Reviews

My first thought during first 30 minutes: Gosh this tv movie is trying so hard to be cool with the song choices. Wasn't Garbage's Only Happy When It Rains released in 1995? Why must they use Radiohead's Creep??? Aahh to establish that the lead Deena is "not like other girls".

I stopped watching after 40 minutes. A Scream-wannabe with unlikable characters & fake decade setting.

Don't waste your time. Many enjoyable slasher/thriller moveis out there.

The trailer of docu series intrigued me. However going into episode 2, I am appalled by the way the director frames this "docu-series". Elize is portrayed as victim of abusive & philandering husband. Dismembering a human means she did it with intentions. She had the right skills & tool to cut her busband into several pieces. And yet Elize & director want us to believe her crime is justified.

I couldn't proceed after episode 2.

If this story was made into a movie, Elize would be unreliable & unlikable narrator just like Rachel in The Girl on The Train & Anna in The Woman in the Window.

I remember watching this movie in the cinemas when it was released in 2003. I was underwhelmed because I expected more action having seen Spider-man, Daredevil months, years before. I was 18.

Last Friday this movie was playing on tv so I decided to watch it again. I was pleasantly surprised by the storytelling & direction. I enjoyed most of the comic book panel scenes - one scene involving death of character was oddly framed I think. The shoots when Hulk & his dad travelled reminded me of a scene of recent MCU movie (can't remember which movie). Perhaps this scene inspired the recent one?

I also appreciate the plot now compared to when Hulk was first released. There's no black & white/clear cut good & bad in 4 main characters. I understand the motivations behind their decisions. I'd love to see Bruce's pre-Hulk activation struggles more.

Eric Bana was great as Bruce Banner but Jennifer Connelly grabbedy aattention. Her character was multi-layered: scientist, ex-lover, friend/confidant, daughter. Betty's scenes with her father were my favourite. Nick Nolte also gave wonderful performance but that wouldn't have happened well without Paul Kersey's portrayal.

The downside of this movie is the lighting. Night scenes are hard to watch.

Overall I enjoy this movie very much. I rate this higher than Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2, Captain America: First Avenger, Thor: Dark World.