10 Deleted Scenes That Would Have Improved Movies

10. The Incredible Hulk: Alternate Opening

The original opening for the MCU's take on the big green guy opened with a much more somber moment of character analysis.

Bruce Banner hikes to the top of a mountain ridge, where he takes out a revolver and proceeds to attempt to blow his brains out. However, he Hulks out before he gets the chance and the Hulk angrily smashes the mountain ridge, causing an avalanche.

This scene is a great encapsulation of the entire Banner/Hulk dynamic that it is shocking it was left out. What makes it all the more shocking is the fact that later films would even go on to reference this moment. Joss Whedon clearly also felt the scene shouldn't have been deleted, as he canonized its events by having Banner deliver a monologue in Avengers, retelling the incident to the others.

This film was released in the very early days of the MCU, so maybe the still-forming brand simply didn't want to start a film out on such a downer note. Regardless, had this scene been left in it would have given viewers a better understanding of Banner and Hulk as characters and better informed the entire rest of the film.