and the dads groans of pain gave me goosebumps when I first saw this.
Dr. David Banner could absorb PHYSICAL elements, but he could not absorb the EMOTIONAL and PSYCHOLOGICAL elements (or maybe he can, but it's too much).
Probably one of the coolest most subversive fights in a superhero movie. You couldn’t predict how hulk was gonna defeat absorbing man until it happened.
Actually at last the hulk says "take it all" starts giving all the energy to absorbing man. But the absorbing man realised that hulk's energy is so massive that he can't absorb and control all the energy and absorbing man becomes like a giant bubble. After that the USAF drops a nuclear bomb and the absorbing man dies. But hulk survived
2:40 Now THAT'S visual storytelling! All of his tragic memories coming back together like puzzle and formed Hulk. For better or worse, your past shapes who you are, you'll have to live with it, you can't throw them away, all you can do is try to be a better person and don't let them dictate you
Ingenious observation, I too struggle with my past, running and trying to be a different person, don't think I've ever knew who I really was. I think that's why hulk is the marvel character I resonate with the most.
@@chimpindoge3474 Bruce only said "You think you can take all of this?" and the visual conveyed what he meant, instead of a long explanatory monologues. They could had have him say something corny like "All the suffering, all the pain, everything that has happened to me, they made me who I am, made Hulk what it is, we're are the same, he's part of me." Instead it's just the memories pieced together Hulk as he shout "Take it ALL!"
@@ThePlastikChair it depends the story, 90% of the time it's not, he's either a mindless monster that represent the animal nature of humam, or the Mr Hide of Bruce Banner, or he's a complete different persona that can talk to Bruce himself. Personally, I prefer Avengers EMH's version of Hulk and his dynamic with Bruce Banner
In my opinion, this was the most accurate iteration of the Hulk we’ve seen on screen. Not sure why this movie gets so much hate. Cinematography was excellent
@@AlphaQHardYeaah, of course, it's not like Bruce saw his father killing his mother when he actually tried to kill him, you know, when Bruce was just a child 💀
That scene was badass "TAKE IT ALL!!!" edit: and yes I have the dvd and it still holds up today, along with the original Spider-Man movies, the 2000's Marvel movies are my favorites
This is right out of the comic book. So many films came from books originally, probably easier to do that...this masterpiece captures the essence of the HULK story...the girl and her father....his own father.. and his anger. The best HULK film, EVER.
This movie understood that Hulk is a tortured soul. Underneath all the super strength, destruction, rage and green gamma radiation is a scared and angry child. A child that's constantly watching everything he loves and cares for be taken away from him in the cruelest ways possible. As a kid watching this, I was too young to understand what it is that I felt for Hulk, but I definitely felt something. Usually I felt sad for Hulk, or just didn't understand the gravity of the events transpiring and their implications for how deeply scarred it left Bruce's mind. But now I can see the awful reality that is Hulk's existence, and it hits deep.
The difference between this film and the modern Superhero blockbuster is that this film was made by an auteur filmmaker, Oscar Winner Ang Lee, who has a totally different sentimentality than most blockbuster filmmakers. This is one of the most experimental comic book movies. A very interesting case study.
True. I can't really call it a overall >good< movie, but I feel Ang Lee had the absolute right angle to this character on the emotional level. The way he did it, with all the visual experiments is pretty heavy hit & miss though. There are some nice ideas, but then there is also a lot of unintentionally silly stuff and some ideas just don't work. Still, definintely interesting to pick apart.
@@virgogaming6488 the incredible hulk is pretty good. The subject are not the same. in the incredible hulk , the Hulk is presented as a real monster , with frankestein vibes. I think this is more the hulk of the actualité mcu which isn t that good. It s my opinion.
Bruce's father wasn't aware of one very crucial fact when he tried to take the power of the Hulk for himself. It isn't just the gamma energy that makes Bruce the Hulk.It's all of that pain and rage as well.Combined together with that gamma energy,it creates that perfect storm that is the Incredible Hulk.
Same here,I can so relate to this movie,I took up bodybuilding from a young age as kind of protection from my abusive father,I'm 50 now and I'm still Mentally scarred
This monstrous / nightmare version of the hulk is always gonna be MILES better than the comedic Hulk in Endgame. 2003 and 2008’s hulk actually makes hulk look scary and intimidating the way he’s supposed to be.
Definitely, the new hulk is not even the half of this, to much soft/cheesy/childish, they ruined so many great heroes, and they will keep doing so for a longtime until disney handles this.
Thats cause the endgame hulk isnt based off of old canonicity. He is based off of professor hulk, who is a combination of bruce and hulk. He's designed to be more human
Actually at last the hulk says "take it all" starts giving all the energy to absorbing man. But the absorbing man realised that hulk's energy is so massive that he can't absorb and control all the energy and absorbing man becomes like a giant bubble. After that the USAF drops a nuclear bomb and the absorbing man dies. But hulk survived
the theme song in this hulk movie is something else, ill immediately recognize it forever. it has an eerily investigative and scientific tone to it and makes me feel like im diving deep under the iceberg to see what good or bad hides underneath
I've always thought that "TAKE IT ALL" doesn't just refer to the power of the Hulk. It's Bruce's pain, his trauma, all that emotional pain that turned him into the green monster. Bruce's dad can't absorb his son's pain, he doesn't understand it, he can't do it. It's such a big pain to have witnessed your father kill your mother. Bruce's dad doesn't consider this, and is defeated by the trauma it caused to his son. A beautiful movie
Ang Lee had actually created a tragedy. A destruction of father son relationship with high emotional quotient, simply bcoz of the father's insane and abusive mind. Too bad the film didn't get sufficient praise at that time.
In a lot of ways it's actually still my favourite hulk movie. The MCU's hulk has better CGI, but I never liked how his size was capped at that, his strength too, because they had to make him fit in with the other characters and make a fair fight for the enemies.
I think the problem was the effects were terrible and this was after all a movie that comic book fans went to see. That whole fight in the clouds scene made no sense and the battle at the lake was so dark I had no idea what was going on outside of the dialog.
@@KenS1267 Yes, that I agree with. The finale fight could have been much better with today's effects. That's fair to criticize. But criticizing the whole movie for the sake of bad effects is not good
@@14debanjan Even with the effects of the time this could have been better. It just looked cheap and like no one cared. This was a full decade after Jurassic Park. which was IMO the first file to use CG "characters" well, but look at the two and tell me you'd be able to tell that from them.
Just watching this scene reminds me of how much of an artist Ang Lee is. I never understood the hate for this film. There’s a lot of good stuff in it, especially the action.
It's a slow burn, but I feel it goes more into the inner turmoil Bruce faces, and has some nice drama. Sure the effects don't hold up, but that was the best people could do back in the day. It's not even a bad film, like, at all.
I want Ang Lee back for Hulk movies because She-Hulk just trashed Hulk's character so damn hard. Just compare the creative directors' and their visions for the movie/show that their creating and you can definitely see which team has more passion over the project their working on in the behind the scenes shit.
