It has more character development in the first half than in the entire Ed Norton movie, and more action and explosions in the second half than in the entire Ed Norton movie. It's main failing was that it didn't blend the two throughout, which is really unfortunate because I think it had potential to be a great movie, instead of a very flawed but interesting movie. It also had some ridiculous looking creatures and effects, but I was willing to go along with it because the Hulk is somewhat inherently ridiculous.