Bad Casting, Feeble Antagonists, Slow Movie

Rating: 3/10 (27 April 2019)

Norton is fine in this. He plays the role of Banner quite well. Both he and Liv Tyler come out of this review largely unscathed. Tim Roth is over rated as ever. His character is just silly and his fate just as silly.
The worst IMO is the General, Hurt is awful. His fake hair and moustache, his make up is as bad as the Hulk CGI (which given the age of this film is almost, almost understandable).
There were so many things in this film that made no sense:
1. Why was a UK officer (stated to be from the Royal Marines - which are not special forces at all but really just a light infantry unit) wearing a US Army uniform along with a chest full of US ribbons?
2. Cuts on the Hulk after the fight at the uni - you can see them on his shoulders - inconsistent with the rest of the MCU where such things don't happen even when he's dragged down a building or hit numerous times by Iron Man's Hulk smashing suit.
3. Guatemala - erm, so how close is that to Brazil?
4. The Apache Gunship crashes in Hulk and Liv Tyler, surrounding them in an inferno of jet fuel. Hulk stands up holding her in the midst of what must be 1000 degree flames and stares - by which time she'd be barbecued.
5. Blomsky - he has an incredibly weedy body, yet he seems to have abilities far beyond that body. I just didn't take to him at all as a credible opponent to the Hulk, let's be honest, Hulk would just pull him in half effortlessly, Blonsky as the adversary is patently ridiculous.
There were more issues i spotted in the movie, but back to the bigger picture.
The Incredible Hulk is a movie that is best forgotten in the MCU. It's doesn't really contribute or fit in. Hulk/Banner as played by Ruffalo is great. I don't think a stand alone Hulk film works at all. The character (Hulk) simply does not have the finesse to be a hero in a movie taking on baddies. He's too reckless, smashing everything, so is better suited as a side kick within the context of the broader avenger movies.