Their battle among the stormclouds at the beginning is brilliant. We only see these separate powerful images, like we're reading a comic book in the flash of lightning.
Actually at last the hulk says "take it all" starts giving all the energy to absorbing man. But the absorbing man realised that hulk's energy is so massive that he can't absorb and control all the energy and absorbing man becomes like a giant bubble. After that the USAF drops a nuclear bomb and the absorbing man dies. But hulk survived
iTS VERY crazy that DAVID BANNER says “take it back” and “it’s not stopping”. Just truly shows that Hulk literally had unlimited power, and The Absorbing Man can’t handle it.
@@reyescalante221 The Hulk of the comics and the Hulk of the MCU are two different entities. You cannot take comic feats out of context and throw them into the MCU. The MCU has different power scaling for characters than the comics. For example, in the comics, Hulk once bruteforced and lifted Thor's hammer. But in the movies, Hulk tried that in Avengers 1 and wasn't able to. You have to analyze the movies and shows, not the comics.
@@Hei_Darkfire 😃aaaah, but you missed something important my friend, 🤭I WAS NEVER TALKING ABOUT THE UCM HULK. eric banna's hulk is TOTALLY DIFFERENT AND INDEPENDENT of this universe.
I remember watching this movie as a kid in the theater, and not being able to see a damn thing during the finale because of how dark the scene is Edit: I cannot believe people are still commenting on this haha. Thank y’all for the likes and comments.
@@nastyfox9929 This Hulk movie has some of the best CGI I have seen. Go to the desert part where hulk is tumbling down a sand dune, that maybe the best CGI I have seen. The weay the sand interacts with his body hair is incredible. They still to this day do a lot of dark scenes to hide shit.
1:14 considering the fact that in this movie when fully enraged Hulk was about 3 meters tall, that rock must've been around 15 meters long and 4 meters wide...so if we do 15x4x4 we get a volume of 240 cubic meters...the average stone weight is around 700 kg per cubic meter, so that was a 168 tons rock..this hulk was hella strong.
Man, at 1:29, when his dad's image eerily appears in the water, and Hulk slams his fist at it, you can just feel the atmosphere and the ambience. Imagine being front-row in the theater watching it for the first time.
It was pretty good in cinema. I always defended this movie against critics even after the Ed Norton incredible hulk came out I still loved this one more
When his father yelled “ take it back it’s not stopping, take it back!” Meaning he couldn’t handle all that power and suffering and futility, it was too much power for him
@Aaron -_- That and there were other reasons, the chief one being Norton couldn't handle the idea that the Hulk was NOT going to be the center of focus. He was going to be as much a part of the MCU as everyone else, a change that he really couldn't handle, being one of the bigger actors than the others who were attached at the time, a decision that he would later regret.
@@JarrettMazza Everybody knows Hulk is not really a superhero, at least in his early days he is just confused and hurt. Many stories about that in the comics. This is the Hulk that was worth developing.
@@JarrettMazza Hulk is big, green and not a hero. He is a big guy who does not understand why the world hates him. He is only angry at the world. All because the moment people see him, they freak out and either run off or shoot at him. Hulk is NOT a hero. He is NOT a villain. Hulk is a Force of Nature.
I always felt like I understood the whole power absorbing and giving aspect of this scene as a kid, but having just rewatched the film, I realize just how poetic it truly is. A big theme of the movie is the pain and fear and loneliness passed on from father to child. A family torn apart by ambition and ego. The trauma that Bruce inherited from his father is so immense, it’s why he’s the Hulk in the first place; all that he got from his father, it made him different his whole life, the trauma transformed him metaphorically and literally. And here, his father wants it back, but for Bruce, that trauma and rage is depthless, and his father has no inkling of how deep and powerful it is. The “You think you can live with it?” Is all the more powerful, plus the fact that his father can’t take it, can’t handle even a taste of it.
“You think you can live with it? Take it. TAKE IT ALL!” a few moments later.. “IT’S NOT STOPPING!” Love that interaction. Just shows that The Hulk truly has infinite power
Wasn't his power that wasn't stopping, it was the trauma, the pain, and the anger. Every thing the Hulk embodies, he had to feel, and it never stopped.
When I was a kid, what scared me the most about David was the feeling of invincibility he pass. In his electric form, Hulk punched him and didn't seem to affect him. He fell to the ground, with such force of impact that it created a crater, but only returned as a rock and unaffected. The Hulk tried to drown him by throwing him into the water, but he only came back in an even more powerful water form. It was like he said “no matter what you throw at me or do to me, I won't die”.
Actually at last the hulk says "take it all" starts giving all the energy to absorbing man. But the absorbing man realised that hulk's energy is so massive that he can't absorb and control all the energy and absorbing man becomes like a giant bubble. After that the USAF drops a nuclear bomb and the absorbing man dies. But hulk survived
This fight is actually great... Absorbing man grabs hulk and takes him to a remote location in an attempt to isolate him and steal his power. Hulk tries to out-strength AM but this doesn't work because AM just absorbs whatever he's impacted with. Hulk shows a submission to Banner as Hulk realizes he needs Banner's mind to defeat this enemy. AM pulls Hulk underwater where Hulk cannot escape and holds Hulk there to absorb his power. AM's power increases as he saps Hulk's strength--this causes AM to absorb the energy of his surroundings. Banner and Hulk work together to fight AM, with Banner legitimately wanting to be relieved of his curse. As Hulk gains power the angrier he gets, the power just kept increasing more and more. AM had a maximum capacity that he could absorb and the nuke just pushed him past his limit. It's like over-charging a battery until it explodes.
Actually at last the hulk says "take it all" starts giving all the energy to absorbing man. But the absorbing man realised that hulk's energy is so massive that he can't absorb and control all the energy and absorbing man becomes like a giant bubble. After that the USAF drops a nuclear bomb and the absorbing man dies. But hulk survived
I watched this yesterday, and i've never been so split & saddened by this fight. More so than i was during Endgame, deadass. *The movie started with them play fighting with stuffed animals when Bruce was a child, PLAY fighting.* Now they're crashing through Thunderclouds in a scuffle like Greek GODS, fighting each other, struggling. David wanted to cure Bruce first, afraid of what he'd become or mutate into because of his own (David's) actions, now he's obsessed with taking what Bruce has, the same thing he was afraid of. Mainly to combat Ross & The Gov. Organization that put him away, the same ones that took away his chance to possibly cure Bruce; Which lead to him storming into that house to enact a bizarre decision to mercy kill his boy, sealing Edith's fate. She would be heartbroken to see them fighting like this.
I consider this directly connected to Hulk 2008. This film shows how Hulk transformed and after his dad went essentially crazy, Bruce basically didn’t talk about his family history at all compared to the other Avengers, who all have families, except Black Widow, who USED to have a family.
