The Dissolve's Movie of the Week is
Hulk, Ang Lee's misbegotten 2003 excursion into comic-book filmmaking. Today, I provide an essay on why
Hulk isn't that far removed from the thematic concerns of Lee's best films:
The Ice Storm,
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,
Brokeback Mountain, and
Life of Pi. As I explain in the piece, each of these films, like
Hulk, is about "seemingly ordinary people [who] learn to live with the aspects of themselves that make them feel different, strange, extraordinary." In other words, Lee's movies often struggle with the notion of superpowers. I deeply enjoyed writing this essay, and
I hope you enjoy reading it.