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Review by Ripplin — January 15, 2008 @ 11:34 pm

I am one of the few, it seems, that liked the original version of the movie. Loved, no, but liked, yes. It definitely had some great moments, though my problem was the pacing, which would slow to a crawl at times. With the excellent new narrative added to this edit, it keeps things tighter while still making everything perfectly understandable.

Despite what some have said, I personally have no problem with the length of it. So what if it seemed more like a pilot episode for a TV show than a movie if you didn’t like the movie much in the first place? ;) I probably would have cut quite a bit of content myself, though there are some things I definitely would have left in, such as Hulk bending the barrel on the tank until it pointed at the soldier’s face. That was a pure laugh out loud moment for me during a movie that is pretty gloomy overall.

The only negatives were the low audio and some scenes that were incredibly dark. Overall, though, I thoroughly enjoyed this edit and would recommend it to anyone, especially those who may be turned off of the movie, some of whom may not have even watched it.
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(Updated: September 15, 2012)
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Review by Russkafin — September 18, 2009 @ 4:50 pm

Jorge, I just finished watching your edit of Hulk. I have to agree with everyone who said it is a vast improvement over the original. I was amazed at how much you were able to peel away and still create a coherent film. The backstory that is cut away is not missed at all. The pacing is superb, the movie moves much better and doesn’t slow down. I love the ending with Hulk roaming free and leaping around the desert.

What I did not feel worked as well was the voiceover narration. I understand why you included it… to help bridge the scenes and connect the story while you were hacking away so much of it. But to be honest, I don’t think you needed it. I really feel that with the scenes you chose and the way you ordered them, the story works well enough that you don’t need that v.o. to explain everything, the story still flows well enough on its own I feel. Without the narration, I also don’t think you needed the newscast opening… it could have started right out with the lab experiments.

When we first see Bruce’s father in the hospital scene, his father says something about Bruce’s last name not being Krenzler, it’s Banner. In your edit we never heard any reference before this to his name being Krenzler, as far as we know it was always Banner. You could have cut that line and started with Bruce saying “How’d you get in here?” or whatever came next.

It’s too bad you couldn’t cut even more of Nick Nolte than you did. That scene with him and Bruce before he bites the electrical wire at the end always makes me cringe, it feels like some bizarrely acted two-man stage play.

I wonder if an edit of this film could be done that completely removes the Notle character, and is just about Hulk vs the military…? Before seeing your edit I would not have thought it could be done, but after seeing what you were able to do with this film I am convinced that anything could be possible.

Anyway, very nice work and I enjoyed it very much.
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Review by Phlegmbot — December 2, 2011 @ 10:52 am

Well, I don’t know how you did it, but you made me miss Ang Lee’s version.

Sorry, man. I know these FanEdit’s require a great deal of work — and the technical quality of this is top-notch, TRULY impressive — but you’ve completely arsed up the story…not that you had much to work with.

I’m uncertain how you classify Ang Lee’s version as “the thinking man’s Hulk” — it talked down to the audience, had characters over-explaining everything, was poorly acted and was filmed like a Mexican soap opera.

However, what it DID do well was give us a chance to get to KNOW the characters (in part b/c it took 80 minutes to do so), something your version lacks. I felt like I turned the movie on in the middle, b/c SO much was cut out. Now, I’m OK with the amount you cut, I just think you took some of the wrong scenes out. We needed some of that Betty/Bruce as kids flashback, we needed more about why they care for one another.

In order to enjoy this cut, one must go in knowing what you’ve left out…and that doesn’t work. We thus have ZERO emotional connection with any characters.

While I appreciate your attempt at brevity, and cutting-out the scenes of Betty explaining to her father how Bruce became what he is and how you cut down scenes w/Bruce’s dad, and scenes in the lab…what you ended up with is a mish-mash of action scenes with no weight. Like the first 45 min. of Quantum of Solace.

As for your ending, which I found creative, I honestly wouldn’t have known you were showing that he was on the run had you not mentioned it above. There seemed to be such a disconnect between the Betty/Thunderbolt Ross scene and Hulk on the run.

As others have mentioned before, you also left us w/some plot holes. I do think you’re on to something with this cut. I’d love to see you have another go at it, keeping in mind the need for story, setup, and character — things many, many FanEditors somehow forget the need for.

Oh, and I really enjoyed the addition of The Lonely Man theme. 5 stars on all the sound & video.

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(Updated: September 15, 2012)
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Review by WyndorfDave — May 5, 2012 @ 8:09 am

Greats cuts made overall, and the audio for me (5.1 DTS) was fine, but please lose the awful narrator. 7 of 10
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