2:36 the moment Bruce and hulk agree on hating you is the moment you lost. In one way or another they are both children scared of thier father, but not anymore. You want all you've done to me? Then Take It
Also an addition, when the villian has to Beg the hero to take the power back? That's awesome. Just a sorta "now you understand why I didn't want this in the first place"
I think he was a little of both. He tried to turn himself into a Gamma Creature at the beginning but didn't work out, he only became a pale version of the Hulk. He couldn't absorb all the Hulk's power because he had a limited/finite capacity of a container where the Hulk's container was infinite - the Madder he got, the stronger he got and the larger his container became. Dear dad couldn't handle it.
While as an adult I have a much better understanding what the movie was trying to say, this is still a very confusing fight scene to watch. Still an underrated film.
The Early 2000's Marvel Fight Scenes Before the MCU: 1998: Blade vs. Deacon Frost 2000: Wolverine vs. Magneto 2002: Blade vs. Jared Nomak 2002: Spider-Man vs. Green Goblin 2003: Wolverine vs. Lady Deathstrike 2003: Hulk vs. Absorbing Man 2003: Daredevil vs. Wilson Fisk 2004: Punisher vs. Howard Saint 2004: Spider-Man vs. Doctor Octopus 2004: Blade vs. Drake (Dracula) 2005: Elektra vs. Kirigi 2005: Fantastic Four vs. Doctor Doom 2006: X-Men vs. Brotherhood of Mutants 2007: Ghost Rider vs. BlackHeart 2007: Fantastic Four vs. Cosmic Dr. Doom 2007: Spider-Man & New Goblin vs. Venom and Sandman
Looking at this scene as an adult, I think Ang Lee knew exactly what he was doing with the "Take It Back" scene. There's a giant mass that looks like clouds, with noticeable separations all over it, surrounded by the water of the lake and the images of Bruce's childhood. _It's symbolic of a clouded mind drowning in years of trauma._
This was a criminally underrated flick IMO. Still has some of the best sound design elements of all of the MCU. Sure, it's long, but there are some AWESOME set pieces in this film.
Some of the best 'fight' scenes ever presented albeit symbolically, that "TAKE IT ALL" scene really burns into my memory. The end really shows the irony of a megalomaniac: desires for all the powers & yet couldn't even comprehended & contained the issues of a single person, worse it's his own son's.
This is how Hulk should be portrayed, as a horror in some sense because his strength is infinite and scary. Only his humanity (Bruce Banner) stops him from being a total monster. The mental illness that would result from this as Hulk is what should be portrayed. He should be feared by the audience but understood as well because the transformation is really a tragedy. No one should leave a Hulk movie wanting to be Hulk.
Ang Lee’s Hulk remains my favorite Hulk movie. The movie also stands as one of the most epic and memorable comic book movies. The Marvel movies today just jump from action scene to action scene with forgettable characters.
Ang Lee, Eric Bana, Louis Leterrier, and Edward Norton, understood the complexity, and emotional and psychological anguish of Bruce Banner and Hulk. They understood that Hulk was just a manifestation of Banner’s trauma, a monstrous amalgamation of his suffering. 03’s Hulk and 08’s The Incredible Hulk are massively underrated films. The MCU’s Hulk is just the punch line of a bad joke.
Just the sheer amount of power the Hulk has is remarkable, the way they showed it to us, how the power within him is not just the power of Hulk but the combination of the trauma that Bruce has faced throughout his life, how much the two feed on each other and build up into this massive green destructive creature, truly extraordinary. And then there is Joss Whedon's Hulk...
Eric Bana and this Hulk was literally a perfect representation of hulk IMO. I know the plot and the way they designed Hulk in this movie was a little off, but it’s way better than that goofy doofus Mark Ruffalo
This movie may have a lot of flaws. But as far as being a REAL accurate representation of the Hulk it's 10/10. Hulk is more than just a strong dude with a cranky attitude. He also has different powers he utilizes when he gets angry. Marvel really screwed up the new Hulk.
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one of the most confusing fights from my childhood
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I remember watching this as a kid and did not really understand what was going on. And now understanding it as a adult it really hits deep how sad this movie actually was. They need to make another Hulk movie with the same depth as the comics.
I can't even comprehend how there are humans on this planet that don't IMMEDIATELY call this the best live action Hulk by a landslide...
The best cgi model, the most accurate to the comics (back when comics were good), pays homage to campy comic moments and stills, a unique and fitting combination origin for both Bruce's father and Absorbing Man into 1 character, and the BRILLIANTLY done Take It All scene which actually gives you a glimpse of what would become World Breaker Hulk (leaking energy from pure power).
The campiness of this version would've EASILY fit well into the MCU and had a much cooler fight with Thanos.
I do still like the other live action Hulks, but the Ed Norton one is just SO ugly looking in comparison. His model moves quicker, but still feels much much weaker. The ONLY reason I can possibly comprehend humans liking him more is due to being biased that he is in the MCU or they have a weird hate for Ang Lee's film being TOO much like a comic (which is a good good great thing)...
My father and I have rewatched this film more times than I could possibly remember, especially him, as the biggest Hulk fan and collector of comics.
@@HulktySSJ2 I would love them to rerelease it but go back in and tighten up the graphics. I loved it when it came out.
I think it's the best Hulk ever made.
@@HulktySSJ2 because we are the minority. At that times many people didn't really pay attention to movie so all those detail like staying the truth to comic weren't really a shit to give by them. You can see others commenting saying they don't really understand what's going on back then.
@@HulktySSJ2 I prefer 2003 too, we’re following Bruce as he loses control, his life goes down the toilet, and he uncovers his past. The Hulk is so energetic in every scene. It ended on a cliff hanger as well.
2008 Hulk was a bit too mild mannered for me, and his design looked strange (turns handsome, and has visible muscle fibres). The story was meh, at the start he’s a fugitive, 5 minute Blonksy fight, and at the end he is still a fugitive. Basically nothing changed. I loved Abomination though, best part of the movie, what a badass.
I remember watching Jay Fairleys moms black adult vids, she hit deep, different positions with depth
The most accurate Hulk in cinema. Less of a superhero and more of an inevitable force of nature
well said.
I like to think of hulk as less a force of nature and more a product of the trauma people can bring
@@JavierEscuella1911 that is part of his design but i see what you're saying
@@JavierEscuella1911hulk was originally written as a horror character mean to encapsulate how all consuming hatred and anger is.
Hulk has always a near unstoppable raging brute monster that’s always being aimed by banner to do good.
At 1:53 Bruce’s Dad says “That’s right, keep fighting, the more you fight, the more of you I take”. As a kid, I thought he was just talking about his super powers. But now as an adult who has had some traumatic experiences with an absent father, it makes much more sense. It wasn’t just about the power, it was Bruce’s life as a whole. This whole time Bruce was essentially held prisoner to trauma he experienced from his father. And the more energy Bruce gave to his father and those past memories, the more he was unable to experience the goodness of life around himself. So the more Bruce fights with these past traumas, the more it’s robs him of his livelihood and ability to experience a happy life.
