Hulk

Le "Hulk" est frais et innovant dans les détails, mais dans l'ensemble, il est contradictoire. Un grand nombre de scènes excellentes (pas seulement d'action) et une dimension psychologique louable se transforment au fil des minutes en un mélange dramatiquement déséquilibré et confus. La deuxième moitié du film aurait besoin de se détacher du "drame familial" et de laisser pleinement briller les incroyables scènes d'action et d'aventure. Alors, ce serait un succès. Les scènes d'action dans le désert sont magnifiques. (08/07/2003)

J’ai trouvé les deux premiers tiers vraiment barbants, par contre, la dernière partie était nettement plus entraînante et dynamique. L’un dans l’autre, mon évaluation est moyenne. Eric Bana et Jennifer Connelly sont chouettes, mais à part ça, c’est tout. Je me demande bien comment sera le nouveau Hulk avec Ed Norton. (25/07/2008)

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)

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)