I’ve been meaning to write about the movie Hulk for awhile now. I guess now is about a good as any.

This is not a review, just my general impression of the movie.

What a fantastic experience it was to watch the Hulk. Ang Lee has certainly done it again. This movie has all the makings of a wonderful Superhero story. It was dark and serious. The Cinematography was intuitive. Ang Lee’s use of moving frames was a stroke of pure genius. One gets the sense of actually reading a comic book.

I must admit, I had my doubts about the CGI at first. While watching the previews, the image of a green Fred Flinstone on steroids kept coming to my mind. However, those thoughts were completely unfounded. The CGI was wonderfully done. In fact, most of the movements were more convincing than in the movie Spider Man, where he looked to be just kind of flopping around from time to time.

The movie took quite abit of flak for taking itself too seriously. I really can’t understand how this is a valid criticism. Indeed, the movie was very serious and rightly so. I get easily bored when movies play to the audience by way of a wink and a nod. Take for example the line from Star Wars I. While during the pod racing scene, the announcer says something like “I don’t care what universe you’re from, that’s gotta hurt!” Shiver. Just draw your fingers across a chalk board next time. Trust me, the effect is the same.