This movie is so underrated it’s not even funny. People want to shit on it for the Jolly Green Giant Hulk CGI, but honestly it’s better than anything the MCU has put out in regards to Hulk. This is one of my personal favs.
Very well said ! Finished it just now on Netflix & haven’t seen it in years. To add to that afterwards bruce saying “take it all “ referencing take all the trauma & grief. David couldn’t take it. 👊🏾
100% agree, this movie alone is better than the last marvel movies they've been spewing out
It's a 2003 movie, Visual Effect hadn't evolved that much at that time
I 100% agree. Rewatching this movie as an adult made me realize how good it truly was, despite it's shortcomings.
The 2008 Hulk movie is the greatest of all time
The fact that hulk just gives it "all" and his dad dies from all that power. Just shows this hulk has infinite power
Hulk always recharge his radiation when he's angry
Thanos gave no sh*ts, although that hulk was clearly b*tchified
Pretty much. When you think about it Bruce has some freakishly strong willpower to be able to contain something that could kill any regular human within seconds
He’s technically a walking nuclear reactor with no real limit on his energy yield. He could probably clock a motherfucker with the force of several nukes
stoney renegade superman can
I don’t know if anyone has already said this in the comments, but this scene is powerful for a couple reasons. Obviously I think he wants the Hulk part of him to be taken away so he doesn’t have to live with that part of him anymore, but I also believe that because it shows his memories forming just before he screams ‘take it all’ that it also means he wants all the painful memories gone. Just an outstanding movie. Very underrated.
Ang Lee made a very underrated Hulk film hunkered down by negative critics poo-pooing on the animation.
@@petew.7870 No I don't think so.... He made an artistic view of Mentality of a scientist who got abused by his father...... Killed his mother in front of Banner... Anger suppressed for years and finally getting the Embodiment of anger in form of Hulk....
@@jrkundan304 which is basically the story of the Hulk, Einstein
@@ragingwolf2112 I don't think that's the story of the Hulk in the MCU...
looking back this was about the last time they did any justice to the hulk character. the new marvel movies are dog terd
What makes me enjoyed the ending more is the metaphor of how intense Bruce’s trauma, anger and hatred which becomes so unbearable to his father it ends up killing him. Speaks volume of how much he hated his father and I’m sure during the last of his father’s moments absorbing he sees and feels exactly why Bruce felt all these intense feelings. Kind of like a ‘fuck you’ to his father hence “You think you can live with it? Take it” and his father just couldn’t live with the immeasurable amount of anger and trauma he gave Bruce. It’s not that deep really but I absolutely adore not taking things as surface value
actually it is pretty deep. few movies deal successfully with the trauma that parents inflict on their children, and it is a cool and big deal that one of them is a giant blockbuster comic book movie from 2003.
But guess what, it’s not as bad as being catcalled.
Coming back here to say Shehulk has it worse because of Catcalling.
How he became hulk origin is false though.. his dad didnt pass on genetics… Bruce was in charge of making a super serum and tested it himself…
@@TheBaBaTV Actually in the comics Dr Bruce Banner was in charge of inventing a 'Gamma bomb' and when it was being tested some kid named Rick Jones was going to be in the blast radius. Bruce got him out but couldn't save himself in time resulting in the Hulk. In later comics it's revealed that the Hulk's rageful yet somewhat infantile mentality is due to the severe abuse Bruce recieved from his father. Bruce supressed it but when he was mutated by the radiation all his childhood trauma manifested in the Hulk
I knew as a kid it was because Hulk was basically a powerhouse, but rewatching it now it all makes MUCH more sense. “Take it all” to Absorption Man yelling “It’s not stopping! Take it back!” Realizing he can’t control that much power
This hulk really showed HULK from the comics and now I know why the other hulks seemed to be missing something
Absorbing Man*
@@Tribrid-zv3nq What do you mean?
More like trying to please a woman like do you want it or not, like fuck pick one for crying out loud I swear this main villain has to be the dumbest made up character ever hopefully he doesn't exist in the comic cause I bet he's like his movie counter part " take it back " crying like a bitch smh
@@xennethsixx2838 Original comment says "Absorption Man", not "Absorbing Man"
2008 hulk had so much emotion on its face too.
Was never a fan of hulk after that.
I remember watching this movie as a kid and the part at 2:42 where he said "TAKE IT ALL" has been embedded into my memory since i first heard it. We felt his anger through the screen. Such a powerful line and a brilliant movie 👏
Same bro. When people ask for food or anything thats exactly how I say it.
@@BEARTASTROPHY lmfao.
@@BEARTASTROPHY 💀💀
Sus
YESSSSSSS
His power is fueled by his anger. He had literally so much hate for his father that the power he was giving him was too much for him to handle despite the dads ability was literally absorbing anything. Even without the nuke he probably would of exploded. The "Take it all" quote and the dads groans of pain gave me goosebumps when I first saw this.
Dr. David Banner could absorb PHYSICAL elements, but he could not absorb the EMOTIONAL and PSYCHOLOGICAL elements (or maybe he can, but it's too much).
They made the absorbing man David Banner? That's why people hated this movie then. Absorbing Man is Carl Creel. Nobody else.
Indeed.
@@Iliadic Ang Lee actually incorporated elements of two of the Hulk's villains (Absorbing Man, Zzzax) into Bruce Banner's father, David.
@@psquared2020 I'm not a huge fan of merging/splicing characters, tbh. The only one that makes sense for me is Lady Loki/Enchantress in the MCU
I've never seen a better depiction of Hulk's anger than the part that starts at 2:38
HULK WILL FOREVER BE MY FAVORITE HERO !!!
Same with you, bro!!
that scream was filled with pain and rage.
Literally Doomguy
Wait guys... what about this hulk scene
ruclips.net/video/5GkEhwOxKgY/видео.html
Probably one of the coolest most subversive fights in a superhero movie. You couldn’t predict how hulk was gonna defeat absorbing man until it happened.
Actually at last the hulk says "take it all" starts giving all the energy to absorbing man. But the absorbing man realised that hulk's energy is so massive that he can't absorb and control all the energy and absorbing man becomes like a giant bubble. After that the USAF drops a nuclear bomb and the absorbing man dies. But hulk survived
2:40 Now THAT'S visual storytelling! All of his tragic memories coming back together like puzzle and formed Hulk. For better or worse, your past shapes who you are, you'll have to live with it, you can't throw them away, all you can do is try to be a better person and don't let them dictate you
Ingenious observation, I too struggle with my past, running and trying to be a different person, don't think I've ever knew who I really was. I think that's why hulk is the marvel character I resonate with the most.
Im pretty sure thats not what visual story telling is
@@chimpindoge3474 Bruce only said "You think you can take all of this?" and the visual conveyed what he meant, instead of a long explanatory monologues.
