I accept thy axe!! *tries to wipe off gamma with tissue*
I had to re-watch the movie a time or two to make sure I wasn't just confused but every time it has been an entertaining, simple melodrama. Even in the wake of Iron Man the edgy but fun moodiness of TIH makes it my second-favorite comic book movie behind The Dark Knight that year and since then it's grown on me.
From being shown Banner's persistent struggle with his emotive levels to to the action scenes to what for me was as good an ending battle as you could've asked for from a movie like this to, most affectingly, the relationship between Betty and Banner at the center (the scene where they reunite may just be my highlight), it's just a solid package. It doesn't take itself too seriously but knows when to take the drama and where. Many moments did manage to rivet me. Though far from perfect or refined, it is still the quintessence of how a good simple Marvel movie could have the liberty of being pre-modern-day--jungle-thick-MCU for me. Love the thing, 'superficiality' and all.