This cements Hulk in the MCU as essentially a joke and afterthought. This saw his evolution into Professor Hulk, which was an immense event in the comic books, being humorously revealed in the MCU and never organically shown. Meanwhile, Hulk in The Avengers and other MCU movies is often an angry monster that's played just as much for laughs as he is muscle. This movie, which was much more readily accepted by audiences and critics, was also more of a straightforward action film than an introspective science-fiction horror movie. Starting with The Incredible Hulk, Hulk's portrayal would be more in line with the one-note "Hulk smash!" audience expectations for the character. RELATED: Spider-Man: No Way Home Draws From the Hero's Most Controversial Storyline Since then, the Hulk has never been used in such an esoteric way, which is a shame given that comic book runs from writers old and new like Peter David and Al Ewing bear more resemblance to this film than others. It was far different than many superhero movies at the time, feeling more in line with the 1950s science-fiction monster flicks that the Hulk was originally inspired by instead of other superhero movies like Superman, Batman or Spider-Man. While many of its experiments didn't quite work, retrospective reception for Hulk has to at least applaud the film for trying.
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Ang Lee's Hulk Was a True Monster Movie - Not a Marvel Joke This less than positive word of mouth didn't help, and it was eventually rebooted with The Incredible Hulk, the second entry in the MCU. There was also the fact that the comic book callbacks straight up didn't work, with many viewers feeling that they distracted from the fairly serious story and made the whole affair seem a lot cheesier than it actually was.
This wasn't helped by the CGI, which hasn't aged well in a lot of areas and was criticized even upon release. This focus on the character's inner struggles sometimes came at the expense of the movie's action, which definitely rubbed some viewers the wrong way. Likewise, the psychological torture that Bruce Banner would be put through was straight out of the comics, moving past the mere "Hulk smash!" imagery and really diving into the turmoil felt by the main character. RELATED: Marvel Abandoned the Avengers' Reason for Assembling - and That's a Shame
This was done through freeze-frame sequences that would transition one scene to the next, giving the effect of comic book panels. Fans get prickly with #NotMyXYX these days.2003's Hulk was very different from the successful Spider-Man and X-Men movies of the time, trying to have some of the darkness of the latter while also hewing closer to the comic book aesthetic than even the former.
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Just because, in this case, Bill Bixby set a high standard with CBS' The Incredible Hulk TV series doesn't mean that should be the end of all Bruce Banner portrayals. I wish fans would take that attitude whenever a new star is cast in a familiar role. I think it's a great attitude to see a role like The Hulk as Hamlet (although the cinesnobs of the world might sniff at that).
I love that it's almost become a tradition. In my opinion only really good people have done it. Hamlet can be interpreted a lot of different ways, by a lot of different actors. Some actors have more or less plasticity. Bill Bixby will always be the best Banner. And for us, it's Bill Bixby, that's just it. The Hulk is like Hamlet, lots of people have done it. It's funny is one of my old friends from New York theater and coming up together.
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