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In Reply to: The Hulk posted by TomD on June 23, 2003 at 14:31:15:
looking for grown up angst and character depth. Searching for David Copperfield in the DC comic isle.Sheesh, these self appointed guides of enlightenment need to stay focused on the non-cartoon character Summer Blockbusters. They need to remember Cannes is in the Spring, summer is for kids/entertainment and the cash cows that keep the studios willing to take chances on the "three guys sitting around a dead bird, smoking cigarettes and conteplating their childhoods" types of movies.
Hulk was fine for spending a few hours with my son this summer. I got a tiny bit more out of it than the other mass market comic book hero movies I've gone with him, and he gets to talk about bashing tanks and chewin missles. He didn't care how Hulk looked and he also knows that Utah Raptor isn't real either even though he can see his skin tones!
I can hardly wait to read the indepth failings of the next installment of Marvel Comic BlockBuster Release for Summer 2004!
Follow Ups:
When I see a movie based on a pop-culture comic book character, there are two things expected:1) That long established comic characters (i.e., cultural icons), translated to the big screen, are "reasonably" true to my recollections of the original comics, and...
2) that the vision of the director doesn't intrude upon my preconceived notions and insult my intelligence in order to reach a theoretically hipper, more youthful, target audience.
Using those two paradigms as my criteria, here is how I would grade some of the feature films based on comic characters (both Marvel & DC):
Superman (C. Reeves): C- [on avg.]
Batman (Keaton & Clooney): C [on avg.]
X-Men: B [averaging I & II]
Spiderman: A-
Daredevil: D
Hulk: CIn regard to "Angst" Lee's take on the Hulk, he is the one touting his film's depth and endeavoring to place so much emphasis on exploring the subconscious duality of the Hulk/Banner character. I had no problem with this added dimension to the character as long as Lee's dissection of the psychological aspects of Banner's traumatized personality didn't dillute the primal energy of the Hulk character and inevitably, the film. Unfortunately, that's exactly what did occur and the pacing suffered tremendously for it, IMHO. That's about as close to a "grey poupon" Cannes (canny?) analysis as I care to get. :o)
BTW, are you suggesting that us advanced culture "Braniacs" should only be qualified to review flicks based upon DC Comic characters (Superman)? ;^)
Cheers,
AuPh
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