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Actor: Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Jesse Corti, Reggie Davis, Sam Elliott
Brand: Universal Studios
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 138 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2008-09-16
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios

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Blu-ray Review: Both Hulks Smash!!!...just in different ways.
Summary: 5 Stars

After reading several reviews on here, and as a longtime True Hulk Fan, I am here to say that both movies ROCKED!! They were just done in totally different ways. 2003's 'Hulk" and 2008's "The Incredible Hulk" both showed us key parts of the Hulks character and did in a way that really tapped into what the character means.

Now, "Hulk" was an amazingly done movie. Ang Lee tapped into so much with this one. First off, there were stories told in the comics as to why the Hulk is the way he is psychologically (generally an incredibly strong 3 yr old having a temper tantrum) and where it all came from. This movie explored that deeply and added to it. For anyone out there that loves watching a movie where you need to think a little, this is a great movie. Especially, if you love psychology. It shows us what can eventualy happen to someone through years of torment or even one really big traumatic event and how that can really screw said person up. Just in this, it manifests as a Green Hulking beast that can use a tree as a baseball bat. LOL. However, Though I agree with some things that others have said here about magnificent set shots, I am not always sold on the CGI. Some scenes look incredible (i.e. busting out of desert base and the streets of San Fransisco) and some look a little less done. I know a lot has to do with Ang Lee's interrpertation of the physiology of the Hulk (The more angry he gets, the bigger he gets. The more angry, the more gamma, the more greener), but as a true hulk fan, I have my days with this theory. The Hulk never needed to get bigger to get stronger. That was the great thing about him. Other than a few indescrepancies in the theology of the Hulk, I really enjoy this movie. Ang Lee does bring to it a very artistic, albeit, sometimes over thought, vision of what the Hulk is and how he operates. I know a lot had to do with his wife actually being someone that does research in biology and gave him real world explanations for everything.

"The Incredible Hulk", the most recent of the two movies, and primarily a reboot, bypasses a lot of the thought provoking part of the Hulk and brings us back to the "Hulk Smash" mentality. It also gives many nods to the television show from the 70"s that most of us grew up on. For that reason alone, I love this movie!! However, I thought it superior in a few ways to its predecessor. First off, I thought the Hulk looked better. In Ang Lee's version, the Hulk was almost "TOO" Bulky and the first time you see him (again, an overthinking artistic vision) was supposed to represent a toddler...so the hulk almost had some baby fat. Now, Seamlessly, speaking CGI wise, I think the first hulk was better. I am speaking strictly on the actual look of the hulk. In this version, He looked more human, more like the comic. And in some scenes (the grotto scene) flat out looked awesome!! There really was not that many psychological references in it. The few that were are really only pertaining to how Bruce Banner can control the Hulk or if he remembers anything that happens as the Hulk. Otherwise, there is quite a lot of action in it. None that seems too extreme.

There was also a nice balance on how they incorporated the show and comic lore together in this movie. My one gripe with it, and I think this may have actually been a gripe of Edward Norton's as well, was that there is a lot of deleted scenes that had they left it in, may have explained more and made it more thought provoking. The director, Louis Letterier, was trying to go for the knockout punch by keeping the movie short and sweet. However, just the deleted opening sequence alone, with Bruce in the artic, would have explained a lot and added a nod to many comic book fans (watch and see what I mean). Plus, some scenes that could have been extended might have added an extra element to the movie.

So in closing, I do recommend both films!! I think they are both highly entertaining (on different levels) and lets face it, No one can have a bad time watching the Hulk smash up everything!! Have a good day, Amazon Community!!

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Description of Hulk [Blu-ray]

The larger-than-life Marvel Superhero The Hulk explodes onto the big screen! After a freak lab accident unleashes a genetically enhanced, impossibly strong creature, a terrified world must marshal its forces to stop a being with abilities beyond imagination.

When the Hulk gets angry, his movie gets good, so you wish he'd get angry more often. Accepting this challenge after the triumphant Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, director Ang Lee has created an ambitious film, based on the Marvel comic created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, that succeeds as a cautionary tale about mad science and traumatized children coping with legacies of pain. That's the Hulk's problem: After accidental exposure to gamma radiation, scientist Bruce Banner (Eric Bana) turns into the huge, green, and indestructible Hulk when provoked, and repressed childhood memories fuel his fury. Hobbled by the obligatory "origin story" (to acquaint neophytes with the character's Jekyll-and-Hyde-ish fate), there's room for little else in a sluggish film that struggles to reconcile Lee's stylistic flair (evident in his visual interpretation of comic-book technique) with the razzle-dazzle of a megabudget franchise. What's good is good (Jennifer Connelly essentially echoes her role from A Beautiful Mind, and Nick Nolte is righteously tormented as Banner's father), but the movie's schizoid intentions remain largely unclear. --Jeff Shannon

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Blu-ray Reviews of Hulk [Blu-ray]

Blu-ray Review: Both Hulks Smash!!!...just in different ways.Summary: 5 Stars

Description of Hulk [Blu-ray]

Blu-ray Review: Both Hulks Smash!!!...just in different ways.
Summary: 5 Stars