Film Critic Hulk

While all of you are busy picking up your jaws from the floor after reading this thread's, hmph, intriguing title, allow me to present my new found love: Film Critic Hulk. As far as I understand, the man is a freelance/amatuer writer with his own blog and a whole lot of passion for cinema. He's become quite popular in these last couple of weeks after he ripped the developers of Batman: Arkham City a new one for their sexist crap in relation to Catwoman and Harley Quinn, but personally I enjoy his articles about the inherent problems of modern cinema a lot, lot more.

Check him out for yourselves:

1. Here's the aforementioned Arkham City article;
2. Here he expalins why the standard 3 Act story structure doesn't apply to all movies;
3. Same thing here, only this time he elaborates why we should stop it with the whole "Hero's Journey" shit;

Oh, and before I forget, his main shtick—and the entire reason why he calls himself "Film Critic Hulk"—is 'cos he writes in voice of The Inredible Hulk. In other words, expect a lot of CAPSLOCK MADNESS!

At first I thought 'Lol', then I thought 'perhaps he has his wires crossed' and then I realised 'no, he's right, but dr Banner is using so many words to express one thing!'

And that thing is something I totally agree with- Strong Characters will triumph over structure and plot. Plain and simple.

I've actually been looking into this myself. It wasn't that the academic advice being given out was wrong, it's that it's misguided. People keep giving examples to back up structures and themes. Those structures are and will always be character moments and characters themselves. Which in turn just goes to say a lot for a good writer who understands the human condition, which you just can't teach.

In fact I realised what he was getting at when he got to Iron Man. 'Wait a mo, that was planned as a typical hero's journey. Take away the bells and whistles of the brilliant script and acting and it's structure is of an asshole who becomes a slightly smaller asshole and hero.' But it turns out Hulky actually agrees with me, because ultimately his point was that it's the character being unique, likeable and real that makes it feel like he's driving the story, not the stereotypical beats we're so used to. And he's right. Actually helped me articulate my own thoughts on it.

I mean I can see why he's called Hulk cause he's clearly frustrated and a little confused, but yeah, he's actually very entertaining, and he gives me the sensation of reading something originally scribbled in crayon by a giant green doctor :V

EDIT- I READ FURTHER AND FUCKING HELL HE HAS A POINT

He has managed to point out EXACTLY why I despise the Harry Potter books and films.

Because the HP books are all superficial keystones with no development behind them at all. They instruct us exactly as to what is happening, they point out what we are supposed to feel, and fuck, they outright steal moments and characters from the works of Tolkien and other fantasy works and manipulate events that any idiot with half a braincell can understand, and as a result, the public loves it. They are empty works of fiction.

HULK IS RIGHT, HULK IS RIGHTEST THERE IS

See? I told you that behind the somewhat irritating at first glance facade of facetiousness and flippancy (you know, the whole "Lol, this guy think he's the Incredible Hulk!"), in reality Film Critic Hulk is not only highly knowledgeable about the things he discusses, but he can also gather his thoughts into a coherent, edifying read that makes more and more sense the further your read. He doesn't exaggerate, he doesn't create false drama; he just tells you things the way they are — and how!

Here's another great, informative 'trilogy' of acticles, this time analysing what makes a good action scene. He does spend some time ripping Michael Bay a new one for the hour-long battle sequence at the end of Transformers 3 in one of the articles if I'm not mistaken, but the rest is pure gold.

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3

Enjoy!

I read both his Arkham City Sexism and Hero With 1000 Faces articles and it just works. I can't explain how an intelligent and analytical writer can personify himself as the comic book character The Hulk and be compelling and taken seriously from beginning to end but this fellow manages quite well. I think that perhaps it's the mind of a fantastic writer in the guise of a fictional character who is himself a duality of brilliant deduction - Dr. Bruce Banner - and the most primal of rage - The Hulk - which reflects the author's own duality when making his stance. It's as if saying regardless of how well you can deconstruct an issue and make a validated statement, even the wisest among us can be pushed to the breaking point where you just have to scream and curse and type in caps.

HULK KENNY APPROVES! HULK KENNY APPROVES A LOT!

His work looks ok. I do agree with him about the Batman video games.

Has he mentioned/seen Assault on precinct 13? That's a true example of an unconventional heroes journey where it takes a complete backseat to the real story, and feels so much more natural as a result.

Also pretty much everything ONOE said!

Ok. It's official. I want this guy's babies. THIS. IS. BEAUTIFUL.

A couple of things to consider before reading Hulk's latest article, though: First of all, it's long. Veeeeeeeeeeeeeeery long, even by the man's standards. So, if you decide to read it, do it on a lazy afternoon, or at the very least grab some snacks. Second, no this isn't just another "LOL, Twilight iz gay!" kind of rant. This is a well-constructed, in-depth analysis of the saga which evidently demonstrates just how detrimental this incomprehensible waste can be for the mind of its readers (especially the ones who don't have a clear understanding of how a real, mature relationship works) and questions the sanity of its creator. And third, holly fuck, I haven't laughed so hard in god-knows-how-long!

This guy... this guy's got a bright future ahead of him, something tells me! Also, there was one freudian slip, per se, in his latest article that really got my attention, and that was...


In other words, it seems like our good friend is of the same opinion that not every super hero movie or, in fact, any other kind of adaptation needs to be dark and edgy. Hmm, that's something I'd actually like him to go into more detail... Do you guys think I should, I dunno, write him or something, asking what 'kind' in his opinion needs to be 'nolanized' when adapted for the big screen and what doesn't? Or would I be just wasting the man's precious time? Then again, he seems like a nice, affable fellow. Bah! Choices. Choices! CHOICES!

http://badassdigest.com/2011/11/29/film-crit-hulk-smash-hulk-vs-the-bat-shit-evolution-of-the-modern-warfare/

Looks like he decided to try video games (The Modern Warfare Series, in this case)

I love reading this guy's work, but it's pretty long and I'm a self-confessed ADHD.