![]() ![]() Here in Aquaman, the opening sequence again focuses on parents, but instead of birth or death, the starting point and the focus is on the parents’ love. In Batman v Superman, it opened with the imagery of fall - a very important theme for the story - and it also focused on the death of Bruce’s parents. Of course, the parents, Lara and Jor-El, were there, and they were important, but Kal-El was the focus, and specifically his birth. That birth was very important to the whole remainder of the story that was to be told. ![]() ![]() Speaking film openings, Man of Steel not only had logos that tied into the setting and style of Krypton but it also had a very meaningful opening with the birth of Kal-El. ![]() Although I tend to be personally drawn to the idea of choice over destiny, we will have to continue to explore this theme throughout our analysis. So the fact that the filmmakers put these pre-destined ideas explicitly throughout various parts of the film, maybe they are intending a message about fulfilling your destiny. Because we just noticed that in that monologue with the Karathen, Arthur explicitly said that he “had no choice” with regard to stopping the war and taking his place as king. But it’s possible that the filmmakers were really trying to go for more of a pure message about destiny. I had initially been leaning toward the power of choice, and how destiny really only happens because of active choices that people make in and around the main flow of events. In our prior episode, we talked about how we are still formulating our perspectives on this theme and how there are some clear appeals to destiny, such as the Jules Verne quote and Arthur being the chosen one to remove the trident, but also some clear instances of choice, such as with Atlanna and Mera making proactive decisions about the direction of their lives. And speaking of Arthur’s monologue there with the Karathen, in thinking about it some more, we have to revisit our conversation about the theme of destiny and choice. ![]()
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