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I was watching the Iron Giant today, and I noticed something.
In the movie it’s never explicitly said what happened to Hogarth’s dad, all we really get is this picture of him on Hogarth’s nightstand.
We see Hogarth wearing an aviator helmet too, presumably his father’s. I always took that as an implication that his dad died in the line of duty, some kind of accident, etc. Hogarth likely viewing him as a hero.
I’ve seen this movie so many times, that wasn’t new to me. But then I realized something about the end. When the Giant tells him he’s essentially leaving to die, we get the heart-wrenching moment where Hogarth says I love you a moment before he takes off.
And it occurred to me… he probably never got to say goodbye to his dad. To tell him that he loved him. And in this moment, he maybe doesn’t consciously understand it, but he had to get that final goodbye that he never got to tell his dad. To express the love he feels before he has another core figure ripped from his life. Maybe also in the line of duty protecting people.