Hulk

Las primeras dos terceras partes de la película me parecieron muy aburridas, la última tercera parte fue mucho más dinámica y emocionante. Sin embargo, mi evaluación sigue siendo promedio. Eric Bana y Jennifer Connelly son simpáticos, pero eso es todo. Estoy ansioso por ver cómo será el nuevo Hulk con Ed Norton. (25.07.2008)

Hulk es fresco e innovador en los detalles, pero en su conjunto es contradictorio. Muchas escenas excelentes (no sólo de acción) y una dimensión psicológica encomiable se transforman en un guiso dramatúrgicamente desequilibrado y opaco a medida que pasan los minutos. La segunda mitad de la película necesitaba aligerarse del «drama familiar» y dar todo el juego a la fabulosa acción y aventura. Entonces sería una gran película. Las escenas de acción en el desierto son espectaculares. (08.07.2003)

An adaptation of a comic book that was a little before its time. It was one of the first to favor psychological aspects over action. Both elements are here and both great, although the low-key part is central point and the pillar carrying all of Hulk's weight. Eric Bana made the most of his opportunity, Jennifer Connelly is enchanting as usual and the rest of the cast fits its roles too. The only downside is that it is so strictly divided into a long psychological section at the beginning and pure action at the end. Better balanced blending might have improved things. (25.07.2007)

Instead of proper psychology, we get a lot of verbal filler, and instead of exciting action, we only get digital ridiculousness in the desert. Ang Lee wanted to take the untrodden path, but he took a wrong turn with this film because it is simply impossible to carry a nearly two-and-a-half-hour colossus only with conversation. The formal games (editing, split-screen) get stereotypically boring after a while and don't suit the film at all. It's as if someone was adding their own psychedelic insertions to it in Lee’s editing room at night. The cast is excellent, and Elfman's ethnic-themed soundtrack is very nice, yet this whole farce still takes a downward turn given that the main villain doesn't show up until ten minutes before the end... in a comic book movie! Oops! (15.07.2007)

A family drama and a comic book story – do they even go together? Yes, if a capable director takes it on, which Ang Lee undoubtedly is. Ironically, I enjoyed the much criticized first "action lacking" half the most. Thanks to the imaginative direction, the clever editing and the interesting division of the image into multiple windows, I was not bored for a moment. My enthusiasm waned a bit during the botched scene with the mutated dogs, but the subsequent moments in the Nevada desert satisfied my libido again. The tank demolition scene in particular was awesome. During the lengthy dialogue between father and son at the end, boredom began to take over, but certainly not fucking boredom, as one unnamed critic stupidly wrote. Oh, and one more thing, Hulk’s purple shorts were really nasty :) (11.10.2003)