A good film but not really in line with the MCU

Rating: 7/10 (2 May 2018)

I think the MCU is brilliantly thought out, and The Incredible Hulk is a good film on its own. They were just starting the MCU when this film was released - it was only the second film of the epic series (after Iron Man)
Note I am reviewing this in 2018, 10 years on and Avengers Infinity Wars has just been released.
As good as Edward Norton is, I was very dissapointed to see that in Avengers Assemble Mark Ruffalo's Banner is nothing like Edward Norton's - I realise different actors want to put 'thier mark' on a character, but when you're more-or-less the stepping off point for an epic collaboration of film franchises you should really have better continuation. How would it look if a new guy took the place of Chris Evans (Captain America) and appeared in the next film wearing a Union Jack?
When a new film is released in the MCU I like to rewatch films relating to that franchise.
E.G. before I saw Thor Ragnarok at the cinema I rewatched Thor, Avengers Assemble, Thor The Dark World and Avengers Age of Ultron. Bruce Banner is a big player in Thor Ragnarok too, and I saw the two Avengers films as catching up on him at the same time.
But The Incredible Hulk was not on my list to watch - and it should have been.