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Having never seen this film before watching it for the list, I now understand why its the black sheep of the MCU, and perhaps why Hulk has never gotten another standalone film. For starters, this feels like the second movie in an individual franchise, which is probably because it is. But for some reason Hulk (2003) is not part of the canon, features a different set of actors, and gives us all of the background that tends to fall into a film from the FIRST movie in a franchise. Instead, we get ALL the origin backstory in flashbacks, and it leads to the movie feeling slow and boring for the first quarter of its running time. It honestly doesnt get much better once Bruce is back in the U.S. either. The movie just takes itself SO seriously. Hulk is not comedic in this film, and no one else is being comedic either, so its just a very stoic plot all the way through, and it just drags until the eventual Hulk, but bigger and badder boss fight at the end.

MetalmindStats
Its not that I dont remember anything at all about The Incredible Hulk; all these years later, the sequence with Bruce Banner in some Brazilian factory as well as the DC-set climax come to mind. What I dont recall is any sort of reason why I should care.

NBIceman
This movie feels so different from every other MCU offering that its weird to even think about it as part of the franchise. Its not bad, necessarily. It just feels more like a pre-Iron Man movie than what we think of as a Marvel movie nowadays. Part of that is the cast - Norton didnt fit Banner at all and everyone else except for maybe Ross was just as miscast or more so - but the script is poor, the effects are bad, and the whole tone is kind of just off as well. Black sheep of the series for a reason.

PrinceKaro
This is a movie that gets a lot of hate, and well, it is absolutely warranted. How soon do things go south? Pretty much almost immediately.
Right off the bat we get the scenes of how the Hulk was created just presented as like the opening of a bad CBS procedural drama and I'm sorry but this is an origin movie and how Banner became the unjolly green giant is KIND OF FUCKING IMPORTANT and we need to see more than a dragon ball z recap.
The big guy takes forever to actually show up outside of shaky/blurry cam work, like a horror movie monster who the director tries to hide the appearance of for the benefit of the three people watching who don't know what the fucking Hulk looks like.
The whole thing feels cheap and phoned in and it is difficult to care about anything or anyone and there is nothing incredible about this except maybe incredibly boring.
This is unquestionably the giant turd sandwich of the MCU, and when the turds are green, radioactive, and larger than most toilets it is time to run for the hills.

ScepterOfLove
(No write-up.)

Sheep007
I have actually never seen this film before, and I dont think I was missing out. It adds nothing that isnt done better by later Marvel movies, doesnt spend enough time focusing on Banner for a movie with no other interesting characters, and has too many action sequences. Theres only so much you can do with Hulk action sequences theres not a ton of fun visuals or quirks to his powers, and so you should focus on the character more, which they just dont do. Betty is a forgettable love interest and not accompanied by being particularly likeable, while the CGI doesnt hold up well and most of the scenes are ugly or bland (not unusual for the less recent Marvel movies, but still a frustrating point for me). Anyone watching or rewatching the MCU can just skip this, because I dont think it adds anything you all know who the Hulk is, and if you dont youll figure it out, just like all the people who didnt watch this movie managed to do. This felt like a waste of time and I didnt have much fun watching it.

StifledSilence
This movie is trash. I like the destruction, but thats about it. I dont like Norton as Bruce. The love interest is boring. The villain is not compelling. Likecan we make a Hulk movie with Ruffalo and retcon this? Or better yet, just make a good Hulk movie? He pairs well with Thor. Hell, he could do a movie with Natalie Thorman if they go that route. Just do something please. A big green man smashing shit CAN be fun, as weve seen. They just need to make it fun as its own movie.

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