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Nick nolte is the Absorbing Man. Very different origin than the comics but a very interesting addition to this film which was kind of a surprise to me when the first came out.
Your reaction is so interesting. I think this movie may have been extremely ahead of its time. Watching the film again with you guys really makes me appreciate it a lot more than when I first saw 20 years ago. The Hulk dog scene in particular is something that many comic book movie fans absolutely hated. I think if this movie came out today with a bit of updated CG and a slight color change on the Hulk in particular, I think he would have looked a little bit more real and could have really worked today. A few different editing choices and comic book panel transitions removed and the central theme of Bruce Banner's trauma could have worked very well with today's audience. This movie got so much hate when it was first released and I was definitely one of them. We didn't particularly like it all too much but like I said after rewatching it with you today I see it very differently.
I've always regarded this one as a comic masterpiece. The psychological depth that Ang Lee put in, instead of generic action, was mindblowing. I really hope to see an Eric Bana Hulk-cameo in the future, he deserves so much more
@@gaba-goo3733 Same, I got nightmares of the first X-Men movie so my parents were aware of what I watched. Hulk was a mature test some years after X-Men and some scenes were so raw that I understood why I hadn't seen LotR yet by that time 😂 I also love the depiction of Bruce as a boy playing war with his toys as reaction to his intimidating father. I did the same and remember that I looked at my dad if he would pick it up, but he didn't 😅 We're having a better connection today
I think some of the writing and performances in this are highly underrated ngl. The film has its problems but it’s very emotionally impactful. Bruce’s childhood trauma from the comics and general psychology is represented really well here.
I really like the exploration of Bruce's trauma tbh. It's just the acting that throws me off. Like, I see what they're going for, but the performances are ultimately what bring this movie down for me.
I never understood why it was *so* panned. Not only were the performances solid, there's a lot of really amazing and creative cinematography. Not all of the choices worked out, but I always admired that it took those swings.
I love how painful they made the transformation look and feel, The close up of Bruces face 10:42 as hes screaming in agony combined with the music just hits. Also the last scene where he just lets out all his emotional trauma which emits unthinkable levels of gamma 40:01 shows us the true power of hulk and that he can literally never stop getting stronger.
I appreciate what Ang Lee was going for, he was trying to do for the Hulk what Christopher Nolan did for Batman, ground the character and give him a lot of psychological realism… I hope a new Hulk movie tries again some day because Hulk really is a psychologically interesting character
This has been the best showcase of Hulk’s powers in all of the movies he’s in. I don’t think I’ve seen him run once in all 6 MCU Movies he’s been in. This movie made me love Hulk.
Dude I'm so glad people are watching this movie more and more. I have so much nostalgia with this film as a kid. That intro theme and the rest of the soundtrack is so apart of me that I can recall each scene vividly
I believe his dad was supposed to be The Absorbing Man. A character who can absorb matter and energy to take on it's form. I could be wrong though. I haven't seen any Hulk lore in years.
His dad is actually a combination of The Absorbing Man a Thor villain and Zzzaxxx a Hulk villain who basically was living lightning. Kind of like the combo of Whiplash and the Crimson Dynamo in Iron Man 2.
That was the thing with some creative liberties on material like this. Meshing this with that. Sometimes it works and then it doesn't. The purists are always looking to see it done right.
@@roystoyscomics1361 A bit of Absorbing Man, a bit of Zzzax but most importantly a lot of Brian Banner, Bruce's father in the comics. It is canon to the comics that Bruce was abused as a child by his father.
@@k.delpino1124 "The purists are always looking to see it done right." No, they're looking to see it done as an exacting duplication...Which defeats the whole point when the thing already exists like that.
This in my opinion was so good because it is the only film that focuses more so on the character and where his trauma comes from. That is so valuable when introducing a character like banner. Never been even thought about since.
God the hand adapting and moving through the blue metal is easily one of my favorite visual effects ever. All these years later that one little moment is still so fucking cool.
I know people are very mixed about this movie but this is a very nostalgic film for me personally because this is one of the first superhero films I seen as kid just like the first Spiderman movie. I truly believe this film is a underrated gem that should be highly praised instead of looking down upon. I just overall love this movie and love the performances of Eric Bana & Jennifer Connelly respectfully.
I appreciate what Ang Lee tried to do. He didn't set out to make a superhero movie. He made a character study on the Hulk. This feels like a breath of fresh air in today's landscape.
I really liked how they showed other aspects of his powers, not just strength. His speed, his huge jumps and the way he became more powerful the angrier he got was great, and hasn’t really been shown since.
an underrated movie with a great visual comic book style, the only problem i have with this movie is the ending that is so dark it's hard to see what's happening.
