Originally posted by cliffjohnson:
i also didn't like the exagerrated size of the hulk. lou farigno (sp?) was about 6'10" IIRC, nowhere near the 25' the movie made him to be. it would have been better to get a body builder and us him as the hulk. then it would have also looked more realistic. just my opinions though...



They didn't base the movie on the TV show. They based it on the comic. In the comic, he's HUGE. He's supposed to be an exaggeration (sp?). Larger than life. A.... well... "hulk-"ing mass. He wasn't supposed to just be a well-built guy.

They also goofed the origin a bit. According to the book, his father was abusive, and Bruce absorbed the gamma when trying to save Rick Jones from a gamma bomb test explosion. The gamma radiation mutated him, and the pent-up rage that he had over his abuse triggered a massive adrenaline/hormonal surge, which resulted in him becoming this gigantic monstrosity. Which is why when he was injured, the Hulk would come out to play.

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That being stated... I enjoyed it. I could have done without the father/son battle. They took a guy who was supposed to be dead, kept him alive, and gave him the powers of Crusher Creel (The Absorbing Man). The battle was useless, the lead-in scene was overacted. It was horribly disjointed (even compared to the rest of the movie). But, that is the only part of the movie that I didn't like. The size of him (The Hulk) was right, the CGI was good, but, I wouldn't place it near Spidey. Some of the "human" CGI in Spidey wasn't terriffic (him climing up the wall in his wrestling getup comes to mind), but, the budget that it takes to make believeable, human CGI is rediculous. We'll have to see how the sequels pan out. Yes, The Amazing Spider-Man is due May '04, and Ang Lee has stated he'd like to do another movie before working on The Hulk sequel.

Wow... I'm SUCH a geek. LOL


PS... GREAT cameo by Stan Lee and Lou Ferrigno as security guards!!!

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