Good effort but not great

Rating: 6/10 (25 November 2014)

I'd say that the film was excellent.... for the first 30 minutes up until the point in which Hulk first see's Liv Tyler's Betty Ross.
The performances are excellent... Edward Norton is an excellent Bruce Banner, plus Tim Roth and William Hurt are outstanding in supporting roles.
And then theirs Liv Tyler... the worst actress in a Marvel film. Not only is her character absolutely one note and useless, Liv Tyler's performance doesn't make matters better. She's unbelievable, and wooden. I wanted to knock myself unconscious whenever she had screen time. She did nothing whatsoever to contribute, and only pumped out wooden dialogue one after another.
The visual effects are top notch. The final battle scene between Hulk and the Abomination is eye popping and well designed and crafted. Virtually all of Hulk's scenes stand out. His facial expressions are breathtakingly realistic.
The script works and then doesn't. It fails to provide an emotional pull as well as generally having a lack of character development. It works best with dialogue, and introducing characters, but fails to do anything with them afterward.
As I stated previously the first 40 minutes of The Incredible Hulk is top notch. It is emotional, it is satisfying. It is good.
Some bits work, others don't. Its not great. But at least it isn't formatted like 2003's Hulk was.