In the commentary of this movie in the bonus feature, they say they tried to figure out if they should have these scenes how dark or not and asked different people on that opinon and everyone answered differently so it was a hard thing to figure out that couldn't really be helped in that situation. 🤷 They did try though. Some said they didn't have any trouble with how dark it was while some did have..
saw it in theaters when i was 15 and 20 years later this movie still makes me feel the same way such a great film up there with the batman and joker and watchmen, this is cinema.
I feel like this version actually does get the overall mass right, but Hulk's vocals aren't limited to roars and growls. He may not be the definition of intelligent, but he is able to speak. And I also love the way they actually animated the bullets bouncing off his skin.
I highly recommend John and Coy watching Marvel animated films as well, especially Hulk Vs. Wolverine, Hulk Vs. Thor, Planet Hulk and Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme.
Other than turning him into a giant in order to show "The angrier the Hulk gets, the STRONGER THE HULK GETS", the movie stuck really close to the comics. The biggest changes - renaming Brian and Rebecca Banner David and Edith, and renaming his adopted family Krenzzler instead of Walters. Also, as a sufferer of Multiple Personality or Dissociative Identity Disorder, there's actually more than one Hulk running around in Bruce's head, each with varying levels of strength and Intelligence. Savage Hulk is the strongest but least intelligent, Joe Fixit is the meanest but rather mid-range in everything, Professor is the smartest but lacks the other Hulk's ability to increase his strength, and Devil - the Immortal Hulk - is the toughest since he literally cannot die.
Looking back at it now it really wasn't a bad movie. The problem at the time was I remember it got leaked months in advanced, but back then the leaks were done w/o the completion of the VFX. So all you saw was the animation part of Hulk and not the shading and shadows etc. It did have an effect on the peoples reviews thereafter as they couldn't get over the nonexistent VFX. Just my two cents.
Nick Nolte was magical in this movie. Basically, he played Nick Nolte from Nick Nolte's mug shots if Nick Nolte's mug shot was a cartoon villain. Pure magic.
Hulk was the Incredible Hulk origin story that we didn't know we needed at the time. Our attention spans hadn't matured yet. (and the gamma dogs/final battle were... two chooses???) But overall, as an origin story that shows off the powers of the Hulk, it hasn't been done better.
I was a huge Hulk fan as a kid. This was the first movie my dad took me to see in theaters. I was 5 years old. I don't remember much of it, probably because I fell asleep. but I do remember parts of it! lol
40:04 gooosshh the chills in this scene when hulk screamed "take it all" the incredible hulk film is how badass the hulk really is, but hulk 2003 man I love this film
Mark 33:35. The significance of such scenes in this movie and the later ones, is to let audiences that followed the "CBS" series with Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno, know that this version won't be dying just because he fell from a, ahem, "incredible height"! 🙄 (See the series finale, "Death of the Incredible Hulk"!)
Critics and die hard Marvel fans have named this The Worst Hulk Movie Ever Made, but I think it's pretty impressive in scale and storytelling. Originally, Eric Bana and Lou Ferrigno were going to reprise their roles as The Hulk VIA CGI, where they were going to have cameos in SPIDERMAN NO WAY HOME. Unfortunately they were cut from the movie. Development for the movie began in 1990, with Joe Johnston and one time, Jonathan Hensleigh, were considered for directing before Ang Lee and James Schamus were brought on board. Jonathan Hensleigh, John Truman, JJ Abrams, Michael France, Zak Penn, Michael Tolkin, David Hayter, Scott Alexander and Larry Karazewski wrote different drafts of the script between 1997 and 2002. David Duchovney, Billy Crudup, Steve Buscemi, Jeff Goldblum, and Johnny Depp were considered for the title character until Eric Bana was cast.
*"I knew I was doing a father's work, fulfilling a father's mercy. But then she surprised me. . . It was as if she and the knife. . . Merged. And in that moment, I took everything that was dear to me, and transformed it into nothing more than a memory."* *"Punny human."* "You think you can live with it? Take it! *TAKE IT ALL!!"* My favorite lines.
This is still my favourite hulk movie and overall representation. Like ruffalo hulk but didn’t have any impact… shame about not having total rights to do a better thing. I love this movie and how they explored hulk a more psychological way. Never though of hulk as a simple brute.
I understand if some people felt this wasn't the hulk movie they wanted to me I've always looked at it as a scfi body horror comic book movie I've always really liked it think Ang Lee did a great job plus I love Nick Nolte as his father great role for him I thought
Funny enough this movie as child made me afraid of the Hulk 20 years later I literally just watched this on SyFy at my brother's & aunt's house on Sunday
This movie was a lot for me as a kid. Scary, dark, moody, etc. The Hulk dogs spooked me and Hulk himself was actually scary. And Jennifer Connelly is so hot. 😮💨
I'm glad more people are starting to watch this hulk. I only recognise Bill Bixby, Eric Bana, Edward Norton Lou Ferrigno, Ang Lee and Fred Tatasciore as the great hulks. Animated aside Eric i love more as Bruce. Anyone else (AS IN MARK RUFFALO) happens to be the worst hulk and bruce after 2012 avengers. But this film is Hulk.
