Loki is both lame and stupid. His introduction was fine but it's one without menace. You can't feel it. There's nothing intimidating about him. Not one bit. His talk about ruling the planet was acceptable, in the beginning, but with each repetition that follows, despite it's variation, it was downright boring. He's a N.A.T.O. all the way. He should, in my opinion, just shut up and strike more.

He's an idiot too. Demigod or not, you would do something, anything when someone or something, twice the size, as menacing the Hulk, starts charging right at you. It'll be a fight-or-flight situation. You'll take stand to defend or you'll make a run for it. In short, you'll be prepared to strike or defend. Even Thor had to do so at a charging Hulk but not Loki ... He provided the best standing posture and a nice window for the Hulk to grab and toss him around like a toy. With IQ as such, the Chitauri(s) were doomed from the start!

In the words of Dr. Nekhorvich: "Every search for a hero must begin with something which every hero requires, a villain"

Unfortunately, if the villain is either lame, stupid or an idiot, in this case, all 3 of it, then, there's really nothing to look forward to, except for the fireworks, which is probably what 99% of the movie patrons were in for.

So, where or what is the 'Midas' touch of Joss Whedon, again? The dry humor? The straightforward  plot? The predictable flow?

Tony Stark/Iron Man is not as interesting as he was in [Iron Man]. His signature traits, sarcasm and narcissism, seems to be toned down in this one compare to his 1st Movie, which was done brilliantly then, something which I like and miss a lot. In fact, at times, it wasn't done right in this movie that he was quite irritating. I speak for myself; some of his lines are awfully forced and dry while others were passable. Oh ... and Mark VII, yea, all of a sudden, there's a Mark VII and what is so special about it again? No one knows. Not to mention that by the time it flew out from the closet, you know EXACTLY what sound and scene to expect.

Black Widow provides the punches and kicks, Hawkeye does the aiming and shooting and Nick Fury is all “I dare you, council, I double-dare you!” without the profanity, of course!

Bruce Banner/Hulk is watchable. In fact, he's ... So, Bruce is able to control the Hulk because he's angry all the time and yet, he lost control of the same beast when he was .. err ... angry, in the hovercraft?

Steve Rogers/Captain America is serious all the time. Well, though he's the world's first superhero, there's really nothing much going for him in this movie except to give out the orders and directions. Other than that, he's just a soldier, blast from the past.

I don't have much to say about Thor, probably because his onscreen time didn't leave a lasting impact on me. He was in and out, that's it.

Besides [Thor] and [Iron Man 2], I think the other 3 superheros’ own movie(s), which includes Ang Lee's [Hulk] pawns this overrated one.

Was there any saving grace? Well, the fight scenes at the end, despite nothing new, did entertain me for as long as it last.