The effective use of slow motion during the battle provides a glimpse into the inner turmoil these warriors feel. Earl Ingstad sees Torvi and her son engaged in combat, and when Lucas cuts him open and then delivers a fatal blow, the queen’s vision suddenly shifts to her childhood and her father who gives her a necklace with a tiny replica of Thor’s hammer. “This will take care of you always,” he tells her, but clearly, at this point, she has her doubts and calls on a cherished memory to see her through the pain of loss. The long awaited reunion between Astrid and Earl Ingstad follows the memory of her father, and how fitting that it’s presented with the two alone in a field as the fog drifts in. Astrid makes it clear she’s unhappy with her pregnancy, and while they’ve envisioned this scen
