The Hulk Movie Review
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Author/Source: Karl Bastian
Topic: Movie Review
HULK
OUT!
As a ‘thirty-something’ I’m right in that group that grew up with Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno’s TV series, “The Incredible Hulk.” I was such a devoted fan, that I would often pretend to ‘Hulk Out’ much to my parents amusement, (or annoyance) I am sure. One time, my dearly departed mother even offered to assist me by duct taping me to a table in the basement of the parsonage so I could practice my "hulking out." I thought she was playing along with me, now, as an adult, I wonder if she was trying to gain a few minutes of peace and quiet upstairs. Oh, well. Even if so, it was short lived, for I “Hulked” my way free and came upstairs dragging tape strands behind me!
Well, HULK FEVER is BACK! Once again, it is cool to be GREEN! The HULK is everywhere from Mountain Dew cans to coloring books and toys and video games due to the Hulk Movie that came out in June 2003.
| REVIEW
OF THE MOVIE:
MINISTRY
IMPACT: While
many kids will see the movie, many who don't will still get into the
Hulk Craze for awhile,
The
HULK is BACK and he is one MAD MAN! His anger leads to destruction -
as does ours. Maybe James had the Hulk in mind when he wrote: Karl
Bastian, the Kidologist |
The
Hulk Synopsis From Universal Pictures In a Berkeley lab, Bruce Banner, a young man haunted by his murky past and the parents he never knew, works intensely day and night. A bright scientist with repressed emotions and few social skills, Bruce and his colleague, the sharp and beautiful Betty Ross, experiment with the body’s ability to repair itself and fight disease. But their research draws unwanted attention. For the power of regeneration catches the eye of the military, which sees its potential on the battlefields of the future. But when Bruce is exposed to radiation in an accident that should have killed him, a ferocious truth about his past begins to emerge—along with something else, something deep inside his own body that is triggered when he is provoked . . . when he is pushed beyond reason . . . when anger takes over and he transforms into . . THE HULK |
HULK,
the movie, was rated PG-13. I am sure that many kids younger than 13
will end up seeing it, but it certainly earned that rating for
violence. Fortunately, for the most part, it is pretty clean.
Personally, I thought that the movie moved rather slowly - after all -
I went to see Hulk and I began to wonder if I'd ever get to see him,
and the reasons for the first 'hulk out' were rather weak or vague.
The attempt is made to make it a serious film, which is rather silly
when we are basically dealing with a guy who turns green when he is
mad. It was definitely too violent for young children, one battle
scene is the Hulk battling four fierce dogs who have been infected
with the same "anger-management gamma rays" as the Hulk. The
CGI on the Hulk is horrible, but then, this wasn't a LucasArts film,
and how important is it that a giant green man look real? You often
wonder whether you are watching a movie or a giant video game,
especially when you see men looking at the Hulk on monitors, they
could just as well have had their X-box or Game Cubes hooked in. Bottom
Line: Fun movie, not as good as Spiderman, but much better
than that dumb movie Dare Devil. The ending..... OK, I won't ruin it
for you.
I
bought some giant HULK GLOVES at Wal-Mart that are pretty cool! Use
this opportunity while Hulk stuff is being marketed to get some green
skit props! (Hulk makes a great bully in a
