General Reactions?

[FrostBite]

Transformers was robbed of that oscar.

I agree, I was just trying to make a statement that for a new company, they aren't exactly hacks.

 

[vanglorious]

Transformers was robbed of that oscar.

truer words...

 

[Prefix]

Sure it isn't. Sure it isn't.

Next up: Shivsguy tells everyone how the special FX in Ghost Busters were better than the FX in Jurassic Park.

Being okay with the quality of this movies CGI is one thing, but to say its better than the CGI in Hulk 2003? There is nothing else to say except that you are completely wrong.

 

[FrostBite]

Being okay with the quality of this movies CGI is one thing, but to say its better than the CGI in Hulk 2003? There is nothing else to say except that you are completely wrong.

Not really since the quality of art is purely subjective. Heck, we could have a N64 looking Hulk and someone could think it's better than 03's. The animation could be choppier than anything and it could out do 03 for someone.

Myself; I like the animation more, the design more, the render less, the skin less. I also think the smaller snippets we see of interaction are very well done. (I.e. The thug being grabbed and drug into the shadows as they are running away.)

 

[Blader5489]

I thought I heard that Norton had writing input on American History X/Fight Club, but I may be wrong.

Not sure about Fight Club, but he had a lot of creative control for American History X.

 

[lazur]

Edward Norton doesn't star in bad movies. He also had a hand in rewriting the script. That's good enough for me to spend the 8 or 9 bucks and see it in the theater. I have yet to see an Edward Norton movie that I haven't liked A LOT.

 

[FrostBite]

Edward Norton doesn't star in bad movies. He also had a hand in rewriting the script. That's good enough for me to spend the 8 or 9 bucks and see it in the theater. I have yet to see an Edward Norton movie that I haven't liked A LOT.

Though I love it, I'd hardly call Death to Smoochy a critical or commercial success.

 

[lazur]

Though I love it, I'd hardly call Death to Smoochy a critical or commercial success.

I never said Edward Norton's movies are all critical or commercial successes, did I?

Nope, I didn't.

 

[Prefix]

Not really since the quality of art is purely subjective. Heck, we could have a N64 looking Hulk and someone could think it's better than 03's. The animation could be choppier than anything and it could out do 03 for someone.

They would still be wrong, though.

Myself; I like the animation more, the design more, the render less, the skin less. I also think the smaller snippets we see of interaction are very well done. (I.e. The thug being grabbed and drug into the shadows as they are running away.)

Funnily enough, thats the same opinion I have.

 

[rodhulk]

My reaction is pretty much bad at the moment. I wrote about it in another thread.

But as for strengths in the movie............. Norton, Abomination (a super powerful villain was needed), the apparent long fight at the end, maybe the CGI.

 

[thegameq]

I think its a combination of things that's giving some people that "off" or awkward feeling towards this film. This film just doesn't give me that warm and familiar feeling like Spider-man and Iron Man.

Is it a comicbook movie like the other two or is it going to be another realistic comicbook movie?

How much of it is the TV show and how much of it is the comicbook? Some want more comicbook for the faithfulness and fantasy. Others want more TV show for the grounded realism factor.

Along with the stigma of the 03 film, I think those are the biggest factors muddling with how some peple feel about this film. You can't get a clear indication of what kind of film this is supposed to be. A comicbook fantasy like IM and Spidey or not.

While I like the new trailer, it still doesn't leap out at you like Spidey and IM. Hulk's trailer and teaser left me feeling like, "ok, that's kinda cool, he looks better, what happened to Abomination. Oh, it's the TV show their using...meh. I guess that's ok...eh."

I knew what I was getting with IM and Spidey. I don't know what I'm getting with this film. I have some idea, but how the two ideas come together in a film is another story. Also, is this the kind of Hulk movie I want to see or expected?

It kind of begs the question, "is the Hulk really a viable character for a motion picture? Is it to complicated or not complicated enough--to simple and idea that actually get worse the more you complicate things?

 

[DarthPollo]

Unfortunately, that's not good enough at today's standard.

The biggest problem here is Rhythm & Hues. They were responsible for the primitive CGI in The Chronicles of Narnia. And they're not as sharp as ILM or Weta Workshop.

I tink we are missing the point...do we want to enjoy the film? do we want that TIH makes lots of money so this movies keep coming back, and new proyects develop? or do we want to be crying and crying about something a final product that we should not seen yet...I remember when I saw the Batmovible from BB in a picture, I thought, that sucks! yuck! and a lot of people were complaning...and then when I saw it in motion in the big screen..DANG!!! i was blown away...so let's wait first before making assumptions...And on the other hand...ok Narnia CG sucked, right? and then I am Legend cgi sucked worst right?? but they made so much money, and people really enjoyed them!!!! come on people...let's ait and enjoy the film! I mean they broght back the HULK! we should thank them for that!
and with a great cast!

 

[Nivek]

I tink we are missing the point...do we want to enjoy the film? do we want that TIH makes lots of money so this movies keep coming back, and new proyects develop? or do we want to be crying and crying about something a final product that we should not seen yet...I remember when I saw the Batmovible from BB in a picture, I thought, that sucks! yuck! and a lot of people were complaning...and then when I saw it in motion in the big screen..DANG!!! i was blown away...so let's wait first before making assumptions...And on the other hand...ok Narnia CG sucked, right? and then I am Legend cgi sucked worst right?? but they made so much money, and people really enjoyed them!!!! come on people...let's ait and enjoy the film! I mean they broght back the HULK! we should thank them for that!
and with a great cast!

Wow, a nice, polite, positive, upbeat posting! I would thank you, but there are others just waiting to take a dump on your optimisim.

