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Wanna hear a funny story? When I was a little kid and my parents wanted me to sleep, they put this movie on my TV and told me to watch it. Slept like a log.

Don’t make me Ang Lee. You wouldn’t like me when I’m Ang Lee!

The wacky sound effect transitions had me dying

So a movie about a hero empowered by emotions is filled with characters with no emotion?

My local shitty free newspaper reviewed this with the tagline "Hulk sit on couch. Hulk talk about childhood."

Don't make me Ang Lee you won't like me when I'm Ang Lee!

"also i dont think trees are a big focus on comics" *groot wants to know your location*

Nostalgic Critic- "I don't think trees are a big focus of comics" Guardians of the Galaxy- Groot- I am Groot? Rocket- He's talking about Earth trees not you

This movie... is making me bored. You wouldn't like me when I'm bored. HULK... NOT SMASH. HULK PASS.

"THE HULK..." Critic is dying every time he said that line LOL.

This movie as a kid actually inspired my love of biology and physics. I'm currently studying to be a zoologist.

“Mr. Giant, I promise I ate all my vegetabl-AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHH” That made me laugh so hard.

"Come back! Or we're gonna give you a pointless romance with Black Widow. Ok! Fine! You get a subtext romance with Thor" that made laugh so much! That line was awesome!

He had it set to "M" for Mildly, when he needed to set it to "W" for Wumbo!

22:49 - The 10+ seconds of dead air was so fucking funny, to suddenly hear THE HULK.

The way you said "The Hulk" had a bigger arc than all of the characters combined

Could be worse. At least we didn't get a HULK CREDIT CARD!

I love how the frog doesn't give a single fuck that he's about to explode

Honestly, one of the reasons I like this film even despite all the flaws pointed out is that it's the only Hulk film that was willing to try and experiment. No, it doesn't always pay off and it definitely runs too wild with the surreal shit and melodrama, but it's definitely trying to do something mature. Hell, given the advent of more serious, character-driven superhero works like The Dark Knight and even the comic-book style editing of Into the Spider-Verse, you could even call the movie a bit ahead of its time. The Hulk stories have spent a long time exploring psychological trauma and using the Not at All Jolly Green Giant as a metaphor for said trauma, so to see a film that does attempt to pay justice to those themes, even if it doesn't succeed as much as it stumbles, is really admirable to me. Plus, I'd like to see MCU Hulk try and hammer-toss a 100-ton Abrams tank half a mile into a sand dune.

"He's the angry-est critic you've ever heard, it's the angry hulk-hating nerd."

I stopped everything when I saw the notification.

Every time NC says “The Hulk!” He sounds slightly more dead inside.

Here is the hulk 15:43 "get him the hell out of here " kills me every single time 😂😂😂😂 💀💀💀 I love the critic 😂😂😂

4:59 - Scott Pilgrim vs. the World did that... and did it brilliantly!!

I can't wait to see the Incredible Sulk team up with Captain Angst, Ironic Man, Bore, Hackyoureyeout, and the Black Wonka in the next Angries movie: The Inexcusable wars *UPDATE* HOW THE FORK DID THIS COMMENT GET SO MANY LIKES!?! I have never been this popular :P

Every single, "THE HUUUUUUUUUULK!" You're welcome. 9:37 9:55 10:53 13:22 14:39 14:56 15:54 23:02 29:39

In all fairness, Ang Lee isn't a bad idea for a director of a Hulk film. The Green Giant's best stories usually have a focus on either being super destructive or explore Bruce and Hulk's psychological dealings. The best one, imo, the Wprld War Hulk Saga, does both. It has Hulk and Banner sort of fuse into one being in order to survive the planet of Sakaar, and even be joined in one purpose after facing a painful death of someone close: the punishment or death of the Illuminati. It's not that Hulk is angry at this, but that Hulk AND BANNER are BOTH joined in a shared hatred of his former colleagues over that death, and are one in action and thought to wage war; hopefully for one last time. It's essentially Marvel's first attempt at a true Epic, with how many changes the characters go through, how expansive both Earth and Sakaar are, and from how much Hulk and Banner grew. I say this because Ang Lee is ideal for the emotional depth of Hulk and may even be best suited if given a producer or helping hand that can assist with an added Horror aspect that really makes Hulk's stories pop. The main issue, to me at least, is that Ang Lee had too little understanding of the characters and didn't do his homework as effectively as when he did Crouching Togdr, Hidden Dragon. Which explains another, seeing as it's the _execution_ of the ideas that screwed this movie over, and not the ideas themselves.

