Here in the picture (on top) is a scene from the movie "The Avenger" directed by Joss Whedon. In this scene, Thor (left), played by the actor Chris Hemsworth, and Captain America (right), played by Chris Evans, are fighting against a race of aliens sent by their enemy Loki (not shown) who is out to control the race of humans. In this very scene they have actually been fighting for awhile and are pushed against the wall in this fight. There are only a few of them against what seems to be a never ending army. You can see in the picture that cars are crushed, buildings are crumbling, and our heroes look exhausted. My reaction by looking at this scene is "C'mon! You guys are the best! You can beat them!" I am a big fan of the marvel universe of heroes and I will always root for them. Heroes are always pushed to the limit and when I look at this picture I get the feeling of hope inside of me. Knowing that everything has fallen around them, as you can see by the destruction of objects around them, and that they are out numbered, Thor and Captain America in this picture looks to be still fighting, and will continue to fight till the end. There effort, will, and bravery is what is being communicated to me and I applauded them for it. (Spoiler Alert!) Good thing though they were able to defeat them. Nuke missile sent by the government was redirected by Iron Man sent to the direction of the mothership of the alien race.
I loved your analysis of emotion and feeling from this scene. The hope you speak of is imminent especially when watching, knowing that our "heroes" can always handle the worst. I also was impressed with the note to detail of space - the crushed buildings and cars that provide for a setting that ironically is, frankly, hopeful.
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