I get why you'd feel that way about Ruffalo's Hulk but I also feel like he had it the hardest. The rest had full movies or series to flesh out their character. Ruffalo was a side character in several movies, sometimes getting some character development but a lot of it also happens completely off-screen. Marvel really should have given Ruffalo a standalone movie, or at least an ensemble movie that focused on Banner/Hulk. Also, didn't Eric Bana and Bill Bixby only play Banners? You included their Hulk counterparts in that list already.
I love that in this movie, after Hulk destroys the tanks/helicopters, he walks away saying “Puny humans”…and in Avengers after smashing Loki into the floor, he walks away saying “Puny god”
People really hate on the buildup to turning into the hulk., but honestly this came out in 2003. I think we just were not ready to fully understand superhero movies quite yet. Build the characters, let the audience get comfortable with and understand the human side , then bring in the superhero story. Its a good movie.
The writing in this movie has always been one of my favorites in all the hulk movies. It struggles a little bit with some dialogue sometimes but so far it honestly feels the most comic accurate. The theme and score is so good
I honestly wish that Universal and Disney would come to some sort of deal because we need a new and more faithful standalone Hulk movie. One that dives into the tragic backstory and troubled mind of Bruce Banner that this movie did, but also gives The Hulk himself a voice and personality that Thor Ragnarok gave us! Mark Ruffalo and all of us fans have been begging for that movie for over a decade!
Tone and pace of this film are why The Incredible Hulk (2008) had to be different. Slow and psychological was not the way to go (a deleted scene shows why). But the movie needed to be less of those things and more of a suspense action thriller. I liked Hulk 2003 and glad it showed the internal spirit of the character. But I also wanted to see the comics and tv series full fleshed out too. In June 2023, the Hulk rights went back to Marvel. Plans for a new movie are underway.
I love how they did like the comic book. Every scene flips or sometimes it splits in half and shows two different scenes at once with him going through the underground base after Hulk breaks out and shows Talbot face in a cut off square at 27:26 and also the house fight where Talbot walks in it splits that’s pretty cool. Especially in the fight scenes.
Mark 32:07. Oh the irony of the "Comanche"! The makers presumed that the project would go forward into mass production for the attack helicopter. Instead it lost to the "Apache" receiving upgrades instead. So this movie destroyed more "Comanche" attack helicopters than were ever produced! The helicopter's movie debut if I recall right. 🤔 "Godzilla" used the "Apache". There may be at least one more movie that used the "Comanche" or was it a video game? 🤔
Not a popular opinion but this is one of the better marvel movies (even though it was universal, and not marvel that made this). The CGi is good, but the best or one of the top 2 or 3 best CGI in ANY film is when the hulk is in the desert, get shot out of the sky, and tumbles down the sand dune, and they do a close up on his face, the lighting, shading, and the sand particles interacting on his hair and skin is one of the best all time it looks REAL. Also forget the growing part, Hulk doesn't get bigger, the madder he gets, and I have no clue why they did that, but ignoring that, this is the most comic accurate Hulk showing his power, but more so his agility and speed. In future movies they never show that part of his powers because they thought how big he is it looked goofy, but it's a part of who he is, he stuns a lot of people in the comics with his speed. His jumping is how he gets around, and that is another thing they never show again in future movies. It looks so good because ILM did the CGI and they are some of the top dogs in Hollywood when it comes to that. Unlike marvel films where 30-40 underpaid, and overworked visual effect companies are working on a single film. The ONLY CGI that is as good if not better in marvel movies is Thanos who looks real nearly always.
for this movie they kinda merged a few villains or atleast tried to, with bruces dad they tried to give him absorbing mans powers while also adding some of the leaders traditional tactics of making other hulks to fight hulk
I like the Hulk's design in this movie the most compared to other iterations 👍 Also, this movie does not hold back on the action. 70% of this movie is the Hulk, hulking out. Movies nowadays rarely that generous.
i remember see this in theaters with my dad and brother and my brother was scared of the hulk and i had the big hulk hands they sold to promote the movie!