Edward Norton was approached to play Bruce Banner, but turned it down, as, despite being a fan of the Hulk, he didn't like the script. He later accepted the role in "The Incredible Hulk (2008)." The frog is fake. The crew pumped air into it to make it look like it was breathing. Ang Lee said that the opening montage is like an overture to an opera. The word "hulk" is only ever used once in the film.

“Ang Lee tried to make the closest thing to a comic book.” Spider-Verse then told Ang Lee to hold its beer

I find it extremely ironic that Jennifer Connolly sounded less robotic as KAREN in Spider-Man Homecoming

Board meeting must have been like. "Okay, we need a director for this movie about the most wild and destructive superhero ever!" "Hmm.. You know the guy who's done plenty of really slow, mellow and intricate drama movies?" "Y E S!" *after movie release* "I wonder why the movie was so slow and mellow.. Not what i expected, oh well.."

You know it's sad when STAN LEE is the best actor in the movie lol!

Every "THE HULK!" moment: 9:37 9:56 10:53 13:22 14:39 14:56 15:55 23:02 29:40

"Oh MY GOD! Make him angry!" "Tell him the movie's gonna bomb!" "Tell him he's going to be replaced by two actors. TWO!"

23:03...THE HUUULK...how dare u wake me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I spit my drink out after he said it...

19:33 "Mr. Giant, I swear I ate all my vegetables" *Gets punched through the window*

You wouldn't like him when he's Ang Lee

“I don’t think trees are a focus on comics” Swamp Thing: “what the hell man!”

I’m very 50/50 on this movie. I like the darkness, the effects, the transformations and many other things. But the movie honestly does kind of go on for longer needed. The whole part where Banner is transported underground is pretty hard to get through but once he transforms I love it. Him running through the desert, fighting the tanks, jumping to san francisco, that’s all great.

Finally transforming into...a guy in a hospital... I bout died lmfao

You can't have "Angst" without "Ang"

Nostalgia critic but every time Doug says "THE HULK!!!!!!" Thor yells SPARKLE SPARKLE SPARKLE

24:41 When bae says she's home alone.

Maybe they hired Ang Lee because it sounds like Stan Lee.

waits 45 minutes in the movie and the hulk is only shown for a minute and then it cuts back to Bruce being in his bedroom. THE HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!

17:12 that hulk toy is like "what even is this?"

I mildly like the 2003 hulk and I was a fan of the incredible hulk but looking at Hulk in MCU , I adore 2003 hulk and absolutely love the 2008 one

NC: "If you're adapting a book would you constantly put words all over the goddamn place?" Great Gatsby: "Hold my beer..."

25:17 oh sweet, I didn’t know The Thing (Ben Grimm) was partially in the movie =D

I had this "abomination" on DVD when I was younger. And I remember always skipping to the "best" part in the desert and switching it off when he turns back to Bruce in the city. I was four as well, so this movie couldn't even capture a child's attention. This film holds a "certain" place in heart, good or bad, eh I dunno.

I'm glad he did a parody of the original Hulk series. I loved that show and I think it is very underrated.

The funny thing is while Jennifer Connelly was the worst in this film she was really great as the A.I. Karen in Spider-man Homecoming.

8:49 When you don’t get a joke and you’re trying not to look dumb in front of your friends

5:35. Their usage of comic book look looks like the comics they portray. Ang Lee's comic panel style is not from any iteration of the Hulk comic, it's just him slapping a generic whacky comic book look over the story of the Hulk.

NC: "I'm the Nostalgia Critic and...I need to journey to find better movies to watch" *sad music starts playing* ;(

*exposition scene plays* ... THE HULK! ...

The end shot of using the walking down the road scene music was really good actually. It was inspiring and emotional too.

You know what the saddest thing is? This Hulk STILL does more smashing than the Hulk from Endgame.

"In this movie, they spend most of their time sitting around and just talking." Soooooooooo, you could maybe say this movie contained half of Fan4stic's formula? They just needed the dark rooms and PRESTO!

"Also, I don't think trees are a big focus of comics." Critic, allow me to introduce you to my friend Groot who would like to have a few words with you.

They made Hulk an absolute beast in this film.

23:09 - what that scream do

Why have I never heard of the Nick Nolte freak-out scene before this? Why isn't it a meme like the Mr Freeze-lines from Batman And Robin? This is comedy gold

No matter what anybody says the Tank fight scene is one of the best Hulk fights put to cinema.

