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Movie Review for Thunderbolts*
May. 6th, 2025 12:26 pm Wednesday April 30, 2025 I joined other members of the Marvel family to see a friends and family preview of Thunderbolts*.
I overheard someone say a friend of hers, that was at the opening, said it felt more like an A-24 film than a Marvel film.
Or maybe Marvel saw something that was going on over at A-24 and copied it.
I am going to try for spoiler free with the assumption you have seen the trailers.
It was not what I was expecting and much better than I had hoped from the trailers. I had no idea where they were going with it, but they managed to pull it off with even a ta-da at the very end. Yes, there are some extra bits during the credits and post credits.
There is one character I am desperate to talk to someone else about. This character has a very interesting story throughout the film. They laid the track work for the ending all through the film until they presented us with the ending.
This was in some ways a darker or lighter Marvel movie.
They promised us lots of fights and we got some spectacular punch ups. The battles had so much going on, I want to see the film again to see the other half of some of the fights. There are some very dark scenes showing us when our heroes felt at their lowest. Yes, there are feelings, and they are discussed some well and some not so well. The father and daughter seem to slide into some habits that we can tell have been their relationship for a loooooong time.
The lighter side was the quips and some of the very strange arguments. It is not over quipped. It feels organic rather than stuffed in there. And, honestly, Bucky. There are some hilarious banters that hit all the right buttons. It feels like a Marvel movie. It felt like a warm hug.
Do I think it needs to be seen on the big screen? For the fights, I would say yes because there is SO MUCH going on. The rest of it not so much. So it depends what is important to you.
I am grateful I got to see this film with the Marvel Family.
I overheard someone say a friend of hers, that was at the opening, said it felt more like an A-24 film than a Marvel film.
Or maybe Marvel saw something that was going on over at A-24 and copied it.
I am going to try for spoiler free with the assumption you have seen the trailers.
It was not what I was expecting and much better than I had hoped from the trailers. I had no idea where they were going with it, but they managed to pull it off with even a ta-da at the very end. Yes, there are some extra bits during the credits and post credits.
There is one character I am desperate to talk to someone else about. This character has a very interesting story throughout the film. They laid the track work for the ending all through the film until they presented us with the ending.
This was in some ways a darker or lighter Marvel movie.
They promised us lots of fights and we got some spectacular punch ups. The battles had so much going on, I want to see the film again to see the other half of some of the fights. There are some very dark scenes showing us when our heroes felt at their lowest. Yes, there are feelings, and they are discussed some well and some not so well. The father and daughter seem to slide into some habits that we can tell have been their relationship for a loooooong time.
The lighter side was the quips and some of the very strange arguments. It is not over quipped. It feels organic rather than stuffed in there. And, honestly, Bucky. There are some hilarious banters that hit all the right buttons. It feels like a Marvel movie. It felt like a warm hug.
Do I think it needs to be seen on the big screen? For the fights, I would say yes because there is SO MUCH going on. The rest of it not so much. So it depends what is important to you.
I am grateful I got to see this film with the Marvel Family.
