I miss Edward Norton. I trust his opinion on filmmaking.

Not as widely known as Iron Man? Before Iron Man launched the MCU - the Hulk had a 5 season TV show and 3 TV movies and a feature film! So I'd argue - Hulk was more widely known than Iron Man, at least for those that lived through the 70s and 80s.

Still think Norton's take on Bruce Banner was far better in comparison to Ruffalo's. And the design for his Hulk looked better as well

I was really sad that Norton wasn't able to continue being the Hulk. I've heard all sorts of reasons for that. If not for the success of this film, the MCU wouldn't be possible.

Now that multiverses are all the rage. They should bring Norton back as Bruce Banner from a different timeline.

Eric Bana and Edward Norton Hulks were true beasts and both films understood the character. Mark Ruffalo's Hulk is a pathetic joke.

I prefered this version of Hulk/Bruce Banner before the character was tamed and made a comic relief

You can be excused for not being aware of this--- but the opening credit sequence of this film is an homage to the original Hulk television series; it's a complete recreation of the old show's opening credit sequence.

This is my hulk. I would love to see more of this guy in MCU.

Ed definitely had the best looking Hulk, very savage and beastly.

Still my favourite hulk, and one of my all time favourite Marvel movies. Shame they didn’t proceed with this version.

Edward Norton had the best hulk movie

It was Banner on the run & he had a clear goal. I also liked that they set up the Captain America connection in what feels like a more subtle way here. Especially after the action-comedy tone of most of the MCU post GOTG & Avengers, the serious feel is refreshing.

Despite all the behind the scenes problems with Edward Norton and Marvel this was a great Hulk movie

I've always liked this movie. Edward Norton really shines. The first act of Bruce in Brazil is a highlight. I like that's its very character focused and takes itself more seriously.

There was a difference, by the end he could control it. I think if they made a part 2 with Norton, it would have been epic.

Before Disney took over The MCU was following its own rules

I rewatched this recently and it was better than I remember. Plus come on, the post credit stinger is one of the best still!

This my favourite MCU movie. I like that Banner doesn’t trust Hulk

This is the Hulk we know and love Not the Avengers' pet/comic relief This one could take down Thanos

I think it’s a little unfair to bash The Incredible Hulk because it follows the typical MCU formula when films like Iron Man, Thor, Doctor Strange and Ant-Man follow the same style and are generally well regarded among fans.

Tony Stark: What if I told you we were putting a team together? Gen. Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross: Who's "we"?

I’m so glad people are looking at this film in a positive light like I was when I first saw the movie 15 years ago.

Still one of the best Marvel films, from the early days when they gave directors freedom to impart their agency on the films. Norton was a far better Banner/Hulk than Ruffalo, and the film manages to give you an 'origin story' in its opening credits while honoring the TV show. And the action was fine with the pacing being pretty good. It's a shame we never got to see this version of Hulk carry on.

Yes, it does. Don´t believe MCU revisionists who always look down on this movie for not having jokes and quips for 8 year olds.

Hulk was one of the most well known Marvel heroes outside of comics since the 70s. Why do you people always get that wrong ?

Sorry, a bit of a side track about the recent Hollywood strike. I had an experience with Motion Capture and voice acting and have to say even though gaming industry is a colossus these days, voice over actors and mo cap performers are not fully considered 'equal' talent as traditional actors. What's really interesting right now is that the mainstream, 'regular' actors demand royalties for their digital likeness when it's used on new projects they are not technically involved with. Something MoCap actors could relate to...I guess the movie studios figured that their 'creative accounting' and sometimes cruel contracts/ NDA's would go unnoticed into this new era of streaming. They were wrong, preparation is everything and they were completely ill prepared for this new platform of entertainment. PS. You almost saw me as Leon in the new Resident Evil games :) Also, can you create a tribute to the late and amazing Kevin Conroy? He's the sole reason I got into acting in the first place.

This is my favorite Hulk from the MCU by far.

Starr plays the same person in Hulk and Spiderman, while Peter's principle is actually the grandson of the character the same actor played in Captain America (he even has a picture of his grandfather in his office)

I liked this movie the first time I saw it. I still like this movie.