They could had have him say something corny like "All the suffering, all the pain, everything that has happened to me, they made me who I am, made Hulk what it is, we're are the same, he's part of me." Instead it's just the memories pieced together Hulk as he shout "Take it ALL!"
I thought Hulk's just a child in a body of a monster?
@@ThePlastikChair it depends the story, 90% of the time it's not, he's either a mindless monster that represent the animal nature of humam, or the Mr Hide of Bruce Banner, or he's a complete different persona that can talk to Bruce himself.
Personally, I prefer Avengers EMH's version of Hulk and his dynamic with Bruce Banner
HE Learned the hard way.
THE HULK NEVER RUNS OUT OF GAMMA ENERGY
Aladdin said it best: You wanted it, you got it and everything that goes with it!
he's a living gamma reactor, he MAKES the energy
Adam Zabielski Phenomenal Cosmic Power!!! Itty bitty living space.
Except when he's beaten up by thanos.
@@aj9969 he didn't drained him of his gamma energy just knock him out
In my opinion, this was the most accurate iteration of the Hulk we’ve seen on screen. Not sure why this movie gets so much hate. Cinematography was excellent
Hell no. 😂
It's a good movie for what it is. People were expecting "Hulk Smash!" at the time. Not a father son tragedy.
Better than endgame hulk
@@nabilahmed579 I can't believe it but I actually agree.
@VOLD GAMER don’t even get me started on hw they shitted on Thor. Endgame was just straight trash IMO
Absorbing Man didn't account for the fact that he is taking all of Bruce's sorrow, pain and suffering as well.
Bruce is kind of a drama queen, his life wasnt that bad.
@@AlphaQHarddude got fucking abused as a kid, the hell you men it wasn't that bad?
@@AlphaQHardYeaah, of course, it's not like Bruce saw his father killing his mother when he actually tried to kill him, you know, when Bruce was just a child 💀
@@devilshock241meh the average somali kid has seen worse
That’s cold 🥶 dude
That scene was badass "TAKE IT ALL!!!"
edit: and yes I have the dvd and it still holds up today, along with the original Spider-Man movies, the 2000's Marvel movies are my favorites
Can I have it
I have it on VHs
I had the disc too, when I was a little kid my dad took me to see it in theaters and hulk scared me so much I peed myself 😂
@@TheLando71 same here now im 14
Nah, its not rly i mean all he’s doing is just screeching like a monkey underwater
Almost every early 2000's superhero movie feels like it's in the same universe
very slept on comment
@@jartaviusbrinson5137 indeed
HULK (2003) and GHOST RIDER (2007) cannot be in the same universe.
Well, pretty sure Maguire's Spidey and Jane's Punisher share universe, so I guess Elektra and DD do as well.
@@elcobra98 nah, they're not
This is right out of the comic book. So many films came from books originally, probably easier to do that...this masterpiece captures the essence of the HULK story...the girl and her father....his own father.. and his anger. The best HULK film, EVER.
👏👏
Ikr, also glad no one said " This movie is ass" in your reply's yet lol
This movie is ass lol
@@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r LMAO
@@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r bruhhh 😭😭
This movie understood that Hulk is a tortured soul. Underneath all the super strength, destruction, rage and green gamma radiation is a scared and angry child. A child that's constantly watching everything he loves and cares for be taken away from him in the cruelest ways possible.
As a kid watching this, I was too young to understand what it is that I felt for Hulk, but I definitely felt something. Usually I felt sad for Hulk, or just didn't understand the gravity of the events transpiring and their implications for how deeply scarred it left Bruce's mind. But now I can see the awful reality that is Hulk's existence, and it hits deep.
This movie was weird but in a cool way
It was a masterpiece
Agree
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It's a Ang Lee movie after all.
Fax
The difference between this film and the modern Superhero blockbuster is that this film was made by an auteur filmmaker, Oscar Winner Ang Lee, who has a totally different sentimentality than most blockbuster filmmakers. This is one of the most experimental comic book movies. A very interesting case study.
True. I can't really call it a overall >good< movie, but I feel Ang Lee had the absolute right angle to this character on the emotional level. The way he did it, with all the visual experiments is pretty heavy hit & miss though. There are some nice ideas, but then there is also a lot of unintentionally silly stuff and some ideas just don't work. Still, definintely interesting to pick apart.
@@SmeagolTheGreat cómo cuáles según tú? Cuáles son las ideas malas
I still can't believe they went from a legend like Ang F'ng Lee to a hack like Louis Leterrier for The Incredible Hulk.
@@virgogaming6488 the incredible hulk is pretty good. The subject are not the same. in the incredible hulk , the Hulk is presented as a real monster , with frankestein vibes. I think this is more the hulk of the actualité mcu which isn t that good. It s my opinion.
@@lagrotteauxbiblosmagiques5596 Compared to Hulk, The Incredible Hulk is a mediocre run of the mill action flick.
Bruce's father wasn't aware of one very crucial fact when he tried to take the power of the Hulk for himself. It isn't just the gamma energy that makes Bruce the Hulk.It's all of that pain and rage as well.Combined together with that gamma energy,it creates that perfect storm that is the Incredible Hulk.
👁️🎯💚🌀
This fight scene truly exemplifies Hulk's power. The angrier he gets, the stronger he gets.
As someone who has dealt with the significant affects of mental trauma through their father, I believe the end of their fight is absolutely perfect
Same here,I can so relate to this movie,I took up bodybuilding from a young age as kind of protection from my abusive father,I'm 50 now and I'm still Mentally scarred
Cody I’m sorry, I hope you are living a nice and calm life with lots of friends and people who love you unconditionally, stay strong
@@sharigagliardo7204 thank you. Your kind words mean very much.
Its even harder when you still love them.
People are too honest on the internet lmao
This monstrous / nightmare version of the hulk is always gonna be MILES better than the comedic Hulk in Endgame. 2003 and 2008’s hulk actually makes hulk look scary and intimidating the way he’s supposed to be.
Definitely, the new hulk is not even the half of this, to much soft/cheesy/childish, they ruined so many great heroes, and they will keep doing so for a longtime until disney handles this.
@@thunderboltproductionsshpk "until disney handles this" like they hadled the star wars "sequels"?
@@thunderboltproductionsshpk Wait but Disney is already in charge of the hulk that you're criticizing
So true, hulk has been underdeveloped since avengers 1
Thats cause the endgame hulk isnt based off of old canonicity. He is based off of professor hulk, who is a combination of bruce and hulk. He's designed to be more human
Bruce’s father said “it’s not stopping! Take it back!” That Truly shows that the hulk has infinite power
Actually at last the hulk says "take it all" starts giving all the energy to absorbing man. But the absorbing man realised that hulk's energy is so massive that he can't absorb and control all the energy and absorbing man becomes like a giant bubble. After that the USAF drops a nuclear bomb and the absorbing man dies. But hulk survived
the theme song in this hulk movie is something else, ill immediately recognize it forever. it has an eerily investigative and scientific tone to it and makes me feel like im diving deep under the iceberg to see what good or bad hides underneath
Wasn't it Danny Elfman?
