Yet as dead ends go, Hulk remains worth exploring. Maybe superhero movies weren’t meant to work that way. Maybe superhero movies didn’t need the touch of a filmmaker as intent on pursuing the thematic underpinnings of the genre as he was on pursuing its spectacle. It didn’t: The film made money, but it also left critics and audiences alike puzzled and disappointed, questioning whether the pairing of director Ang Lee with the story of a man who turned into a giant green monster could ever have worked. Released in the summer of 2003, Hulk was positioned to do for Marvel’s Green Goliath what the previous year’s Spider-Man had done for its famous webslinger. And not without reason: While the Hulk has since gone on to become a major player in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starring in 2008’s The Incredible Hulk and appearing in both Avengers films, the Hulk of this movie never made a return appearance. In the history of superhero movies, Ang Lee’s Hulk is generally considered a dead end.
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