My interpretation of the Hulk incident (which should definitely have been clearer in the movie!) was that Bruce saw Hulk as totally separate from him, a monster of rage and pain, and thus that's what Hulk was. When he fell into the warehouse, the old man told him that he carefully manouevered to avoid landing in a populated area and hurting anyone - Bruce realises for the first time that when the Hulk is not in pain/fear he is not monstrous. Therefore when he willingly transforms in a situation where he hasn't been already hurt or scared, the Hulk is not monstrous and brutal.
This makes a lot more sense if you know the comics storyline where Bruce (as a child) was abused by his father over a long period of time and, as an adult, constantly suppressed his anger so that he wouldn't be like his father. When he developed a literal alter ego, it became a rage monster, and Bruce was terrified of it. As he slowly came to terms with what had happened to him and his own emotional response, the Hulk developed more of Bruce's personality rather than just being a child's idea of adult rage.
Either way, I agree: it needed to be better explained in the movie.
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Date: 2012-05-31 04:22 am (UTC)This makes a lot more sense if you know the comics storyline where Bruce (as a child) was abused by his father over a long period of time and, as an adult, constantly suppressed his anger so that he wouldn't be like his father. When he developed a literal alter ego, it became a rage monster, and Bruce was terrified of it. As he slowly came to terms with what had happened to him and his own emotional response, the Hulk developed more of Bruce's personality rather than just being a child's idea of adult rage.
Either way, I agree: it needed to be better explained in the movie.