Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers a lab accident that makes him transform into a raging, giant green monster when angered, making him a target of forces seeking... Read allBruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers a lab accident that makes him transform into a raging, giant green monster when angered, making him a target of forces seeking to abuse his power.Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers a lab accident that makes him transform into a raging, giant green monster when angered, making him a target of forces seeking to abuse his power.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 14 nominations total
Storyline
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- GoofsWhen the Hulk sees the mutant dogs approaching, he picks Betty up and puts her in her car for safety, but his hands are too large to operate a car door latch. In the novelization, he shoves Betty against the vehicle so she can open the door and thrust herself inside before he slams it shut. Also, Betty must've forgotten to lock her car since the Hulk easily opens the door without damaging the handle.
- Quotes
Bruce Banner: I should have killed you.
Father: Yeah? I should have killed you.
Bruce Banner: I wish you had. I saw her last night. Saw her face. Brown hair, brown eyes. She smiled at me. She reached down and kissed my cheek. I can almost remember her smell. It was like desert flowers.
Father: Her favorite perfume.
Bruce Banner: It was my mother, and I don't even know her name.
Father: It's alright, son. Go ahead and cry. Go ahead and cry. Cry. Crying will do you good.
Bruce Banner: Don't touch me! Maybe, once you were my father, but you're not now and you never will be.
Father: Oh, is that so? Well, I've got news for you. I didn't come here to see you. I came here to see my son. My real son. The one inside of you. You're nothing but a superficial shell, a husk of flimsy consciousness ready to be torn off at a moments notice.
Bruce Banner: You can think what you like. I don't care, just go!
Father: Now, son, listen to me. I've found a cure... for me. My cells can transform, too. Absorb enormous amounts of energy, but unlike you, they're unstable. Son, I need your strength. I gave you life, now you must give it back to me! Only a million times more radiant, more powerful!
Bruce Banner: Stop!
Father: Stop what? STOP WHAT! Think about all those men out there, in their uniforms! Barking and swallowing orders! Inflicting their petty rule over the entire globe! Think of all the harm they've done! To you, to me! To humanity! And know this, that we can make them, and their flags and their anthems and their governments disappear! In a flash, you and me!
Bruce Banner: I'd rather die!
Father: Oh, that's your answer and indeed you shall die and be reborn a hero! Of the kind that walked the Earth long before the pale religions of civilization infected humanity's soul!
Bruce Banner: DON'T!
Father: [David stops and shortly mocks Bruce in a calm manner] Stop your bawling, you weak little speck of human trash.
[David gets up from his chair, yelling]
Father: I'll go! You just watch me go!
- Crazy creditsThe Marvel Comics logo features comic-book images of the Hulk in its pages; it's shaded green, the Hulk's traditional color; and after it fully forms it bubbles out of the frame, reflecting the biological experiments carried out.
- Alternate versionsUniversal Studios released a Family Friendly version on DVD that removes objectionable content. This version has a blue border on the DVD cover.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: The Hulk/The Hard Word/Rugrats Go Wild (2003)
- SoundtracksSet Me Free
Written and Performed by Velvet Revolver (as Scott Weiland, Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum, Dave Kushner)
Produced by Nick Raskulinecz
This Bruce is emotionally-psychologically complex and introspective. This Hulk is the personification of his subconscious; of all his repressed trauma. It's catharsis and acting agent for all of Bruce's pain, anguish, isolation, his hatred in being dominated by Talbot and Ross, and his frustration over a wasted (then thwarted) relationship with Betty. And his agitation over an estranged, obsessive Father, and repeat unwelcome attempts to kindle a Father-Son relationship. His Mother is the ghost of his subconscious mind, and he's haunted by her loss. This loss defines him. He's a dark character, and is given an appropriately dark tone, with a slower pace to match. In the few quiet moments he has to himself, you're given his humanity. He'll try to calm himself down, if he's allowed to. There's glimpses of heroism in him, as when he saves Betty (and a nondescript pilot), but he's no hero. People are only afraid of him here. He's vulnerable and tentative with the one person he cares about, which is rather wholesome lol.
Cinematography wise, it's gorgeous and original. 10/10. Haven't seen anything like it before or since. Many people think the way it's shot is jarring and obnoxious; it flows like a comic book. The CGI was before it's time, it looks better than Mark Ruffalo's. He's a vivid shade of green that will play with some people's depth perception. Some complain this Hulk is "baby faced"...as it's personification of Bruce's 4-year old traumatized mind (and is 15ft tall with more intense sound production than any Hulk after), I don't see that as a con. The dialogue can be quite profound, which some will think cringeworthy for a 'Superhero' (he's not here) movie, but that's your prerogative.
I'm happy this is getting a renaissance of sorts, it deserves it.
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $137,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $132,177,234
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $62,128,420
- Jun 22, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $245,285,165
- Runtime2 hours 18 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1