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Old July 9th, 2003, 04:11 PM   #7
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The Hulk was good film. I say that because it was different and took chances. Admittingly a few of it's gambles didn't pan out, but it suceeded more than it failed.

Ang Lee didn't try to go the route of feel good garbage like Spiderman and give the audience paper thin characters and along with 2 hours of stupid action scenes. Instead, Ang Lee tried to make a drama about how the sins of the father can affect the child. Keeping the the sci fi aspects of the film in the background. Once again, I admit that this strategy didn't always work out, I thought the Betty and Bruce relationship could have been fleshed out, but the film had infinitely more emotional depth than any other super hero film of the last 2 years. Except for X2 of course.

Even the split screens worked reasonably well, and helped visually link the film to it's comic roots. But, I'm very glad they didn't use them for action scenes.
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HAL: I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm a...fraid. Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you'd like to hear it I can sing it for you.
Dave Bowman: Yes, I'd like to hear it, HAL. Sing it for me.
HAL: It's called "Daisy."
[sings while slowing down]
HAL: Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. I'm half crazy all for the love of you. It won't be a stylish marriage, I can't afford a carriage. But you'll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two.
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