Fun Fact: Before Edward Norton Was Cast As Bruce Banner And Later Replaced By Mark Ruffalo For Future Films. David Duchovny, Dominic Purcell And Joaquin Phoenix Were Also Considered For The Role Of Bruce Banner

Back when the Hulk & Bruce were 2 different separate personalities inhabiting the same body

The Incredible Hulk struck a darker, more serious tone compared to most other MCU movies. It shows that there’s room for a variety of tones within the MCU. Future projects could aim for a balance, incorporating humor and lightheartedness while also delving into the darker and more serious aspects of the characters and their stories.

Great film, well done, and the CGI was strong. That final battle was awesome. Love this film

Hulk not a household name? AHAHAAHAHAHA.

The Best Incredible Hulk!!! They were able to show the Abomination stronger than the Hulk in base form... and then they were able to show the Incredible Hulk get stronger the longer the fight wore on... and then Disney made Hulk into Shrek!!! Also, now, Ed is a better Bruce than Ruffalo... why? because Ed had the back bone to try to fight for the Hulk sake... while Ruffalo just ate what Disney threw at him and asked for seconds...

Maybe this is worth a re-watch, I dont recall thinking much of it at the time but you've convinced me to give it another go

Wait… Did you guys forget The Incredible Hulk had a hugely popular TV series in the ‘70s and ‘80s? 🤔 That absolutely helped propel the character into pop culture consciousness long before there was an MCU to speak of.

After what Disney did to Hulk and Thor I'm not looking forward to see what they'll do with the X-Men Just look what they did to Xavier

Even Norton's HULK had it's quirky moments, but his is still my favorite portrayal. The last time I saw THE INCREDIBLE HULK, was Age of Ultron. I'll never understand why they neutered him and SheHulk put the final nail in his coffin. I'm not looking forward to Ruffalo's World War or Planet Hulk or whatever, because it won't make sense. They'd have to erase everything from the end of Age of Ultron, straight through SheHulk. Norton might be the only one who could save the Hulk with a complete reboot. I hope Disney sells him back to Universal.

I read somewhere that, yes, Martin Starr is indeed playing the same person in this as in the MCU Spider-Man films. Feige confirmed this in a Reddit AMA.

So much better then Mark Ruffalo

70s The Incredible Hulk is my favorite.

It was ok at the time I enjoyed it and was kinda bummed at first when they recast it but Ruffalo is really good. Plus the end credit scene was amazing

Ruffalo is a joke tho he made hulk into some selfie taking pansy ...Edward will always be the real Bruce banner and hulk he had the essence of the character kind of like what Hugh is to wolverine or raynolds is to Deadpool you can't replace them

Absolutely. Incredible Hulk is underappreciated and it's ranked in my top 10 MCU movies.

Hulk was actually more popular before the MCU. The Lou Ferrigno series was gigantic. Along with wonder woman, it was one of the few superhero characters that was actually successful on television. People don't realize how big that show was. Mostly because it was a very long time ago, and they weren't even born yet. And by the 90s, most people recognized the hulk. Way more than iron man. There's a roller coaster at Universal Studios named after the hulk. And its the most famous roller coaster in the world.

Appreciate what you do, bro. TY

The whole Hulk green soda thing was my favorite part

11:08 "A movie that dared to be bold and experiment with the strange and dark journey of a man who is... completely unwell." You just described Ang Lee's 'Hulk'. Which is why I still love that movie to this day.