The frog thing made me cry because it’s such a good effect and the frogs doesn’t look like he knows anything, when the best performances in your movie comes from an in joke and a freaking frog you know you’ve really made a cinematic piece of wood

27:17 "Nolte gives his best impression of Yosemite Sam swallowing a duck." I'm still recovering from that one. 😂

19:44 it was at this moment that I may have shouted, "Is that the only fucking face you can ever make, woman?!"

9:37 "THE HULK! People calmly discussing things, staring at each other in silence, but... look! Green walls! It's... kind of like the Hulk is there! Symbolically! Oh, you just don't get it! You don't understand the layers of subtlety and conversation that need to be had with... THE HULK!"

13:15 My exact reaction when I first watched this film.

28:21 Yeah, kind of like Luke and Darth Vader a bit

I definitely prefer the 2008 Incredible Hulk film

Rest In Peace Stan Lee You will be missed

24:34-25:00 “To hell with this interpretative dance bullshit. I gotta smash something!”🤣🤣🤣 25:26-25:36 “Come back or we won’t give you a pointless romance with Black Widow. Okay, fine! You get a subtext romance with Thor.”😂😂😂

26:37 *me coming up behind Fornite with an entire army of sharpshooters and professional gunners*

"Also I don't think trees are a big focus of comics." .....What about Groot?

So for the commercial transition I got the emoji movie. He said fun. That wasn't fun.

if it came out a B movie on VHS in 1987 with a budget of 500k-1million dollars then it'd be a great movie

The thing i love the most about this series is the perfectly timed ads lol

I actually laughed when Doug made an example of the text over a movie using IT. "WA-HA, WA-HA, WA-HA, WA-HA!"

Jennifer Connelly is a great actress; however in, "Hulk" she pulled a Dennis Hopper from "Super Mario Bros." and chose not to act (or care).

Honestly I hate to say it, but I didn’t hate this

14:39 The Hulk Dabbing in Avengers: Endgame.

I think Ang Lee must have said something along the lines of 'We need to hire our Banner' in his Taiwanese accent, and one of his assistants must have understood 'We need to hire Eric Bana'. That's the only explanation I can find for his casting.

That Stan Lee and Lou Ferrigno cameo is the only good thing about this movie. It's honestly an amazing idea to have both the creator of the Hulk, and the man who played him, be in a movie about said character. Too bad it's wasted.

Ah, 2003. A big year for superhero stuff. I remember the TMNT show from then. We watched it quite a bit. Oh yes that was also the year for the first clone wars series! We had fun as kids. The movie wasnt anywhere near as fun as the action figures we had.

Hey, I really liked this movie, though...it cured my insomnia as a kid. Watched 20 minutes of it and boom, out like a light, every time.

I'm gonna stop you right there. He did have a reason for turing into the Hulk for the first time. All his life, he was told that his parents were dead and then this strange-looking man appears and says that he's his father. He doesn't believe him, and wants him to leave. Then when he sees the DNA results and is shocked that it's the same as the man who claims to be his dad. He was overwhelmed with emotions that caused his first Hulk transformation.

I think Ang Lee was trying to focus on the tragedy of the Hulk. That's fine and gives way to some interesting thought provoking ideas, but there needs to be balance. You need to add humor, actual acting (these performances are incredibly bland, and these are decent actors), more action (It's the freakin' Hulk man!!) and, by God, control the scene changes. I know it's a comic book movie, but, good lord these transitions are really distracting. The only good thing about the movie was Danny Elfman's score. And that's my two cents on the matter.

I guess you could say it isn't a smash hit

Me: 3.4/10 “this is bonkers and not the good type”

Bruce didn’t transform into the Hulk "out of no where". It happened right after his father visited him in the hospital and all the traumatic repressed memories from his childhood begin to resurface, thus causing extreme emotional distress which caused him to Hulk out

"I don't think trees were ever the focus of comics." ...I am Groot.

Missed a perfect opportunity to bring back the "I'm acting" gag with the girlfriend. Even a plastic doll like Barbie would have made a facial expression with some humanity than this person did throughout this entire film.

25:10 legend has it hes still falling to this day

23:11 "How dare you wake me up?! I was having the most wonderful dream where I wasn't watching you..." Yep, that is exactly how my mind would act if I was watching this in my bedroom XD

Have an Adam sandler month. I suggest jack and Jill first

anytime I see a new nostalgia critic review in my sub box I get a big old smile on my stupid face.

I was about to kinda defend this film for it's good points, then realized that I forgot most of everything about it and how although I was entertained as a teenager when I saw it in theaters, I wasn't invested at all.

4:04 Doug looks so different without his glasses on...