The Hulk has always been one of my top favorite superheroes, so seeing this in live-action for the first time was amazing. For coming out in 2003, Hulk (for the most part) looked absolutely amazing in this movie. And they nailed his size and transformation (His transformation in the house in front of Talbot was insane. It was so cool seeing Bruce become the Hulk like for the first time in live-action. The look and transformation of this Hulk still hold up today. And I liked Eric Bana as Bruce Banner and Jennifer Connelly as Betty Ross. The story and writing weren't perfect and it maybe could've used a little more Hulk-smashing action, maybe better enemies (instead of gamma-irradiated Hulk dogs), and less psychedelic visuals. But, I definitely feel nostalgia for this one. My dad took me to see it in theaters when I was 5 and bought me the DVD afterward and I watched it over and over again. Ironically enough though, I replayed the Hulk dog fight over and over when I was a kid🤣
Even though I feel this movie is poorly paced, it's the most accurate to Hulk's power. No other movie shows him getting stronger as he gets angrier he's either staticly strong or in Incredible Hulk he only got stronger when Betty was in danger. This took some BIG liberties with the story but at least touched on his tragic past (it's so much worse in the comics). It took me years to realize though that they turned Brian Banner in this into the Absorbing Man from the comics. So this movie took some big swings possibly before people were ready for it.
The Pilot episode for the 1977 THE INCREDIBLE HULK TV series was originally a made for tv movie. It was so good they released it overseas in theaters and 6 months later made it a tv series. They recut the Pilot episode into 2 parts. The series ran for 5 seasons but was canceled because it was expensive to make. Unfortunately the late 80s had 3 spin off movies which were terrible, including bad hulk makeup, and bad Marvel teamups, and that's what people see clips of and pictures of all over the internet. You should do a reaction to the Pilot episode 2 parts. And I guarantee you will love it and possibly want to do some or all the tv series. Much of Ed Norton's HULK movie is based on the tv series.
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Nick nolte is the Absorbing Man. Very different origin than the comics but a very interesting addition to this film which was kind of a surprise to me when the first came out.
Your reaction is so interesting. I think this movie may have been extremely ahead of its time. Watching the film again with you guys really makes me appreciate it a lot more than when I first saw 20 years ago. The Hulk dog scene in particular is something that many comic book movie fans absolutely hated. I think if this movie came out today with a bit of updated CG and a slight color change on the Hulk in particular, I think he would have looked a little bit more real and could have really worked today. A few different editing choices and comic book panel transitions removed and the central theme of Bruce Banner's trauma could have worked very well with today's audience. This movie got so much hate when it was first released and I was definitely one of them. We didn't particularly like it all too much but like I said after rewatching it with you today I see it very differently.
This is the best hulk movie and nobody can tell me otherwise
So underated. This movie is my Man of Steel. Divisive sure but I really like it. So much depth. Nolan would perfect what this movie was trying to do.
In retrospect, this movie has aged incredibly well
it really has , it has better CGI than some of the of the avengers cgi scenes
@@lamborgini86 the cgi is great imo
Especially the fact that this Bruce has a door and this is a big deal in comics and how and why hulk is just so powerful
Mark ruffalo made hulk soft af
I've always regarded this one as a comic masterpiece. The psychological depth that Ang Lee put in, instead of generic action, was mindblowing. I really hope to see an Eric Bana Hulk-cameo in the future, he deserves so much more
This movie took risks, they don’t all pay off, but I’ll always prefer a movie with ambition to one that doesn’t have it
It’s on my list of hopeful Secret Wars variant cameos 😂
I thought Hulk was a horror movie in 2003 it scared me
@@gaba-goo3733 Same, I got nightmares of the first X-Men movie so my parents were aware of what I watched. Hulk was a mature test some years after X-Men and some scenes were so raw that I understood why I hadn't seen LotR yet by that time 😂
I also love the depiction of Bruce as a boy playing war with his toys as reaction to his intimidating father. I did the same and remember that I looked at my dad if he would pick it up, but he didn't 😅 We're having a better connection today
@@oaf-77 MCU should take note they have NOT been taking risks
"I took everything that was dear to me, and transformed it into nothing more than a memory" That line just goes too damn hard man.
I think some of the writing and performances in this are highly underrated ngl. The film has its problems but it’s very emotionally impactful. Bruce’s childhood trauma from the comics and general psychology is represented really well here.
For it's time this movie was solid honestly.
I really like the exploration of Bruce's trauma tbh. It's just the acting that throws me off. Like, I see what they're going for, but the performances are ultimately what bring this movie down for me.
Yea rewatching this movie over the last decade I like it so much more. If only we could get more of this side of the Hulk as a character in the movies
I never understood why it was *so* panned. Not only were the performances solid, there's a lot of really amazing and creative cinematography. Not all of the choices worked out, but I always admired that it took those swings.
I actually really liked this movie, even back in the day.
I love how painful they made the transformation look and feel, The close up of Bruces face 10:42 as hes screaming in agony combined with the music just hits. Also the last scene where he just lets out all his emotional trauma which emits unthinkable levels of gamma 40:01 shows us the true power of hulk and that he can literally never stop getting stronger.
