Two thoughts:
- In every movie he has ever appeared in in the MCU, Thor has only ever worn his winged helm from the comics at his coronation. I become ever more convinced that the elaborate “helms” that the royal family wear are actually their crowns. The fact that Thor <i>always</i> takes his off when there’s serious trouble brewing, and Loki <i>always</i> has his on probably says something about their characters.
- I first saw this movie with a friend who grew up in Sweden. She was very upset about the scene where Odin loses his eye in battle. For American readers unfamiliar with Norse mythology, this is like arguing that Paul Bunyan is a warrior and that his axe is a battle-axe. It’s not only wrong, it misses the whole point of the character.