From the director of FAST X

I never understood why this movie was so hated when it's exactly comics accurate, this movie totally respects the character of Bruce Banner puny and stressed and Hulk who is totally his opposite extremely powerful and dangerous at the same time, we can what we want on the fact that Norton tried to change the scenario or whatever it is tell you that he did it for the good cause and that it's very rare to find an actor so involved in his role most of them don't give a fuck whereas he actually prepared two other hulk films which would be as dark as Christopher Nolan's Batman films, but unfortunately the progressiveness to touch Marvel studios and Kevin Feige, with the takeover of Disney it multiplied by 10, they preferred to take Mark Ruffalo who although he is a good actor he absolutely does not correspond to the character of Bruce Banner either physically or even in behavior, his Hulk is similar to a gorilla out of the zoo and who is constantly being calmed down by Thor or Iron man in short the replacement of Norton also meant the disappearance of the aggressive and monstrous Hulk, it was enough simply to adhere to his demands on the scenario to completely change Hulk from the mcu and to keep Norton, Feige would have accepted Norton's demands here is what would have happened: Norton still in Bruce / Hulk, Universal would continue to cooperate with Marvel and accept that Hulk also has a trilogy and a major place in the mcu in the Avengers films, Hulk would have taken his revenge on Thanos by participating in the final battle with Iron Man, Captain America and Thor and finally everyone would have liked Hulk it was all down to one choice but Feige decided otherwise and preferred to lick the balls of Robert Downey jr and Chris Evans for them to be the leaders, he knew very well that Norton was going to steal the spotlight from them given the great actor he is compared to them, the MCU was based on Iron man and Captain America and made the Hulk a completely useless secondary character, I don't know what will happen for the future but Marvel without the Hulk that doesn't attract me at all everything and if we have to have a solo film and Universal gives the rights to the Hulk to Marvel studios only Norton's return as Bruce/Hulk will make me see these films with Ruffalo I have no guarantee and I don't like him in this role

Bullshit; The Hulk has been a "household name" since the 80s.

I like Edward Norton’s Hulk better than Mark Ruffalo’s

Seeing how badly the MCU is treating the Hulk now Edward Norton dodged a bullet right there

Yeah, it definitely still holds up. I recently started rewatching all the MCU films in order, and I honestly gotta say they all pretty much hold up.

This was a great movie and Norton's Banner/Hulk is leaps and bounds better than Ruffalos garbage.

I thought emil blonsky was given an imperfect recreation of the captain America super soldier serum

Definitely didn't then or now, they wanted to capture the heart of the 70"s show but norten is as good of a. Actor as Bill Bixby

It's still my favorite Marvel movie to date. I was sad not to see Norton reprise his role.

They got the Hulk RIGHTS Back. Since May or June this year.

Marvel has confirmed that Martin Starr’s character is same guy in both movies and it’s just him in college

Not a Mark Ruffalo fan. Not a fan of what they’ve done with the Hulk in the MCU

Norton’s movie was very weird. And the best!

Didn't Disney eventually get the rights last year? I recall something like that.

Fun Fact: Mark Ruffalo was actually the director Louis Leterrier’s first choice for the role of Bruce Banner in 2008’s The Incredible Hulk, but Marvel wanted Edward Norton because he was more famous at the time

in hindsight the better hulk

Edward Norton Bruce banner is definitely better and even though the story line isn't very imaginative, it is the same as the source material.

I like the look of this Hulk much better. good stuff peeps!

He gets slapped by the legendary Rickson Gracie, which automatically makes it better than all the other MCU films combined.

you failed to mention the movie included the iconic "sad" background music that's played at the end of every episode of the classic tv series. Hearing it brought back memories I had of the show

according to imdb there are 2 cuts of the film but only the theatrical is official can anyone confirm this ?

Looking for a Hulk movie that focuses more on the inner conflict would have to look no further than Ang Lee's Hulk in 2003. While not perfect, definitely was not a typical superhero movie (which ironically was what it was slammed for) and had is own sense of uniqueness. There's more emotional heart, drama, and reflection where the other itineration's of Hulk in the other movies that followed just seemed to pale in comparison. Perhaps it could be argued that it was ahead of its time, who knows.

6:42 Ty Burrell is the only one left to return to the MCU with Liv Tyler returning as Betty Ross in Captain America 4.

Ruffalo did a good job, but I think he ruined the role with his politics. I see Norton as the better actor between the two.

This hulk acts like the hulk 👍😁

Edward Norton was great in Glass Onion

Yes! They should have kept him.

Yup they are indeed the same dude. He was a student in the incredible Hulk.

Its disappointing we didnt get Marvels incredible hulk 2 or Incredible hulk vs the red hulk in the mcu

I like ruffalo better too but I'm the end, banner doesn't matter THAT much

A lot of L takes in this video. Its okay if you're more of a "quippy" marvel movie fan but Norton's hulk was solid and it stayed true to banner as a character, not the joke setup he is now in the mcu. Its a shame. This film was better than most of the stuff thats come out in the mcu. The school fight with Blonsky is still such a dope fight.

