Thor 089: Is This the Best Minute of the Movie?

<h2>Minute Eighty-Nine: From Heartbroken Jane to Confused Destroyer</h2> <p>Joining us for the most thrilling minute in the movie as Thor is resurrected is a guy who knows a few things about resurrections, Father David Mowry, Chaplain of the Movies by Minute community.</p> <h3>In the eighty-ninth minute of <a href="https://trustory.fm/director/kenneth-branagh/">Kenneth Branagh</a>’s 2011 film <em>Thor</em>...</h3> <ul><li>It’s a big minute!</li> <li>Mjølnir rips across the sky like a missile. It even breaks the sound barrier as we see the sonic boom.</li> <li>So is this why Erik runs to pull Jane away? Does he – and perhaps everyone else – think that SHIELD launched a missile on the town to destroy the Destroyer? It sure looks that way.</li> <li>It’s powerful to see how Thor’s arm and hand react to the approaching Mjølnir, reaching up to grab it even though his body remains lifeless on the ground.</li> <li>It’s also cool to see the lightning strike, essentially acting as a defibrillator for Thor, bringing him back to life. The shot of his face certainly looks like that’s what’s happening.</li> <li>Does Loki sense Thor’s return or does the Destroyer? Why does Loki turn back right then?</li> <li>Not only is is cool seeing the silhouette of Thor standing, hammer raised, in the lightning, but it says a lot that his back is to the Destroyer.</li> <li>The symmetry between Loki backhanding Thor with the Destroyer then Thor backhanding the Destroyer with Mjølnir works well for us.</li> <li>Everyone’s reactions are priceless, but it’s hard to not see that Sif clearly was expecting this all along. Jaimie Alexander’s reaction here plays so well.</li> <li>Erik clearly is coming to terms with his childhood myths actually being real.</li> <li>But Jane’s “Oh... my... god...” reaction is the one we really talk about because, well, it’s cheeky and works.</li> <li>Father Mowry has more Christ and the Cape to discuss in this minute too!</li></ul> <p>It’s a powerful minute as Thor returns in full garb as the god of thunder, and Fath