The Avengers (2012 film)/Tear Jerker: Difference between revisions

 

* The elderly German man {{spoiler|who refuses to bow for Loki.}} It gets even worse when you realize that it is likely that the man is old enough to have been alive in Nazi Germany. He's seen this happen before and he will not let it happen again.

'''Old man:''' "There are ''[[A Nazi by Any Other Name|always]]'' men like you." }}

* Banner tells Fury he can't be killed, because he's already tried putting a bullet in his mouth - 'the other guy spat it out'. The man's been driven to actual suicide, and has had even that release denied him.

*** {{spoiler|Also Tony's reaction. It's clear he's holding back tears as he [[How Dare You Die on Me!|angrily states that Coulson was stupid for trying to take on Loki alone]]. For all his teasing and snarking at Coulson, it's clear he was fond of him and even [[And This Is For|invokes his name when fighting against Loki]].}}

*** Tony looking at the blood on the wall where {{spoiler|Coulson was leaning after he was stabbed}} and then this angry, desperate line to Steve:

* Even after all that Loki has done and will do over the course of two movies, Thor still [[Big Brother Instinct|considers him family and tries to protect him]]. Culminating in a scene where Thor embraces his adopted brother and asks him to "come home," it makes Loki's cold rejection of him and the resulting pain in Thor's eyes all the more heartbreaking to watch.

** What makes it worse is that you can almost see Loki's eyes get unusually wet when he asks Thor whether or not he was mourned. {{spoiler|And when he stabs Thor in the stomach in the climax, even smiling away, a tear escapes his eye.}} Perhaps there is some part of him that regrets what has happened...?

*** Following the quote above, that awful moment when Loki, the God of Lies, can't even pull up a convincing scathing reaction to that line. He stares at his brother. He tries to smile, to laugh it off, but it dies almost seconds afterwards. He's reduced to addressing another issue to try and cover it up.