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He's Mean Green..& Slow? [Studio Execs Stunned Speechless after Terrible Screening of 'Hulk' Film]
E Online ^ | May 16 2003 | Anderson Jones

Posted on 05/17/2003 10:15:44 AM PDT by ewing

I hear executives at Universal are turning green this week after a not so incredible screening of 'The Hulk.'

The studio's top brass was practically speechless. Apparently Director Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) has turned in a meldramatic take on the comic book with an emphasis on drama-as in really long and boring--uh oh.

The 'suits' concerns are way beyond the fanboy fears that the CGI big guy will look cheesy.

Still, isn't this what Mr. Lee promised rom the get go? He has always said that Hulk would be an examiniation of our repressed selves and the release of unchecked rage-an emotion that Bruce Banner expresses by turning into a 15 foot tall 'Mighty Greeen Giant.'

I always expected the story to be psychological journey-it's about the Hulk inside of all of us. Still, one exec says, 'Its like he combined 'The Ice Storm' with 'Shrek'.'

Yikes.

(Excerpt) Read more at eonline.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: California; US: New York
KEYWORDS: anglee; badbuzz; bigbust; biglosses; dud; hulk; stockplummeting; tentpolerelease; universal
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Looks like a big summer stock drop for Universal.
1 posted on 05/17/2003 10:15:44 AM PDT by ewing
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To: ewing
Ruh Roh.

The link doesn't work, BTW

2 posted on 05/17/2003 10:17:57 AM PDT by jalisco555 (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.)
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To: ewing; Paul Atreides; EggsAckley
STOP EXCERPTING!! AAAAAAUGH! I can't STAND it anymore!
3 posted on 05/17/2003 10:21:07 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: hellinahandcart
It's not excerpted. That's all the stuff about the Hulk movie at the Anderson Jones column . The rest is about other films.

Try this link, since the others aren't usable.

4 posted on 05/17/2003 10:25:19 AM PDT by kaylar
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To: jalisco555
http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Movies/Scoop/Archive2003/030516b.html
5 posted on 05/17/2003 10:25:58 AM PDT by ewing
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To: hellinahandcart
Sometimes it is better than way. I don't want to read a long review about a long movie based upon a comic book of dubious value. What happened to making movies based upon literary classics?

6 posted on 05/17/2003 10:27:08 AM PDT by sine_nomine (Protect the poorest of the poor - the unborn.)
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To: hellinahandcart
Sorry, it was only one sentence that was the writers opinion and not news.
7 posted on 05/17/2003 10:27:21 AM PDT by ewing
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To: sine_nomine
You mean like 'Emma' or 'Sense and Sensability?'
8 posted on 05/17/2003 10:28:33 AM PDT by ewing
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To: ewing
Don't take it personally. I overreacted when the link didn't work. Sorry. I'm just so sick of seeing "excerpted - click for full article" all around the forum lately that I could absolutely go kick walls...
9 posted on 05/17/2003 10:32:13 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: hellinahandcart
That's cool.
10 posted on 05/17/2003 10:33:25 AM PDT by ewing
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To: sine_nomine
What happened to making movies based upon literary classics?

Hulk no understand lines of little black squiggles . . . and neither do target audiences.

11 posted on 05/17/2003 10:34:03 AM PDT by JoeSchem (Okay, now it works: Knight's Quest, at http://geocities.com/engineerzero)
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To: hellinahandcart
Brick walls?
12 posted on 05/17/2003 10:35:57 AM PDT by Arkie2 (TSA ="Thousands standing around")
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To: sine_nomine
"What happened to making movies based upon literary classics?"

The literary classics were written by dead white men.

13 posted on 05/17/2003 10:36:59 AM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE.)
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To: JoeSchem
lol, test audience want to see Hulk smash big things not therapy sessions with Nick Nolte of Striesand /'Prince O Tides' fame.
14 posted on 05/17/2003 10:37:07 AM PDT by ewing
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To: hellinahandcart
How about a "stop excerpting" ping list? I'd sign on.

LOL!
15 posted on 05/17/2003 10:38:03 AM PDT by EggsAckley ( Midnight at the Oasis)
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To: Arkie2
Thick brick walls.
16 posted on 05/17/2003 10:40:04 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: ewing
Hard to imagine it could actually be worse than Bruce Bixby's and Lou Ferigno's Hulk. And that lasted on TV for years.
17 posted on 05/17/2003 10:40:07 AM PDT by George W. Bush
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To: ewing
I wanna see his pants rip off for once and for all.
18 posted on 05/17/2003 10:40:40 AM PDT by najida (Yes I have a truck, and no, I won't help you move.)
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To: ewing
That arrest picture of Nick Nolte looked like the Hulk had just pounded him into sand! If I knew how I would find it and post it. LOL!
19 posted on 05/17/2003 10:41:12 AM PDT by Arkie2 (TSA ="Thousands standing around")
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To: ewing
I was stunned the first time I watched a trailer of this thing. It looks AWFUL and I'm not dreaming of going to the theater to see it. The CGI looked like something from the early seventies.

MM

20 posted on 05/17/2003 10:41:15 AM PDT by MississippiMan
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