@@SOM-v4o Yes!
“TAKE IT ALL!!!!!!”
“Take it back!! It’s not stopping!!!”
This scene gets me hyped up 😎😏
“That’s right, keep fighting. The more you fight , the more of you I take.”
This is true for almost any toxic relationship.
Something Life would say
Mitch 😂😂
Actually really profound
@@Bananaman11309 Indeed.
Great scene. Very original. A movie way before its time.
before or ahead?
You mean ahead?
*ahead
Get out.
Joe Murphy I remember I could barely see shit on what the hell was going on lol
I've always thought that "TAKE IT ALL" doesn't just refer to the power of the Hulk. It's Bruce's pain, his trauma, all that emotional pain that turned him into the green monster. Bruce's dad can't absorb his son's pain, he doesn't understand it, he can't do it. It's such a big pain to have witnessed your father kill your mother. Bruce's dad doesn't consider this, and is defeated by the trauma it caused to his son. A beautiful movie
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This is Hulk's special move. Critical Mass. An explosive force of gamma energy which iradiates and destroys everything.
2:53
Ang Lee had actually created a tragedy. A destruction of father son relationship with high emotional quotient, simply bcoz of the father's insane and abusive mind. Too bad the film didn't get sufficient praise at that time.
In a lot of ways it's actually still my favourite hulk movie. The MCU's hulk has better CGI, but I never liked how his size was capped at that, his strength too, because they had to make him fit in with the other characters and make a fair fight for the enemies.
I think the problem was the effects were terrible and this was after all a movie that comic book fans went to see. That whole fight in the clouds scene made no sense and the battle at the lake was so dark I had no idea what was going on outside of the dialog.
@@KenS1267 Yes, that I agree with. The finale fight could have been much better with today's effects. That's fair to criticize. But criticizing the whole movie for the sake of bad effects is not good
@@14debanjan Even with the effects of the time this could have been better. It just looked cheap and like no one cared. This was a full decade after Jurassic Park. which was IMO the first file to use CG "characters" well, but look at the two and tell me you'd be able to tell that from them.
@@KenS1267 I think the effects are pretty good
The real hulk we deserve in Avengers
And The Hulk they actually gave us.
This hulk 😭😭😭 Gonna watch it tonight for memories
Just watching this scene reminds me of how much of an artist Ang Lee is.
I never understood the hate for this film. There’s a lot of good stuff in it, especially the action.
It's a slow burn, but I feel it goes more into the inner turmoil Bruce faces, and has some nice drama. Sure the effects don't hold up, but that was the best people could do back in the day.
It's not even a bad film, like, at all.
It's cartoonish
@@bensenzo bonus. Cartoons are fantastic.
I want Ang Lee back for Hulk movies because She-Hulk just trashed Hulk's character so damn hard. Just compare the creative directors' and their visions for the movie/show that their creating and you can definitely see which team has more passion over the project their working on in the behind the scenes shit.
@@TheEthanGamer how did She Hulk trash Hulk's character? Please explain
Idk, I still think the Hulk should have knocked down Thanos in one blow!
Me 2 bro
@@jgururocks nah
True...
Only problem is that Thanos actually knows how to fight and not only that but Hulk only won once at thats when they're were both zombies
Im not a huge cape fan nowadays but hulk would have beaten thanos, IF he had time to get angry, thats why thanos/the writers took him out fast
Their battle among the stormclouds at the beginning is brilliant. We only see these separate powerful images, like we're reading a comic book in the flash of lightning.
Facts the cinematography and pure epicness of it was just brilliant...
9 years old Me back then: wtf
Me now: beautifull fight scene
Actually at last the hulk says "take it all" starts giving all the energy to absorbing man. But the absorbing man realised that hulk's energy is so massive that he can't absorb and control all the energy and absorbing man becomes like a giant bubble. After that the USAF drops a nuclear bomb and the absorbing man dies. But hulk survived
iTS VERY crazy that DAVID BANNER says “take it back” and “it’s not stopping”. Just truly shows that Hulk literally had unlimited power, and The Absorbing Man can’t handle it.
Well, not unlimited power. Just more power than he could handle.
OK.....TELL THAT TO THE HULK OF THE COMICS, WHO EVEN KNOCKED SENTRY HIMSELF TO THE GROUND.
@@reyescalante221 The Hulk of the comics and the Hulk of the MCU are two different entities. You cannot take comic feats out of context and throw them into the MCU. The MCU has different power scaling for characters than the comics. For example, in the comics, Hulk once bruteforced and lifted Thor's hammer. But in the movies, Hulk tried that in Avengers 1 and wasn't able to. You have to analyze the movies and shows, not the comics.
@@Hei_Darkfire 😃aaaah, but you missed something important my friend, 🤭I WAS NEVER TALKING ABOUT THE UCM HULK.
eric banna's hulk is TOTALLY DIFFERENT AND INDEPENDENT of this universe.
@@reyescalante221 Fair. But my point still stands that the movie hulks are different from the comic Hulk. Even Eric Banna's Hulk is its own thing.
I remember watching this movie as a kid in the theater, and not being able to see a damn thing during the finale because of how dark the scene is
Edit: I cannot believe people are still commenting on this haha. Thank y’all for the likes and comments.
It was Dark bcause vfx was not that great at the time so they tried to hide it as much they could
Yeah same especially underwater
I remember that too. We have come a long way now but Godzilla movies still seem too dark to be able to see anything properly.
Yep I got that too, couldn’t really tell what was going on, kind of gave up on the film at that point
@@nastyfox9929 This Hulk movie has some of the best CGI I have seen. Go to the desert part where hulk is tumbling down a sand dune, that maybe the best CGI I have seen. The weay the sand interacts with his body hair is incredible. They still to this day do a lot of dark scenes to hide shit.
1:14 considering the fact that in this movie when fully enraged Hulk was about 3 meters tall, that rock must've been around 15 meters long and 4 meters wide...so if we do 15x4x4 we get a volume of 240 cubic meters...the average stone weight is around 700 kg per cubic meter, so that was a 168 tons rock..this hulk was hella strong.
And he didnt just lift and throw it. He broke it off first. Thats not easy.
@@plasmahdtv yep, his punch was strong enough to crack the rock and detach a piece of nearly 170 tons.
@M Y T H I C A L N O V A This is smart talk, dont mind it.
@@CourtesyofBeyonder fruurifduu na ei
Bruhh.. mcu hulk throws a ton rock into space also he knocked down a million ton giant which is way stronger than this feat bro
Man, at 1:29, when his dad's image eerily appears in the water, and Hulk slams his fist at it, you can just feel the atmosphere and the ambience. Imagine being front-row in the theater watching it for the first time.
I was. I just had no idea what was going on lol
It was pretty good in cinema. I always defended this movie against critics even after the Ed Norton incredible hulk came out I still loved this one more
The fact that his abusive dad is a being that can take infinite hits is poetically tragic...
just like bruce childhood, no matter how much he want to fight back, he just can’t…
Criminally underrated.
