Incredible Hulk - what worked and what didn't

Rating: 3/10 (18 February 2020)

+ Edward Norton is a much more likeable and charismatic actor than Eric Bana.
+ William Hurt is an absolute boss and does well even in this film.
+ As much as I wanted to hate it, the opening sequence is an effective little time saving backstory to a dude we already know all about.
+ Favelas are a vibrant location to take Hulk and function confusingly like a sort of sequel to Hulk.
+ Days without incident character arc is a nice touch.
+ Looks like a comic book, colours pop and there's a lot of them.
+ Learning akido or whatever martial arts uses enemy's strength to deflect them.
+ Tim Roth somehow always managing to fuse Tim Roth and whatever character he plays in to this amazing hybrid tour de force.
+ You know, it's got a good theme in the soundtrack.

You wouldn't like me when I'm hungry.
Literally every good character scene is in the deleted scenes.
In my opinion equal and opposite to Ang Lee's Hulk and in doing so, manages to be much much worse as it attempts to say nothing and is almost entirely artless.
Smashy smashy back end is the poster child for excessive and unnecessary CGI.
Casting that sweaty creep as Braniac or whatever the heck happened with his weird bulging head wound when Banners blood dropped in to it. Come on.
Loose in detail control, like why does Blonsky on loan from Royal Marines wear an American Military uniform? Why does Betty take a photo of him when they're on the run?
Wasting Ty Burrell.
Sort of obnoxious and loud action. It's kinetic at times but also quite irritating.
Awkward cloying Lou Ferigno cameo.
What the hell are those cannons?
Hulk looks like something from a Japanese manga.

Stan Lee cameo review: Old Man that drinks irradiated blood: 4/5: At least he's not played for yucks, a nice fusion of a necessary character and Stan Lee actually acting reasonably well.
End credits review: 2/5: Ross and Stark in the bar, the shape of things to come. Hardly a revelation but it's always a pleasure to see Tony Stark turn up, especially considering how bad this movie is. With hindsight it sets up the Stark/Thunderbolt relationship for Civil War. Just a tad meh.