The Incredible Hulk in all his glory in a scene from the movie trailer
[UPDATE: Here's the hot off the presses new Incredible Hulk trailer released on April 30th, 2008.]
Ok, I’ve updated this post with our patented, high quality Screen Rant version of the brand spankin’ new trailer for The Incredible Hulk.
There are things I like about it and things that I’m not sure about. Watch it below for yourself and then we can talk about it.
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My thoughts on the trailer:
- Ed Norton: Love the guy, but for some reason the thought that popped into my head when I saw him was:
“The first rule of ‘The Incredible Hulk’ is that we don’t talk about ‘The Incredible Hulk’…”
- Abomination: Waaaay to obviously CGI-ish as far as I’m concerned. On the other hand, how do you make something so creepy look real?
- The Hulk: I’m torn on this point… I almost think that the version from the Ang Lee movie looked better.
Now… Speak to me, what do you think??
The Incredible Hulk is currently scheduled to open on June 13, 2008.
Source: MTV.com
Updated bonus for you:
Comparison look at The Hulk from Ang Lee’s film and the new version
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Maybe more people would be happy if Fred Harryhausen did the animation.
He does look a little like a plastic toy but, I won’t hold that against him.
It looks very good to me. I did enjoy the Ang Lee version (although I did feel that the father/son story line was a bit too over the top) but it left me feeling somewhat slighted in what I know the Hulk to be and capable of.
I didn’t like that the angrier he got the bigger he got, as that was just waaaaay to off base. I know that comic book movies are simply BASED on the actual comic book and can leave rrom for added creativity (i.e Peter Parker having organic webbing instead of web cartridges in the “Spider-Man” movie franchise.. etc.. etc), but like I said, having the Hulk actually grow bigger (20 friggin feet!!!) is just waaaaaaaaay outta the park.
The Incredible Hulk movie IMHO looks and feels the way that the Ang Lee version SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE. Edward Norton is PERFECT for the part of Bruce Banner (scrawny… “puny” human who actually looks like a science nerd), Liv Tyler is a pretty good actress and puts a lot of passion in her roles (after all, she does have a lot to live up to being Steve Tyler’s daughter and puts a lot of heart into her roles, in order to show that her talent as an actress can cut it apart from her fathers fame), Jennifer Connely version of Betty Ross was very dry to me.
I must admit that the casting of Sam Elliot as General “Thunderbolt” Ross was superb and I will miss what he brought to the screen in that character. As far as The Abomination is concerned, yeah, he doesn’t look anything like the Comic book version, however, if they DID try to do the comic book version I don’t believe it would have translated well to film.
The bottom line is that this version of the Abomination truly lives up to his name because… well… he is uglier than ugly itself, I mean seriously, take a look at that thing… YIKES!
I totally love the scene where Bruce jumps/falls backward from the helicopter to trigger the transformation as he’s plumeting to the ground without a parachute, then falls through the concrete (midway through Bruce’s transformation his skin/body becomes virtually invulnerable) and next thing you see is the big green hand pop outta the ground!
Get ready ladies and gents, The Incredible Hulk is gonna be SMASHING!!!!
It’s amazing what can make people RANT about a film. I wonder sometimes about my own sensibilities and gut feelings.
All people that see a movie do so with implicit understanding that the visual is the first or foremost sense that a film is playing to. So how does a character get to look stronger? Everyone that has seen a person exercise over time sees the transformation. The body in certain ways gets bigger! Now visually you communicate this in a radical way so that the one seeing the film instantly knows what’s happening. No conversation needs to be wasted on it! In the case of “The Hulk” new-commers to the story don’t need back story, the madder he gets the stronger he gets, because effects communicate the back story!
The compromise of course is that the classical nature is broken. It violates the sensibilities of those familiar with the story. The fan base or classicist becomes disinterested, however the artists are counting on new viewers. So despite the classicists’ opinions a film can go on to be successful. Mr. Lee’s version of “The Hulk” is just that a version. If it failed on some or many levels well the classical story was handed to him to attempt to tell. Now if Marvel, can’t succeed with the classic fan, well fans, where ya gonna go? Your only hope is to suck it up and hope that the next one will be better tweaked to your liking.
I’m not saying that RANTING fans isn’t a good thing, just make sure to buy the product anyway! At this point its your only hope to get what you really want.
