So much motto about the Loki thing. That was my biggest issue in the movie; Loki was just such a generic villain for this type of movie.

With that said, this review will soon be flocked by others justifying Loki's characterization in the film as consistent to his character in the comics.

Though there is no doubt that the comic books are the source material for the films and the films are heavily based on the comics, not every aspect is the same. There are differences in character personalities and the like.

Because The Avengers is an installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Loki's characterization should be consistent to his personality in Thor, another installment in the Marvel Cinetmatic Universe, rather than his markedly different personality in the comics. The comics justification can only go so far as the movies are of the same universe and the comics are not.

Or simply people saying how there wasn't really a need for this review since you're not saying anything new. It would had been easier to make it a comment to one of he reviews that already talked about that.

Just putting my 2 cents in.*shrugs*

I don't know much about Loki's characterization in the comics, but I do remember seeing Loki's actor saying that somewhere between his 'fall' in Thor, and his reappearance in the Avengers film, Loki had seen a lot of things, and it had changed him... something like that. I can't recall exactly what.

So Loki's sudden lack of sympathatic motives is more of an All There In The Manual issue, rather than a random derailment of his character.

Even if Loki had less depth as a villain in this film, I didn't mind, because he absolutely commands the screen in any scene he's in. Because of that, he's always fascinating for me to watch. The explanation of the trip through the wormhole doing bad things to him also worked fine for me, since I've seen from experience what long isolation in trauma can do to a person.