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Hulk (2003)

Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.
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Semoy Booker
June 13, 2021
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Ang Lee's 'Hulk': Bruce Banner's Inner Demon

Ang Lee’s Hulk was not given much praise by critics, and has become a forgotten Marvel movie compared to its highest-grossing movies, like Iron Man and Thor. While the movie had its flaws, Ang Lee gave a worthy interpretation of The Hulk. The Hulk is a manifestation that Bruce had been suppressing all his life. In fact, it was his suppressed childhood trauma that, had kept the Hulk at bay for all these years. When Bruce is exposed to gamma radiation, instead, of the radiation creating the Hulk, it only unleashed it. Stan Lee, the creator of Hulk, was inspired by the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a scientist, who meant to release his dark nature, so he wouldn’t be confined to his Victorian era. Ang Lee brilliantly represented Bruce Banner as Dr. Jekyll, the timid scientist, and Hulk as Mr. Hyde, the volatile persona, who causes destruction. Hulk emphasizes that, everyone has their demons that, we try to conceal from the people we love and from society, but when our demons are not dealt with, it’s only a matter of time before they begin to control us. After being exposed to the gamma, we can see through Bruce’s subconsciousness a door breaking, the door being a memory Bruce had kept hidden and also served as a containment for the Hulk. When the door is open, we see the Hulk waiting to be summoned. This interpretation of Marvel’s superhero is unlike any superhero movie, it illustrates realistically, so we can empathize with Bruce’s inner struggle against himself (The Hulk) One aspect to keep in mind is that, Hulk is an origin story and makes the film character-driven, another superhero movie that is both origin and character-driven is Spider-Man
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Here's how this works, we will rank all the MCU live-action Spider-Man films (excluding Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (2018) only because animation is on a whole other playfield) before Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). Each of the films will be ranked based on their most awesome scenes, which means the more not-so-awesome scenes we find in the films, the more likely they will be at the bottom of our list. Let's see if your favorite Spider-Man movie will make it to the top.

7. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

Awesome Scene: Gwen Stacy’s fall was the most climactic and heartbreaking scene in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. This scene was visually stunning and had great VFX that allows viewers to feel suspense as Gwen Stacy is falling to her death. The sequel was not as epic compared to the other Spider-Man films that came before and after. It’s a shame that a scene with tragedy and no dialogue was the most memorable part of this film.

Not-So-Awesome Scene #1: Any scene with Harry Osborn in it, especially his Green Goblin transformation. I get that the character is supposed to resemble a goblin like in the comics, but maybe Sam Raimi was smart to put a Goblin mask on Dafoe instead of an actual makeover. 

Not-So-Awesome Scene #2: Any scene with Electro (I’m narrowing it down because this film has major flaws). Electro’s disappointment has more to do with how he was written and his facial CG than Foxx’s acting. Electro would have been an amazing villain for the film, since he is one of the most notorious villains Spider-Man faced in the comics. Both Green Goblin and Electro would have been worthy opponents for our superheroes, but their story arcs were a letdown and I can’t help but feel they were trying to pull off a trio battle like in Spider-Man 3.

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Movie Information

Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.

Rating:PG-13
Genre:Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
Directed By:Ang Lee
Written By:Michael France, James Schamus, John Turman
In Theaters:6/20/2003
Box Office:$245,360,480
Runtime:138 minutes
Studio:Marvel Enterprises, Universal Pictures, Good Machine, Valhalla Motion Pictures

Cast

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Ang Lee

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Eric Bana

Bruce Banner

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Jennifer Connelly

Betty Ross

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Sam Elliott

Ross

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Josh Lucas

Talbot

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Nick Nolte

Father

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Paul Kersey

Young David Banner

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Cara Buono

Edith Banner

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Todd Tesen

Young Ross

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Kevin Rankin

Harper

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Celia Weston

Mrs. Krenzler

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Mike Erwin

Teenage Bruce Banner

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