The film version of one of Stan Lee's many famous Marvel creations "The Hulk", directed by Lee Ang (the guy who brought us "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Brokeback Mountain"), will be shown on Channel 5 for the first time tonight at 1845 hrs... don't miss out on all the tank-smashing and road-bashing action! ;-)
I remembered watching this film with my brother 4 years ago... at first I thought the movie was ok, but then later, I felt it was mediocre in whole, compared to films like "Spider-Man" and "X-Men". While Eric Bana did quite well in portraying Bruce Banner, the scientist who bottled up his anger within him for too long due to his mutated genes passed on to him by his father David Banner, his alter-ego aka The Hulk didn't fare too well... many people complained that he looked too CGI and looked too Asian compared to the Hulk's standard look. Some even thought that a human actor should have been used for the Hulk, like what Lou Ferrigno did for the Hulk TV series in the 1980s. Still I can't help but wish that I had the same powers as the Hulk (who wouldn't?).. wanting to take out all the anger by destroying anything in his path, being able to de-stress himself, and wanting to be left in peace... I hope the upcoming film, "The Incredible Hulk" (with a new director, new cast list and new concept), will fare a lot better than the 2003 film.
Link to The Hulk film (2003): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_%28film%29
Link to The Incredible Hulk TV series (1978-1982): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Hulk_%28TV_series%29
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