 

[smooth3006]

"but it is better than the first Hulk etc."

The main problem is that it isn't.

i hope your kidding right ? how would you know if it's worse than ang lee's ? you haven't even seen it yet. god i can't stand fanboys.

bottom line is this will blow the first hulk right out of the water. i also expect it to do box office numbers close to iron mans.

 

[DarknessOfDeath]

I bought a green shirt heh and the more I thought about it yesterday, Im gonna wear it when I go see the movie

 

[Sarg92]

While I like the new trailer, it still doesn't leap out at you like Spidey and IM. Hulk's trailer and teaser left me feeling like, "ok, that's kinda cool, he looks better, what happened to Abomination. Oh, it's the TV show their using...meh. I guess that's ok...eh."

I dunno what people said was so great about the Iron Man trailers. Nothing in them made me excited. I still watched the film after all the positive buzz and enjoyed it, it was a great film, but nothing in the trailers made me excited for it prior release.

 

[FrostBite]

I dunno what people said was so great about the Iron Man trailers. Nothing in them made me excited. I still watched the film after all the positive buzz and enjoyed it, it was a great film, but nothing in the trailers made me excited for it prior release.

Agreed, surprisingly very few of the trailers released pumped me or excited me for anything, I am just excited for them as films (weird I know.)

I think the trailers that surprised me the most were Speed Racer (as I had no idea they'd do anything so drastic) and Hellboy 2 as I had no idea it would seem so much more epic in scale.

Other than that, most of this summers movies haven't had any stand out trailers. (Even the leaked X-Files one, and I am a huge X-files nut!)

 

[thegameq]

I dunno what people said was so great about the Iron Man trailers. Nothing in them made me excited. I still watched the film after all the positive buzz and enjoyed it, it was a great film, but nothing in the trailers made me excited for it prior release.

For me it was that leapt off of the comicbook pages feel. It was the comics come to life--and it was hi quality. I didn't get that half-assed comicbook movie feeling.

 

[Sarg92]

For me it was that leapt off of the comicbook pages feel. It was the comics come to life--and it was hi quality. I didn't get that half-assed comicbook movie feeling.

Ah right.

I do not read comic books so I guess that is why I didn't get hyped from seeing the Iron Man trailers.

I gotta remember that this forum is full of a lot of comic book readers and understand their viewpoint of things!

 

[Kirmit]

To be honest I was only impressed by the first full Iron Man trailer, everything after, all the extra footage, posters, second trailer shown did nothing for me. Me being a hulk fan am obviously going to be biased but everything released thus far had given me a buzz.

 

[FrostBite]

For me it was that leapt off of the comicbook pages feel. It was the comics come to life--and it was hi quality. I didn't get that half-assed comicbook movie feeling.

I guess my radar is just off with that... save for Elektra and Catwoman.

After all I did end up going to Speed, and liking it. (I hated that show with a passion.) Where as I don't even want to look because I know it will get shredded to bits on the tomato-meter.

I don't get that feeling with TIH either where as many I know are. I guess I just cannot tell if something can be good or just plain crap from a trailer. I mean, I loved the FF2 trailer, and thought "Wow! They are really improving it!" and look how that turned out?

Ah... Frostie, such a freak you are. -pats self on the back-

Edit: Maybe like Kirmit said, me being a Hulk fan probably boosts up any excitement for a movie, where as Iron Man I liked, but was never big on.

 

[L0ngsh0t]

I guess my radar is just off with that... save for Elektra and Catwoman.

After all I did end up going to Speed, and liking it. (I hated that show with a passion.) Where as I don't even want to look because I know it will get shredded to bits on the tomato-meter.

I don't get that feeling with TIH either where as many I know are. I guess I just cannot tell if something can be good or just plain crap from a trailer. I mean, I loved the FF2 trailer, and thought "Wow! They are really improving it!" and look how that turned out?

Ah... Frostie, such a freak you are. -pats self on the back-

Edit: Maybe like Kirmit said, me being a Hulk fan probably boosts up any excitement for a movie, where as Iron Man I liked, but was never big on.

Iron Man is what is keeping my hope up for this movie

because that movie was so amazing i have to hold out hope that this movie made by the exact same studio can at least be good

 

[vanglorious]

Iron Man is what is keeping my hope up for this movie

because that movie was so amazing i have to hold out hope that this movie made by the exact same studio can at least be good

It was? I must be the only person who didn't like Iron Man. It was no means a bad film but a completely underwhelming one. Competently made but neither was it exciting (which I was told it was) or funny (ditto). Kudos to Downey Jr but he was like the only stand-out feature of the film.

 

[Spade]

The thing about "fanboys?" Everyone's going to be one when they go to see this film. Not in the positive way you found in Iron Man. The negative kind. What I've seen and heard from reactions of what people think about this film is like what G1 fans were acting like when the first pictures leaked on the Net from Transformers. Imagine that reaction, but in real life.

I don't think fans are being realistic about this. I wanna be positive, but you know who are gonna be the guys tearing into this? The young males who they're shooting to impress this time around. Why? Young males now have films like Transformers and Iron Man, which impressed the hell out of them. This movie has to find a way to do that, but with an organic palette that looks like you or me but green and muscular.

Blonsky's out there, but the Hulk will be just human enough for people to focus on. We're a month away from release, and I still haven't seen much that comforts me on this issue. Negative talk can be caustic, and sometimes it has nothing to do with the amount of explosions going on.

 

[Rac]

Not sure about Fight Club, but he had a lot of creative control for American History X.

Yeah the director of American History X hasn't still been able to watch the theatrical cut. I'm waiting for the 10th Anniversary DVD due this year. Kaye is working on for a new documentary to featured on it.