Agreed
When his father yelled “ take it back it’s not stopping, take it back!” Meaning he couldn’t handle all that power and suffering and futility, it was too much power for him
This the hulk we need
You mean too big, too green, and not a superhero at all, because that's what everyone else saw, hence why they didn't make a sequel.
@Aaron -_- That and there were other reasons, the chief one being Norton couldn't handle the idea that the Hulk was NOT going to be the center of focus. He was going to be as much a part of the MCU as everyone else, a change that he really couldn't handle, being one of the bigger actors than the others who were attached at the time, a decision that he would later regret.
Are you talking about Eric Bana or Ed Norton?
@@JarrettMazza Everybody knows Hulk is not really a superhero, at least in his early days he is just confused and hurt. Many stories about that in the comics. This is the Hulk that was worth developing.
@@JarrettMazza Hulk is big, green and not a hero. He is a big guy who does not understand why the world hates him. He is only angry at the world. All because the moment people see him, they freak out and either run off or shoot at him.
Hulk is NOT a hero. He is NOT a villain. Hulk is a Force of Nature.
I always felt like I understood the whole power absorbing and giving aspect of this scene as a kid, but having just rewatched the film, I realize just how poetic it truly is. A big theme of the movie is the pain and fear and loneliness passed on from father to child. A family torn apart by ambition and ego. The trauma that Bruce inherited from his father is so immense, it’s why he’s the Hulk in the first place; all that he got from his father, it made him different his whole life, the trauma transformed him metaphorically and literally.
And here, his father wants it back, but for Bruce, that trauma and rage is depthless, and his father has no inkling of how deep and powerful it is. The “You think you can live with it?” Is all the more powerful, plus the fact that his father can’t take it, can’t handle even a taste of it.
This movie was unique! A deep story about Bruce Banner's traumas and his inner strength!
I don’t understand why people hate that movie. I think that’s good movie with good graphic and plot.
we hate it because of how dark it is
@@vlogsquad7113 Just turn up brightness lol
“Graphics”
Because they sold it as a kids action movie when it wasn't.
You're foreign. This type of movie is probably godly compared to the movies where you're from lol.
This is the fight that convinced me of how powerful hulk really was, he literally defeated a body less entity with his rage alone.
🎯 👁️
Hulk is literally the embodiment of "being too angry to die."
Damn, the old Hulk movies were pretty terrifying.
“You think you can live with it? Take it. TAKE IT ALL!”
a few moments later..
“IT’S NOT STOPPING!”
Love that interaction. Just shows that The Hulk truly has infinite power
Wasn't his power that wasn't stopping, it was the trauma, the pain, and the anger. Every thing the Hulk embodies, he had to feel, and it never stopped.
@@rattles8789 Dude.....he literally told hulk to give him all his power.... hulk's power....is infinite REGARDLESS
@@rattles8789 well, hulk power is his anger, and anger is basically the same as what you say 😂
@@shamartherealestsavage the hulk persona came from the trauma bruce recieved as a child. dude litterally got PTSD on live TV.
@@romanplays1 Damn
All of us men felt it when hulk said “TAKE IT ALL”🔥💯🥶
2:42 Lou Ferrigno put EVERYTHING into that line. Love this scene, love this movie.
it was bana.
Combination of both actually
When I was a kid, what scared me the most about David was the feeling of invincibility he pass. In his electric form, Hulk punched him and didn't seem to affect him. He fell to the ground, with such force of impact that it created a crater, but only returned as a rock and unaffected. The Hulk tried to drown him by throwing him into the water, but he only came back in an even more powerful water form. It was like he said “no matter what you throw at me or do to me, I won't die”.
Actually at last the hulk says "take it all" starts giving all the energy to absorbing man. But the absorbing man realised that hulk's energy is so massive that he can't absorb and control all the energy and absorbing man becomes like a giant bubble. After that the USAF drops a nuclear bomb and the absorbing man dies. But hulk survived
This fight is actually great... Absorbing man grabs hulk and takes him to a remote location in an attempt to isolate him and steal his power. Hulk tries to out-strength AM but this doesn't work because AM just absorbs whatever he's impacted with. Hulk shows a submission to Banner as Hulk realizes he needs Banner's mind to defeat this enemy. AM pulls Hulk underwater where Hulk cannot escape and holds Hulk there to absorb his power. AM's power increases as he saps Hulk's strength--this causes AM to absorb the energy of his surroundings. Banner and Hulk work together to fight AM, with Banner legitimately wanting to be relieved of his curse. As Hulk gains power the angrier he gets, the power just kept increasing more and more. AM had a maximum capacity that he could absorb and the nuke just pushed him past his limit.
It's like over-charging a battery until it explodes.
great recap
Yeah, we saw the clip.
Yes👍
and the rage mode moment is because of the childhood trauma the AM/his dad did to Bruce as a child😱
Actually at last the hulk says "take it all" starts giving all the energy to absorbing man. But the absorbing man realised that hulk's energy is so massive that he can't absorb and control all the energy and absorbing man becomes like a giant bubble. After that the USAF drops a nuclear bomb and the absorbing man dies. But hulk survived
Feel like we really didn't appreciate these comic movies as much as we should have. Great scene and honestly, great depiction of hulk from the comics
I watched this yesterday, and i've never been so split & saddened by this fight. More so than i was during Endgame, deadass.
*The movie started with them play fighting with stuffed animals when Bruce was a child, PLAY fighting.*
Now they're crashing through Thunderclouds in a scuffle like Greek GODS, fighting each other, struggling.
David wanted to cure Bruce first, afraid of what he'd become or mutate into because of his own (David's) actions, now he's obsessed with taking what Bruce has, the same thing he was afraid of.
Mainly to combat Ross & The Gov. Organization that put him away, the same ones that took away his chance to possibly cure Bruce; Which lead to him storming into that house to enact a bizarre decision to mercy kill his boy, sealing Edith's fate.
She would be heartbroken to see them fighting like this.
I consider this directly connected to Hulk 2008. This film shows how Hulk transformed and after his dad went essentially crazy, Bruce basically didn’t talk about his family history at all compared to the other Avengers, who all have families, except Black Widow, who USED to have a family.
@0:03 what thor vs hulk fight should have been ⚡
One of the only times in media where the "oh no too much power" trope is actually used in a clever way
2:36 the moment Bruce and hulk agree on hating you is the moment you lost. In one way or another they are both children scared of thier father, but not anymore.
You want all you've done to me? Then Take It
Also an addition, when the villian has to Beg the hero to take the power back? That's awesome. Just a sorta "now you understand why I didn't want this in the first place"
The best hulk ever 💯💯🔥🔥🔥
This one is way better than She Hulk
2008
Fun Fact: Fans say Hulks Father turns into some version of Zzax, an electic marvel villain. He also appears to be some type of absorbing man.
