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Hulk smash…toxic masculinity? We’re joined by “man in the booth” Lee to discuss a movie he has been defending for more than two decades. Ang Lee’s Hulk feels like an artifact from an aborted alternate timeline in which Martin Scorsese might have considered comic-book movies to be cinema. And while its failure kind of put the kibosh on Eric Bana’s career as a leading man, Ang Lee recovered quickly, winning Best Director at the Oscars for his very next film. But is Hulk the nadir of a pretty good track record? Or a secret masterpiece?
By slowmotiontriplefeatureHulk smash…toxic masculinity? We’re joined by “man in the booth” Lee to discuss a movie he has been defending for more than two decades. Ang Lee’s Hulk feels like an artifact from an aborted alternate timeline in which Martin Scorsese might have considered comic-book movies to be cinema. And while its failure kind of put the kibosh on Eric Bana’s career as a leading man, Ang Lee recovered quickly, winning Best Director at the Oscars for his very next film. But is Hulk the nadir of a pretty good track record? Or a secret masterpiece?