You guys REALLY need to see the new clip of Hulk vs. Abomination, and TELL me this film won’t TOTALLY ROCK:
http://movies.yahoo.com/summer-movies/Incredible-Hulk/1808495230/trailers/106/902
That’s right. You can all shut
Yeah, DjoFilmBuff, I’m with you. IMHO, this movie will surpise ALOT of doubters. All of the clips I’ve seen look very good if not great, just hope the cgi is tuned up just a little.
First of all people THEY COULD NOT HAVE DONE A MOVIE WITH BANA AND CONNELLY!! BANA HAD NO INTEREST IN A SECOND FILM and Connelly wasn’t signing on with a new cast. Norton is a good choice. Closer to the original Banner in the comics anyway. I will give you this: Ross should not have been recast; but do we know they had a choice? I’ll reserve judgement till I see the entire film but I still thought the CGI wasn’t realistic enough. Anything would have been better than the day glo Shrek-On-Steroids design of the first film. Lee’s movie was visually poetic but the screenplay was one of the most dreadfully convoluted, meandering stories I have sat through ina long time. It was just completely boring.I like the idea of the reboot: forget the first MISTAKE was ever made, start from scratch and do it right.
I’ve read many of the comments here and agree with many of you. Based on CGI alone I’d pick the first Hulk over this new one, with the exception of the shade of green used. I like the darker green.
But like some of you have stated, many of these modern Hulk designs are off. Jack Kirby and Stan Lee created the Hulk as a Frankenstein’s Monster/Neanderthal creature. A massive mutated humanoid form, not sculpted like he’s been to the gym. Banner is a skinny guy who’s on the run, he doesn’t work-out. Over the years they’re turned the Hulk into a green handsome guy
This is the closed I’ve seen anyone come to creating a accurate 3d Hulk. http://monsterpappa.deviantart.com/art/The-Incredible-Hulk-38105828
For anyone who is interested I’m going to do a painting of what I think he should look like and post it here: http://fo-shar.deviantart.com/
That brought an idea to mind. Import your fav image into GIMP and play with the Hue Saturation lightness all you like! Hold yourselves a contest, pick the best fanfav Hulk then send it to Marvel . Sign a petition, this is the Hulk you want to see! Maybe then everybody can be happy for the next Hulk outing. Just a thought.
new hulk rocks ang lee hulk really really really sucks u have to be a dummy to like ang lee’s hulk the new hulk rocks thats the real hulk hands down not the ang lee crap oh my god what a horrible movie thank god for the new hulk and new crew of actors so glad ang lee hulk will be forgotten and buried its just pure garbarge the new hulk cgi awesome best way to do it for the technology we have just like a comic book fantasy brought to real life as it gonna get rock on new hulk rock on and please HULK SMASH ANG LEE’S CRAP NEW hulk looks tight to def THATS THE HULK NOT THAT ANG LEE CRAP OF WHATEVER THEY CALLED IT BIGGER WITH ANGER HOW STUPID AND NON BELIEVALBLE IS THAT ON TOP OF BAD CGI ACTING HULK IS THE ENGINE OF DESTRUCTION NOT SOME GIRLY WUSS MAN LIKE ANG LEE’S VERSION ACTION SUCKED NEW HULK WILL POUND OLD MOVIE IN GROUND GO NEW HULK JUST BRING IT
yea you guys are on crack if you think the ang lee hulk was better IMHO. I would have to say the ang lee version was about as horrible as the american godzilla flick that im sure everybody forgot about pretty quickly. Old hulk movie was garbage compared to this. The new hulk looks better than the old one, actually looks like you wouldnt wanna **** with him.
you want my opinion ok.
first hulk was ok i mean the way he looked but now the incredible hulk looks awesome you can even see veins on his body, one of the best fights i’ve ever seen and liv tyler is very good actress ,the scene when she almost cried hmm. she even had me going. Cool movie.
Regards
ok well I recently went an watched the movie. I agree and disagree with alot of the views and opinions. I didn’t and still dont think they did a bad job on the cgi. Marvel had their hands deep in the making of this one. Ang Lee made a barney wanna be version of the hulk. All bubbly and like 15 ft. tall. that isn’t the marvel hulk. Yes, they did change abomination, but only to make it VERY easy for people not really into the comic to tell the difference when they are brawling it out. The movie was great, the fights were awesome, the story was perfect
for me it was a best movie. i was very happy that they launch a new movie more realistic and more action.
I love this film. Actually after watching this I got interested on downloading the cellphone games version of this film.
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