I appreciate what Ang Lee was going for, he was trying to do for the Hulk what Christopher Nolan did for Batman, ground the character and give him a lot of psychological realism… I hope a new Hulk movie tries again some day because Hulk really is a psychologically interesting character
this Hulk is up there with the Batman and joker films
The movie was released in 2003 before batman begins
@@rhatikeothat’s insane💀
This has been the best showcase of Hulk’s powers in all of the movies he’s in. I don’t think I’ve seen him run once in all 6 MCU Movies he’s been in.
This movie made me love Hulk.
Found this film so scary in the beginning but that’s how hulks character is supposed to be. Marvel really nerfed out hulk man😕
Dude I'm so glad people are watching this movie more and more. I have so much nostalgia with this film as a kid. That intro theme and the rest of the soundtrack is so apart of me that I can recall each scene vividly
I believe his dad was supposed to be The Absorbing Man. A character who can absorb matter and energy to take on it's form. I could be wrong though. I haven't seen any Hulk lore in years.
His dad is actually a combination of The Absorbing Man a Thor villain and Zzzaxxx a Hulk villain who basically was living lightning. Kind of like the combo of Whiplash and the Crimson Dynamo in Iron Man 2.
That was the thing with some creative liberties on material like this.
Meshing this with that.
Sometimes it works and then it doesn't.
The purists are always looking to see it done right.
This movie did a great job visually conveying how powerful Hulk and Absorbing Man are
@@roystoyscomics1361 A bit of Absorbing Man, a bit of Zzzax but most importantly a lot of Brian Banner, Bruce's father in the comics. It is canon to the comics that Bruce was abused as a child by his father.
@@k.delpino1124 "The purists are always looking to see it done right." No, they're looking to see it done as an exacting duplication...Which defeats the whole point when the thing already exists like that.
This in my opinion was so good because it is the only film that focuses more so on the character and where his trauma comes from. That is so valuable when introducing a character like banner. Never been even thought about since.
One of the best cinecomics in movie history, MCU should learn from it
the mcu will never learn
@@marlonclark1896especially because of fans who somehow hate this film
God the hand adapting and moving through the blue metal is easily one of my favorite visual effects ever. All these years later that one little moment is still so fucking cool.
Yeah
I know people are very mixed about this movie but this is a very nostalgic film for me personally because this is one of the first superhero films I seen as kid just like the first Spiderman movie. I truly believe this film is a underrated gem that should be highly praised instead of looking down upon. I just overall love this movie and love the performances of Eric Bana & Jennifer Connelly respectfully.
I appreciate what Ang Lee tried to do.
He didn't set out to make a superhero movie. He made a character study on the Hulk.
This feels like a breath of fresh air in today's landscape.
it's the same thing with joker
Incredibly underrated, thank yall for covering this one!
As kid in my childhood i used to be scared of this character but then when I grow up I’m not so he’s the most savage hulk ever 😎
Yeah😌😎
I really liked how they showed other aspects of his powers, not just strength. His speed, his huge jumps and the way he became more powerful the angrier he got was great, and hasn’t really been shown since.
an underrated movie with a great visual comic book style, the only problem i have with this movie is the ending that is so dark it's hard to see what's happening.
Same as the fight in the woods which in the cinema sounded so visceral and Hulk slapped that dog it sounded like thunder! Krrrraaaakk!😂
On purpose, the night scenes with Hulk feel like an actual monster movie.
Universal's Frankenstein was the influence.
In the commentary of this movie in the bonus feature, they say they tried to figure out if they should have these scenes how dark or not and asked different people on that opinon and everyone answered differently so it was a hard thing to figure out that couldn't really be helped in that situation. 🤷 They did try though. Some said they didn't have any trouble with how dark it was while some did have..
saw it in theaters when i was 15 and 20 years later this movie still makes me feel the same way such a great film up there with the batman and joker and watchmen, this is cinema.
I feel like this version actually does get the overall mass right, but Hulk's vocals aren't limited to roars and growls. He may not be the definition of intelligent, but he is able to speak. And I also love the way they actually animated the bullets bouncing off his skin.
Well, in the unconscious part, he did. It's just that he doesn't want to talk and just wants to be left alone.
@@tc-channelhobby4051 Makes sense, since Hulk is the embodiment of Bruce's deep-seated resentment toward his father over the abuse he endured.
This hulk was waaaaay too big.
@@MRGooodwineTV the heart of the monster volume would change your mind on how bigger the hulk can get
@@MRGooodwineTV the mcu movies has ruined your perception
HULK as a metaphysical experience instead of a movie.
I really love they explored hulk in this especially his quiet moments. Really loved him exploring the lands as a kid
I highly recommend John and Coy watching Marvel animated films as well, especially Hulk Vs. Wolverine, Hulk Vs. Thor, Planet Hulk and Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme.
YES!!
