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Title: Hulk by Peter David ISBN: 0-345-45967-9 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Hulk Smash(ing)
Comment: I bought this book at an airport and, after seeing the fil, did not have very high hopes but i was desperate so i bought it.
After finishing the book I'd packed i reluctantly turned to the novelisation and i found myself reading more than i intended to each day.
The plot seemed to make more sense and i found myself caring more about the characters than in the movie.
Nothing against the movie - i loved it but once you've seen something you've seen it right? - WRONG! Reading Hulk i realised how wrong i was.
I have now decided that novelisations of movies are great idea and have read Spider-Man, Daredevil and i intend to read LXG and X-Men...
...Mow if i could just find X-Men 2 then that would be great!
Rating: 3
Summary: Hey, Better Than The Actual Movie!
Comment: I was very disappointed with HULK, mainly because there were numerous aspects of the movie that I just didn't understand at all. So, I thought reading the novelization would help me figure some of it out. Well, it worked, and now I believe the book pulled it off better than the actual film!
For one thing, in the movie it was often hard to figure out what the characters were feeling. The book, thankfully, fixes all that, and I found myself absolutely riveted reading it. Also, the way certain events play out in the novel are much, much better than in the film (especially the ending, which still remains a bit of an anticlimactic mess, but is much better than the version in the movie). Notice, the changes are minimal throughout, but they quite often make a surprisingly large difference.
But the best part of the book was how vividly author Peter David wrote the mind of the Hulk. While in the movie we saw none of this, and the Green Goliath was anything but dramatic, here we see lots of things from his point of view. Though simplistically written, that is perhaps why these portions are so fascinating and intriguing. David spent many years writing for The Incredible Hulk, and it shows.
The one thing I liked better about the film, however, was the action. Though David wrote it as well as anyone could have, I srongly believe that all action scenes work better on film, especially those of HULK.
HULK is still far from a great story, movie or book. I just can't wait for the obligatory sequal, which will hopefully tie up a lot of loose ends, make a lot more stuff clearer, and overall make up for the entire first installment.
Rating: 3
Summary: SMASH the anger!
Comment: Peter David, the acclaimed comic book writer that revitalized The Hulk, adapts the maligned movie into a decent novel. The Hulk takes its sweet time showing up, but the characters and their backstories are well drawn enough to make the wait worthwhile. There are some minor changes in character and motivation, especially in regards to Glen Talbot, and, for the most part, it helps the story more than hinders it (though there are a few narrative wrinkles that another rewrite could have ironed out). Not a bad book at all, fans will certainly enjoy it.
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Title: X-Men 2 by Chris Claremont ISBN: 0345461967 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: X-Men: A Novelization by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith, Ed Solomon, Christopher McQuarrie ISBN: 0345440951 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 06 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Daredevil: A Novel by Greg Cox, Mark Stephen Johnson ISBN: 0451410807 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Spider-Man by Peter David ISBN: 0345450051 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 19 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines by David Hagberg ISBN: 0765347415 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 02 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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