I think he was a little of both. He tried to turn himself into a Gamma Creature at the beginning but didn't work out, he only became a pale version of the Hulk. He couldn't absorb all the Hulk's power because he had a limited/finite capacity of a container where the Hulk's container was infinite - the Madder he got, the stronger he got and the larger his container became. Dear dad couldn't handle it.
Isaac Allerton true, he would have exploded on his own but I think the nuke they dropped on them is what set off the explosion.
@Furio dc
Hi Godzilla Earth did you die when Haruo did his suicide bombing on you
No shit Sherlock.
When I was a kid, I didn't understand this fight scene. Now that I'm an adult, I feel myself like a kid!
2:43 This is when I climax on Friday night.
While as an adult I have a much better understanding what the movie was trying to say, this is still a very confusing fight scene to watch. Still an underrated film.
That's one of the most interesting and unique superhero/villain fights I've ever seen.
Agreed. Can't beat that cloud scene. Visually stylish
I remember watching this as a kid and thinking about it now, it felt like a fever dream, I had no idea wtf was happening.
The Early 2000's Marvel Fight Scenes Before the MCU:
1998: Blade vs. Deacon Frost
2000: Wolverine vs. Magneto
2002: Blade vs. Jared Nomak
2002: Spider-Man vs. Green Goblin
2003: Wolverine vs. Lady Deathstrike
2003: Hulk vs. Absorbing Man
2003: Daredevil vs. Wilson Fisk
2004: Punisher vs. Howard Saint
2004: Spider-Man vs. Doctor Octopus
2004: Blade vs. Drake (Dracula)
2005: Elektra vs. Kirigi
2005: Fantastic Four vs. Doctor Doom
2006: X-Men vs. Brotherhood of Mutants
2007: Ghost Rider vs. BlackHeart
2007: Fantastic Four vs. Cosmic Dr. Doom
2007: Spider-Man & New Goblin vs. Venom and Sandman
Blade vs Nomak
@@micajohansson1138 thank you, my favorite fight
2008: the punisher vs jigsaw
Looking at this scene as an adult, I think Ang Lee knew exactly what he was doing with the "Take It Back" scene.
There's a giant mass that looks like clouds, with noticeable separations all over it, surrounded by the water of the lake and the images of Bruce's childhood.
_It's symbolic of a clouded mind drowning in years of trauma._
She: I accept for being your girlfriend
Me: 2:47
😂😂😂😂
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This was a criminally underrated flick IMO.
Still has some of the best sound design elements of all of the MCU.
Sure, it's long, but there are some AWESOME set pieces in this film.
This movie isn't from MCU
2:52 what an incredible shot
"Sleep now Bruce and forget forever." Always loved that line.
Some of the best 'fight' scenes ever presented albeit symbolically, that "TAKE IT ALL" scene really burns into my memory. The end really shows the irony of a megalomaniac: desires for all the powers & yet couldn't even comprehended & contained the issues of a single person, worse it's his own son's.
I remember being straight up terrified of this Hulk 😂 especially when he started to scream after saying “ TAKE IT ALLLLL”
This is how Hulk should be portrayed, as a horror in some sense because his strength is infinite and scary. Only his humanity (Bruce Banner) stops him from being a total monster.
The mental illness that would result from this as Hulk is what should be portrayed. He should be feared by the audience but understood as well because the transformation is really a tragedy. No one should leave a Hulk movie wanting to be Hulk.
@@robertnicholls9917 just imagine what he would look like with modern cgi
I love how Jennifer Connelly's acting is literally just one expression throughout the entire movie.
This hulk was ruthless. So much more powerful than Eric and mark that we have saw. He actually got more powerful and bigger as he got more mad.
Ang Lee’s Hulk remains my favorite Hulk movie. The movie also stands as one of the most epic and memorable comic book movies. The Marvel movies today just jump from action scene to action scene with forgettable characters.
Ang Lee, Eric Bana, Louis Leterrier, and Edward Norton, understood the complexity, and emotional and psychological anguish of Bruce Banner and Hulk. They understood that Hulk was just a manifestation of Banner’s trauma, a monstrous amalgamation of his suffering. 03’s Hulk and 08’s The Incredible Hulk are massively underrated films. The MCU’s Hulk is just the punch line of a bad joke.
Agree, Hulk was badly flanderized in the MCU because it was aimed for PG-13 rating
Incredible Hulk is MCU…. But I get what you mean
*I like how this fight feels like Bruce was finally able to control Hulk to defeat his father.*
"Not control, but maybe aim"
2:58 the way how he is screaming thats telling how much hulk and bruce wanted to let it out for a long time with such anger and pain
That fight in the clouds with Elfmans theme in the background is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen.
2:57 that angriness that fight legendary for me!
3:05 sounds like the Grinch lol
Just the sheer amount of power the Hulk has is remarkable, the way they showed it to us, how the power within him is not just the power of Hulk but the combination of the trauma that Bruce has faced throughout his life, how much the two feed on each other and build up into this massive green destructive creature, truly extraordinary.
And then there is Joss Whedon's Hulk...
Coming back here realizing her dad was the first ghost rider 😄
oh my god, it's truue !!
Any also Patrick swayze partner off of road house 1989
Wait what?!! Can u explain
@@redfive6020 Sam Neil played Carter Slade, the original Ghost Rider out of the old American West, in Nicholas Cage's Ghost Rider movie.
@@danieldickson8591 Sam Elliot, not Sam Neil
I loved the TAKE It ALL scene it was a fusion of both Bruce and Hulk working together to finally beat Bruce’s suppressor.
Eric Bana and this Hulk was literally a perfect representation of hulk IMO. I know the plot and the way they designed Hulk in this movie was a little off, but it’s way better than that goofy doofus Mark Ruffalo
_I love when he says "take it all" and thats becomes the key to kill that absorbing man_
One of the best movies in Marvel history.
Ha! Hulk turned grey for a second, anybody get the reference?
I Couldn't Tell Sadly. Sorry.
@@Erich.C cuz Hulk originally was supposed to be colored grey but there was an inking problem so they went with green instead.
@@deadcool3227 I Already Knew That!
@@Erich.C oh
Coz there's a Grey Hulk
This was such an underrated movie
I remember watching this as a kid. Didn’t really know what was going on but I was concerned with the Hulks well being.
I seriously didn’t know wtf I was looking at when I watched this movie as a kid.
bro me too lmao, it didnt help either that my crtv made it dark asf also haha
I like dogs
And hulk vs dogs fight
Yes
Me too
You are evil sir
We all do bud
The "Take it all" part was such an anime moment.
This movie may have a lot of flaws. But as far as being a REAL accurate representation of the Hulk it's 10/10. Hulk is more than just a strong dude with a cranky attitude. He also has different powers he utilizes when he gets angry. Marvel really screwed up the new Hulk.
I'm gonna have to disagree with you
@@randomstuff2848 That's your right as a human being.