The animated films are decent but the Hulk Vs movies and Planet Hulk are personal favorites
Ed: also Next Avengers I liked a lot
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Other than turning him into a giant in order to show "The angrier the Hulk gets, the STRONGER THE HULK GETS", the movie stuck really close to the comics. The biggest changes - renaming Brian and Rebecca Banner David and Edith, and renaming his adopted family Krenzzler instead of Walters. Also, as a sufferer of Multiple Personality or Dissociative Identity Disorder, there's actually more than one Hulk running around in Bruce's head, each with varying levels of strength and Intelligence. Savage Hulk is the strongest but least intelligent, Joe Fixit is the meanest but rather mid-range in everything, Professor is the smartest but lacks the other Hulk's ability to increase his strength, and Devil - the Immortal Hulk - is the toughest since he literally cannot die.
eric bana is such an underrated actor and i'm tired of people acting like he isn't
This is the real Incredible Hulk, I like how the angrier he gets the bigger he gets too
Looking back at it now it really wasn't a bad movie.
The problem at the time was I remember it got leaked months in advanced, but back then the leaks were done w/o the completion of the VFX.
So all you saw was the animation part of Hulk and not the shading and shadows etc. It did have an effect on the peoples reviews thereafter as they couldn't get over the nonexistent VFX.
Just my two cents.
Imagine a world where superhero as colorful and wild as the hulk was shot like a real movie with actors acting so earnestly.
Nick Nolte was magical in this movie. Basically, he played Nick Nolte from Nick Nolte's mug shots if Nick Nolte's mug shot was a cartoon villain. Pure magic.
Hulk was the Incredible Hulk origin story that we didn't know we needed at the time. Our attention spans hadn't matured yet. (and the gamma dogs/final battle were... two chooses???) But overall, as an origin story that shows off the powers of the Hulk, it hasn't been done better.
My favorite Hulk in the movies, Lou is the OG
I'm always gonna say it...
THIS IS THE BEST BRUCE BANNER EVER 💚, therefore my favorite Hulk movie until now.
the emotion in this movie was great imo, still my favorite hulk to this day.
My dad took me to see this in theaters. It was my sixth birthday, and I’ve loved this movie ever since
My favorite Hulk Movie, all star cast across the board, thanks Y’all
Early 2000s where golden for movies and video games for comics.
Not gonna lie I’m glad y’all are reacting to this the OG one is underrated it’s good. Awesome video Reject Nation
This my favorite Hulk movie even though people shit on it 🤷♂️
Damn, I felt that "ring the bell" in the depths of my soul. Love Tara so much 😂 Great reaction as always, love this duo 🖤
This is honestly one of my top 5 favorite marvel movies. I get it's a little weird, but I love it
I was a huge Hulk fan as a kid. This was the first movie my dad took me to see in theaters. I was 5 years old. I don't remember much of it, probably because I fell asleep. but I do remember parts of it! lol
40:04 gooosshh the chills in this scene when hulk screamed "take it all" the incredible hulk film is how badass the hulk really is, but hulk 2003 man I love this film
It's crazy Ang Lee MO Capped the Hulk himself.
Those "flea" hopping segments were just epic.
I also liked the comic panel stuff.
Mark 33:35. The significance of such scenes in this movie and the later ones, is to let audiences that followed the "CBS" series with Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno, know that this version won't be dying just because he fell from a, ahem, "incredible height"! 🙄 (See the series finale, "Death of the Incredible Hulk"!)
Critics and die hard Marvel fans have named this The Worst Hulk Movie Ever Made, but I think it's pretty impressive in scale and storytelling.
Originally, Eric Bana and Lou Ferrigno were going to reprise their roles as The Hulk VIA CGI, where they were going to have cameos in SPIDERMAN NO WAY HOME. Unfortunately they were cut from the movie.
Development for the movie began in 1990, with Joe Johnston and one time, Jonathan Hensleigh, were considered for directing before Ang Lee and James Schamus were brought on board.
Jonathan Hensleigh, John Truman, JJ Abrams, Michael France, Zak Penn, Michael Tolkin, David Hayter, Scott Alexander and Larry Karazewski wrote different drafts of the script between 1997 and 2002.
David Duchovney, Billy Crudup, Steve Buscemi, Jeff Goldblum, and Johnny Depp were considered for the title character until Eric Bana was cast.
Fook them haters
Wait, 2003 hulk was going to be in no way home?
*"I knew I was doing a father's work, fulfilling a father's mercy. But then she surprised me. . . It was as if she and the knife. . . Merged. And in that moment, I took everything that was dear to me, and transformed it into nothing more than a memory."*
*"Punny human."*
"You think you can live with it? Take it! *TAKE IT ALL!!"*
My favorite lines.
Nice
One of my all time favorite Marvel characters! 💚
Finally this movie my childhood soo emonational movie so much
Loved How the way Hulk gets bigger depending of his anger
I love John’s energy so much and Tara’s sense of humor and personality, it’s such a joy when I see these two paired up for a reaction!!