Norton wasn’t a Yes-man. He was a true talent and people that can’t realize how much he would’ve done for that character a dense in a way that only children can relate too.

It's great to see General Ross Abomination, and Betty show up in recent MCU films and TV shows. It's a great movie that needs more love.

"In many ways this is the closest thing to an MCU solo Hulk adventure that we're going to get." What? Sometimes these videos are really well done and others I feel like you're just recalling things without doing any real research. That quote itself makes no sense. This is quite literally a solo Hulk adventure set in the MCU, It's been referenced multiple times and most of the cast are coming back to play the same characters in the next Captain America movie. So what the hell are you talking about? The bigger issue is that there's a very good chance Marvel does now have the rights to make a new Hulk solo film. You didn't even bother to mention who else owns the film rights and why. Is that not important information? It was Universal since when they first started they had no way to distribute the films so they signed a deal with Universal for Hulk and Paramount for Iron Man. I say was because it's been discovered that the Paramount deal was for 15 years and that's most likely the same deal they had with Universal. Since 'Incredible Hulk' came out in June of 2008 the deal that Universal has over distributing solo Hulk films has potentially expired if it indeed had the 15 year timeframe. Which means there's a very good chance the rights have now reverted to Marvel and they are able to make solo Hulk films without going through Universal.

Mark Ruffalo is just more likeable in almost every way, and he has the right build to be believable as banner in a more realistic hulk movie, whilst still being respectful to the comics.

It was the only Marvel film I owned for a while. Hulk teally looked like Hulk. The story was the show with modern FX and a budget. Norton would not have allowed a devolution into stand-up comedy. Too bad Universal kept distribution while Matvel got the film rights. That arrangement really screwed up thing when Disney bought Marvel.

I liked Tim Roth as Abomination

The Hulk was not a lesser known character. That's flat-out wrong. There was a very popular TV series in the 70s. He was much better known than Iron Man.

I think you are way off when you say the hulk wasnt as well known to non comic readers. Hulk is one if marvel's most popular characters, and has been part of pop culture for a long time with TV shows, cartoons, video games, and tons of licensed products going back decades.

Tim Blake Nelson is coming back for Captain America 4

Funny, I actually hear that a lot; it seems MOST fans kinda want the Paramount movie's action and effects, but the Ang Lee movie's plot and pacing... strange indeed. =\

I loved this movie from start to finish. Probably the only MCU film I've seen 20 times. No clue why it got the hate it got. Its far better than 90% of the MCU content released recently

Ty Burnell was also in Evolution

I like this movie cause it’s an homage to the wonderful hit television series in 1978

I hate how much we are blowing out of proportion how "unpopular" the characters that the early mcu entries were centered around were... it's a fun narrative but is extremely exaggerated to make the narrative of them being hail-marry, gambles by the studios more compelling. Sure Iron man wasn't as big as Wolverine, Batman, wonder woman, superman Spiderman...but he was like the next tier of recognition, a B+ guy that while your mom didn't know his actual name was Tony stark, and couldn't identify his villains, she could at least say "hey, that's iron man!" If you asked her. Furthermore, Hollywood had been trying to get iron man made for a decade prior because he was a logical choice for the more grounded action movie scene at the time. Captain America was extremely famous and recognizable but failed to get traction in film not because he was obscure, but because he was Seen as difficult to adapt in a non-corny way. And hulk? I'm not sure where this video is coming from implying hulk wasn't very big at the time... Hulk was HUGE even at that time! Like up in the God tier with spiderman and the DC trinity, in terms of mainstream popularity! Even if iron man flopped, they would always have tried to make more hulk films, hell, they had made to hulk films before this one! The biggest gamble of the early mcu was probably Thor, but even he was was probably more popular going into the film than we give him credit for today. It was a gamble to make most of these... but not nearly as big a one that it's made out to be.

08 hulk> Current hulk

Honestly the only characters holding up the mcu are spiderman thor/loki doctor strange ms.marvel but without the Incredible Hulk Marvel has lost its greatest strength .

Just watched it yesterday it’s amazing

9:33 Ed Norton is "hot"?! Since when