If you are one of the fans who already could enjoy Thor: Love and Thunderyou must have noticed. What started as a parody comedy about the God of Thunder has evolved into an emotional arc of redemption.
First, Jane Foster said goodbye to the Marvel Cinematic Universe after a remarkable heroic performance. On the other hand, Thor has found the reason and purpose for the sequel that he has been aiming for for most of his saga. What we could already see in another saga: in The Mandalorian from Star Wars.
And the plot provided an emotional and spiritual focus, drawing on one of the most famous techniques of traditional dramatic cinema. After a long journey of sorrow, defeating the ferocious Gorr Christian Bale and firing Jane, Thor found peace. He did it as emotionally and delicately as possible. Become the father of your enemy’s daughter, resurrected by Gorr’s dying wish.
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It’s a plot twist that strikes and moves in equal parts. Thor, having lost his entire family and the woman he loved, found in the little daughter of his enemy a reason to assert his personal intentions. Thor: love and thunder in almost all of his arguments, he insists on reinventing his protagonist, as well as increasing his emotional maturity. In fact, the film shows for the first time the relationship between Jane and Thor, which allows us to understand the character from a new perspective.
From a hero in battle, alone in search of meaning, to the father of a little girl, Thor has come a long way to understand his ultimate meaning as a hero, his relationship with power and divinity. And it’s a journey that’s an argument Thor: Love and Thunder he leads with intelligent and solid kindness, he tells him another similar story. from Mandalorian.
From a galaxy far, far away comes another single father. Thor: Love and Thunder
The reference is obvious. Thor: Love and Thunder manages to raise Thor in the well-known image of the protector of losers. A plot twist made popular in recent years by the flagship Star Wars series on Disney+. The Mandalorian. Both Mando and Thor are people who have gone through a long chain of obstacles. Both of them found their point of balance in caring for children and youth, creatures.
It’s touching that the Asgardian hero Thor: Love and Thunder like the Mandalorians, they are emblems of the same idea. Influential people who were looking for a way to understand their history and a point of connection with their past. Din Djarin, who lost his family at a very young age, took the path of the Mandalorians in order to survive. On the other end of the spectrum, Thor has been stripped of all symbols associated with his power. Both had to work hard to find a new place in which to understand their sense of the spiritual and emotional.
Curiously, both the Thor tetralogy and the Star Wars series give their characters a new vitality through parenting. A way to comprehend a new type of sensitivity of male characters in the cinema, striking in its effectiveness and strength.
