Hulk

How this film uses it

David Banner is what Bruce could become. Both are scientists with the same altered DNA, and the father's rage grows from the same wound as his son's. Their last fight makes the mirror literal.

Where to see it

Lake fight: Bruce, as the Hulk, lets his father absorb his power at a lake. David is flooded with all the rage and pain Bruce has carried and turns into a giant green bubble.

How this film uses it

Lee and editor Tim Squyres built multi-image frames, wipes and zip pans that copy how panels sit on a page. Sometimes 4 shots share the screen. The panels run through the whole film, from quiet conversations to big action, and critics were split on whether they work.

Where to see it

Desert battle: The Hulk breaks out of Desert Base and fights the army in the desert, knocking tanks and helicopters around.

How this film uses it

Bruce buried his childhood after his mother's death. The film feeds you that backstory in fragments and ties the memories to his rage, so you piece together why he loses control.

Where to see it

Isolation tank: Talbot puts Bruce in an isolation tank and provokes a nightmare from his repressed memories, which triggers a transformation.

How this film uses it

ILM animators built the Hulk, with Lee himself performing the creature's movements through motion capture.

Where to see it

The dogs at the cabin: The Hulk finds Betty at her forest cabin and saves her from the mutated dogs, then changes back into Bruce.

How this film uses it

Lee spends a long stretch on Bruce's parents, his work and his relationship with Betty before the Hulk takes over. Reviewers called the pace slow, but the wait lets you care about a man who is afraid of his own anger.

Where to see it

Lab accident: Bruce saves a colleague from a malfunctioning gammasphere and is hit by radiation. He wakes in hospital feeling better than ever, and only later transforms and wrecks the lab.