A good film. How it was directed and the reception is very similiar to Man of Steel.
This movie is incredibly underrated. It’s so good. It’s a shame there was never a sequel.
@@GokuT24 you mean 2008.. and yeah it sure seems like it by how similar they are
This is still my favourite hulk movie and overall representation. Like ruffalo hulk but didn’t have any impact… shame about not having total rights to do a better thing. I love this movie and how they explored hulk a more psychological way. Never though of hulk as a simple brute.
"You know what scares me the most? When it comes over me, and I totally lose control....I LIKE IT."
- Bruce Banner/The Hulk
This was the hulk when I was a kid.
Honestly, some of the visuals and transitions were super unique and really rad!
My favorite Hulk movie
Love this movie. Another early 2000 movie that i will forever hold up high as an awesome movie
I’m loving Ms Tara Erickson so much everytime she pops up. Also. This might be my favorite ring that bell so far!
I heard she is still looking that young because, in reality, she is The Goblin Queen
I understand if some people felt this wasn't the hulk movie they wanted to me I've always looked at it as a scfi body horror comic book movie I've always really liked it think Ang Lee did a great job plus I love Nick Nolte as his father great role for him I thought
Funny enough this movie as child made me afraid of the Hulk 20 years later I literally just watched this on SyFy at my brother's & aunt's house on Sunday
Hulk 2003 I Literally Just Watched this on USA
Its great that you guys reacted one of my favorite comic book movies that is super underated.
Funny how they both recognised Edith but didn't know where from and Tara is wearing a stranger things T Shirt which she plays Karen Wheeler haha
This movie was a lot for me as a kid. Scary, dark, moody, etc. The Hulk dogs spooked me and Hulk himself was actually scary.
And Jennifer Connelly is so hot. 😮💨
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I'm glad more people are starting to watch this hulk. I only recognise Bill Bixby, Eric Bana, Edward Norton Lou Ferrigno, Ang Lee and Fred Tatasciore as the great hulks. Animated aside Eric i love more as Bruce. Anyone else (AS IN MARK RUFFALO) happens to be the worst hulk and bruce after 2012 avengers. But this film is Hulk.
I get why you'd feel that way about Ruffalo's Hulk but I also feel like he had it the hardest. The rest had full movies or series to flesh out their character. Ruffalo was a side character in several movies, sometimes getting some character development but a lot of it also happens completely off-screen. Marvel really should have given Ruffalo a standalone movie, or at least an ensemble movie that focused on Banner/Hulk.
Also, didn't Eric Bana and Bill Bixby only play Banners? You included their Hulk counterparts in that list already.
I love that in this movie, after Hulk destroys the tanks/helicopters, he walks away saying “Puny humans”…and in Avengers after smashing Loki into the floor, he walks away saying “Puny god”
People really hate on the buildup to turning into the hulk., but honestly this came out in 2003. I think we just were not ready to fully understand superhero movies quite yet. Build the characters, let the audience get comfortable with and understand the human side , then bring in the superhero story. Its a good movie.
This is the movie that made me love the hulk when I first saw it as a kid and he's my favorite marvel character to this day 😁
Love the music in this movie
Literally the only Hulk film that follows the angrier he gets, the stronger he gets. Edit: 3D re-release, who's with me?
Hulk is one of my absolute favorite films of all time. Also check out Speed Racer, equally superb.
The writing in this movie has always been one of my favorites in all the hulk movies. It struggles a little bit with some dialogue sometimes but so far it honestly feels the most comic accurate. The theme and score is so good
Fun Fact: Eric Bana provided the voice of Anchor the hammerhead shark in Finding Nemo
Big summer for him definitely.
I honestly wish that Universal and Disney would come to some sort of deal because we need a new and more faithful standalone Hulk movie. One that dives into the tragic backstory and troubled mind of Bruce Banner that this movie did, but also gives The Hulk himself a voice and personality that Thor Ragnarok gave us!
Mark Ruffalo and all of us fans have been begging for that movie for over a decade!
Tone and pace of this film are why The Incredible Hulk (2008) had to be different.
Slow and psychological was not the way to go (a deleted scene shows why).
But the movie needed to be less of those things and more of a suspense action thriller.
I liked Hulk 2003 and glad it showed the internal spirit of the character.
But I also wanted to see the comics and tv series full fleshed out too.
In June 2023, the Hulk rights went back to Marvel.
Plans for a new movie are underway.
I love how they did like the comic book. Every scene flips or sometimes it splits in half and shows two different scenes at once with him going through the underground base after Hulk breaks out and shows Talbot face in a cut off square at 27:26 and also the house fight where Talbot walks in it splits that’s pretty cool. Especially in the fight scenes.
