lazylaurablue

What a brilliant comedy duo they were; these two were to Hollywood what Morcambe and Wise were to British TV. Always one of my film favourites, Wilder was at his comedy best when twinned with Pryor, and vice versa; they just seem to bounce off each other and this film is the perfect medium for them to do that. It is one of their best, one of THE best. My favourite moment..?

Wilder to Pryor: I would tell you how I feel about you, but at the moment I'm overwhelmed by the stink of the 7,000 tonnes of garbage you just drove us into!!! Pryor to Wilder: Is that what it is??? I thought you let one go, that's why I didn't say anything! Wilder to Pryor: That was KIND of you...

For me it wasn't about the truly dreadful killer pig, but the sheer menace exuded by the horrific brothers. I watched it nearly 30 years ago when I was 20-21 and I still haven't forgotten it.

I thought the film was slow to start and rather dull too. I would have thought the film total rubbish, but some of the acting redeemed it a bit for me and made it one of the most chilling films I have seen - yes, really. I was young and impressionable then though and I would like to see it again to see if it still chills me. I daresay it's more of a chick flick really, cos it's the sort of film a guy might use to scare his girl into his arms I would think.

I will never forget the moment the nice old bearded hobo wakes up in the desert to find his distressed dog sniffing about his injured legs... that bit was the worst for me. Oh that, and did I mention the sheer horribleness of those brothers? One was dim and one was psycho and had insane eyes. Ugh!

Just quite what the production team were trying to achieve over and above what has already been done with the Hulk rather escaped me. "Look what we can do with the computer graphics!" seems to be the theme here, and all I got left thinking was "Okay, what a shame Lou Feringo didn't want the part..." Quite a nice story, but of course that was already laid down. I thought the monster was laughable; ET was very much better- and how long ago was that done? It's okay for the kids though, and the acting's okay. It's just a shame about the animations, although I must admit to enjoying the bit where the Hulk gets the better of a pack of nasty dogs. That's about all though. I preferred the original David Banner too, but I suppose it's not the done thing to look much over 30 these days, is it? The rest of the film is okay, just not the Hulk bits, and surely the Hulk is the main point of the film, isn't it? Not a patch on the old 80s TV series, no way.