+ 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.
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.
- 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.