This movie was like a Greek epic/tragedy
Mark 32:07. Oh the irony of the "Comanche"! The makers presumed that the project would go forward into mass production for the attack helicopter. Instead it lost to the "Apache" receiving upgrades instead. So this movie destroyed more "Comanche" attack helicopters than were ever produced! The helicopter's movie debut if I recall right. 🤔 "Godzilla" used the "Apache". There may be at least one more movie that used the "Comanche" or was it a video game? 🤔
Yes, there were some gamma dogs In Incredible Hulk comics just a few years before the ‘03 movie.
Not a popular opinion but this is one of the better marvel movies (even though it was universal, and not marvel that made this). The CGi is good, but the best or one of the top 2 or 3 best CGI in ANY film is when the hulk is in the desert, get shot out of the sky, and tumbles down the sand dune, and they do a close up on his face, the lighting, shading, and the sand particles interacting on his hair and skin is one of the best all time it looks REAL. Also forget the growing part, Hulk doesn't get bigger, the madder he gets, and I have no clue why they did that, but ignoring that, this is the most comic accurate Hulk showing his power, but more so his agility and speed. In future movies they never show that part of his powers because they thought how big he is it looked goofy, but it's a part of who he is, he stuns a lot of people in the comics with his speed. His jumping is how he gets around, and that is another thing they never show again in future movies.
It looks so good because ILM did the CGI and they are some of the top dogs in Hollywood when it comes to that. Unlike marvel films where 30-40 underpaid, and overworked visual effect companies are working on a single film. The ONLY CGI that is as good if not better in marvel movies is Thanos who looks real nearly always.
Best Hulk movie easily. It's so rare that they explore Banners trauma
for this movie they kinda merged a few villains or atleast tried to, with bruces dad they tried to give him absorbing mans powers while also adding some of the leaders traditional tactics of making other hulks to fight hulk
ngl, that scream right before the first transformation was absolutely terrifying.
This movie is underrated af. It has it's own aesthetic, it's own style and form. It's one of a kind.
I like the Hulk's design in this movie the most compared to other iterations 👍 Also, this movie does not hold back on the action. 70% of this movie is the Hulk, hulking out. Movies nowadays rarely that generous.
I love how violent this Hulk is
i remember see this in theaters with my dad and brother and my brother was scared of the hulk and i had the big hulk hands they sold to promote the movie!
The Hulk has always been one of my top favorite superheroes, so seeing this in live-action for the first time was amazing. For coming out in 2003, Hulk (for the most part) looked absolutely amazing in this movie. And they nailed his size and transformation (His transformation in the house in front of Talbot was insane. It was so cool seeing Bruce become the Hulk like for the first time in live-action. The look and transformation of this Hulk still hold up today. And I liked Eric Bana as Bruce Banner and Jennifer Connelly as Betty Ross. The story and writing weren't perfect and it maybe could've used a little more Hulk-smashing action, maybe better enemies (instead of gamma-irradiated Hulk dogs), and less psychedelic visuals. But, I definitely feel nostalgia for this one. My dad took me to see it in theaters when I was 5 and bought me the DVD afterward and I watched it over and over again. Ironically enough though, I replayed the Hulk dog fight over and over when I was a kid🤣
One of the GREATEST Marvel Movie/Game's ever!! My Hulk 💚🤙
OHHH this brings back memories! Especially listening to Velvet Revolver's Set Me Free 24/7...
I always tune out when criticisms are "I would've liked...they should've." Criticize it for what it is not what it wasn't
I think they made Bruce’s dad a version of the Absorbing Man
Even though I feel this movie is poorly paced, it's the most accurate to Hulk's power. No other movie shows him getting stronger as he gets angrier he's either staticly strong or in Incredible Hulk he only got stronger when Betty was in danger. This took some BIG liberties with the story but at least touched on his tragic past (it's so much worse in the comics). It took me years to realize though that they turned Brian Banner in this into the Absorbing Man from the comics. So this movie took some big swings possibly before people were ready for it.
Damn it still suprises me on how many marvel movies you guys haven’t seen 😅
Watched this movie so many times as a kid. I really do enjoy it
I loved 2003 Hulk. Like the angrier you make him the bigger and stronger he gets, like a sponge 😂😂
I’m confused how comic book fans haven’t seen these movies?
His father became the absorbing man
The Pilot episode for the 1977 THE INCREDIBLE HULK TV series was originally a made for tv movie. It was so good they released it overseas in theaters and 6 months later made it a tv series. They recut the Pilot episode into 2 parts. The series ran for 5 seasons but was canceled because it was expensive to make. Unfortunately the late 80s had 3 spin off movies which were terrible, including bad hulk makeup, and bad Marvel teamups, and that's what people see clips of and pictures of all over the internet. You should do a reaction to the Pilot episode 2 parts. And I guarantee you will love it and possibly want to do some or all the tv series. Much of Ed Norton's HULK movie is based on the tv series.