He's Mean Green..& Slow? [Studio Execs Stunned Speechless after Terrible Screening of 'Hulk' Film]

E Online ^ | May 16 2003 | Anderson Jones

[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.

[ewing]

Looks like a big summer stock drop for Universal.

[jalisco555]

Ruh Roh.

The link doesn't work, BTW

[hellinahandcart]

STOP EXCERPTING!! AAAAAAUGH! I can't STAND it anymore!

[kaylar]

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.

[ewing]

http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Movies/Scoop/Archive2003/030516b.html

[sine_nomine]

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?

[ewing]

Sorry, it was only one sentence that was the writers opinion and not news.

[ewing]

You mean like 'Emma' or 'Sense and Sensability?'

[hellinahandcart]

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...

[ewing]

That's cool.

[JoeSchem]

What happened to making movies based upon literary classics?

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

[Arkie2]

Brick walls?

[okie01]

"What happened to making movies based upon literary classics?"

The literary classics were written by dead white men.

[ewing]

lol, test audience want to see Hulk smash big things not therapy sessions with Nick Nolte of Striesand /'Prince O Tides' fame.

[EggsAckley]

How about a "stop excerpting" ping list? I'd sign on.

LOL!

[hellinahandcart]

Thick brick walls.

[George W. Bush]

Hard to imagine it could actually be worse than Bruce Bixby's and Lou Ferigno's Hulk. And that lasted on TV for years.

[najida]

I wanna see his pants rip off for once and for all.

[Arkie2]

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!

[MississippiMan]

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