6/10 flash drives swallowed whole

Rating: 6/10 (15 May 2020)

The movie is actually better than I remembered. Telling the origin story with a credits opening montage is a really good idea for this character. There are some serious moments that work well and some funny moments that work well. Unfortunately there are some serious moments that end up being more silly as well.
The movie has a great cast as well. Edward Norton is a really good Bruce Banner and I remember being disappointed back in the day when I heard he was recast. Tim Roth is very entertaining as a villain. Him screaming "IS THAT ALL YOU'VE GOT?" before getting yeeted into a tree is easily the best moment in the film. I wish we got the return of Tim Blake Nelson as the Leader in a later movie, he was a lot of fun in this one already. William Hurt is pretty good as General Ross, although my favourite scene of his is definitely the pre-post-credits scene with Robert Downey Jr.. Not a fan of Liv Tyler's performance and character though. Lovable Pizza Dad just wants to take care of Bruce before Betty comes along and steals him away, leaving him to feed her suddenly ex. And then she pulls the "If you kill him, you're the monster" at the end, despite having no idea if they'd be in any way capable of containing the Abomination.