Throughout its expansive history, Marvel comics have created some of the most memorable villains ever conceived, yet the studio has consistently been called out for failing to translate these iconic characters effectively to the big screen. Ironically, the company's most successful film to date features both their most popular and most faceless villains to date. Tom Hiddleston may be charisma incarnate in the role of Loki, but the alien force he uses to subdue New York City in the final act are nothing more than cannon fodder for Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Wave after wave of the Chitauri relentlessly attack until Iron Man intercepts a nuclear missile, commandeering it into the wormhole and destroying the aliens mothership. The climactic battle in The Avengers is arguably the most exciting moment the studio has committed to celluloid so far, but have you noticed how the loose threads are suddenly wrapped up just a little too conveniently? After the Chitauri spaceship explodes, the entire alien ground force suddenly collapses and dies, giving Earth's Mightiest Heroes plenty of extra shawarma time. Let's back things up though. How on Earth does destroying a spacecraft instantly kill alien troops that aren't even located in the same dimension? Any explanation would have still seemed lazy, but at least then we could have understood what was actually going on. In the absence of any real logic, let's just say that every single alien soldier left on earth simultaneously fainted in shock... and possibly in awe at Thor's biceps. Yes, that must be it.
David is a primary school teacher who tries his best to turn every math lesson into a discussion on the latest Pixar film. Passions include superheroes, zombies and Studio Ghibli. In between going to the cinema, moving to South Korea and eating his body weight in KFC, David writes for a number of movie sites, http://becarefulyourhand.blogspot.co.uk/
