The One Thing The Incredible Hulk Does Better Than Any MCU Movie
The Incredible Hulk is often considered an outlier of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it does one specific thing better than any other MCU installment. The second MCU movie ever made, 2008's The Incredible Hulk fails to convey the interlinked way the universe will operate despite Iron Man's success two years prior. Instead, it tells a grittier, more traditional Hulk story as Edward Norton's Bruce Banner comes to terms with his violent side — yet it is this distance from the rest of the MCU that allowsThe Incredible Hulk to succeed in one specific way.
When Bruce Banner officially joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe in The Incredible Hulk, he is already established as the Hulk and is being pursued by the U.S government. Bruce is aided by the daughter of General Thaddeus «Thunderbolt» Ross (William Hurt), Betty (Liv Tyler), as he tries to keep the Hulk under control while evading her father. After Hulk defeats Abomination and Thunderbolt in The Incredible Hulk's coda, Ross meets Tony Stark, who informs him of the Avengers initiative, setting up the events of The Avengers in 2012.
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Perhaps due to its detachment from the rest of the franchise, The Incredible Hulk has the best soundtrack in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Though critics don't regard the film's story as anything close to the MCU's best, most agree in their assessment that Craig Armstrong's soundtrack is a highlight. Armstrong's pulsating music gives the film its unique tone, feeling far more serious than anything else in the MCU since. In this way, aside from Alan Silvestri's ubiquitous Avengers theme, it may be the most considered and compelling piece of music featured in the Marvel Cinematic
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