I've been trying to figure out why I can't get amp'd up for the new Hulk film, and I've figured out why...CGI. I think inpart that my first exposure to the Hulk was the Bixby/Farigno version, which is a Hulk on a much smaller scale, but is more realistic in terms that it was a Hulk of actual flesh and bone as opposed to CGI. I just read the article about CGI ruining movies, and this one line cleared up everything for me..."but now everyone is getting used to the toy and beginning to see the limitations of it. It takes you out of the grounding of the film. If you watch the Spider-Man movies, it's great swinging through the city from his point of view, but you don't have the thrill of knowing it's a real guy doing these things. It can look utterly believable, but if what you're watching is beyond possibility, it's hard to suspend your disbelief. You want people to go to the movie and get lost in it. If you start thinking, 'Oh, that was fake,' then you're automatically back in a seat in a theatre." I'm not saying CGI is bad, but it can be too much, Iron Man is a perfect example of CGI done properly, it was done only when needed, on the other hand a movie like "Catwoman" had CGI all over the place and it made it hard to get lost in the movie. I totally agree the new Hulk looks better than the Ang Lee version, but its the fact you know its fake that keeps standing out to me. I understand the Hulk is supposed to transform to ridiculous porportions and it works in the comics, but I hope it can in this newest film.
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