Post by DC-Fan on May 8, 2018 3:37:25 GMT
Why Thor Didn’t Kill In Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Infinity War co-director Joe Russo has explained why Thor didn’t kill Thanos when he had the chance.
Thor came very close to defeating the Mad Titan too, when he rammed his weapon into Thanos’ chest mere seconds after Thanos has acquired the last of the Infinity Stones for his Gauntlet. Unfortunately, that wasn’t enough to stop the villain from snapping his fingers and literally wiping out half of the universe’s population in the process. So why didn’t Thor aim Stormbreaker at Thanos’ head (as the Mad Titan taunted him for not doing) and kill him right there?
The snarky answer, of course, is “Because then there would be no Avengers 4.” The longer answer is that Thor wanted payback for everything Thanos did to him, as Russo told Comic Book. Russo further indicated that Marvel fans should be just as angry at Thor for not doing the smart thing as they are at Star-Lord for his own failure to stop Thanos from carrying out his terrible plan:
“I would argue that the fan base could be equally upset with Thor, who chose to throw that ax into Thanos chest and not his head. Because he wanted to tell Thanos that he got his revenge. Had he gone for a kill shot, that snap would not have happened. These are choices that characters who are feeling immense pain make and hopefully, the audience can learn to empathize with those characters because they can grow through stories. Stories can teach us things and that we should try to see every choice from the perspective of the character that made the choice.”
So the Russos confirmed that the reason Thor missed Thanos' head (which even Thanos admitted Thor shouldn've done) is because Thor intentionally aimed for Thanos' chest instead of his head just so Thor could trash-talk Thanos. So Thor selfishly risked the lives of half the universe by not going for the kill shot when he had the chance and instead intentionally going for the chest just so he could trash-talk Thanos. That's the problem with a team calling themselves "Avengers" and making revenge or vengeance (rather than justice) their primary goal.