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re: Early reviews for Thunderbolts… The MCU is saved!!!

Posted on 5/9/25 at 10:54 pm to
Posted by CCT
LA
Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 5/9/25 at 10:54 pm to
Saw it this afternoon and really enjoyed it. Habour had some great lines; not just to him but I lol several times. The humor was good.

But the public aint gonna take to the new Avengers being former paid and highly trained assassins. That will be interesting.

frick sitting until the complete end of the credits, tho.
Posted by Pedro
Geaux Hawks
Member since Jul 2008
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Posted on 5/10/25 at 5:29 am to
The movie proved fatherhood has made me soft. The father-daughter scene made me tear up because him talking about how happy she was as a kid and how she lit up a room just made me think of my daughter.

Also the “final fight” scene was phenomenal. So well done. (Trying to avoid spoilers since this isn’t one of those threads)
Posted by FirstCityDawg
Member since May 2017
3390 posts
Posted on 5/10/25 at 6:43 am to
I hope you sat until the end of the credits though. Good scene and info for the future.
Posted by CCT
LA
Member since Dec 2006
6790 posts
Posted on 5/10/25 at 12:28 pm to
We stayed until the 2nd one played. That is going to interesting to see how they play that out.
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
58597 posts
Posted on 5/10/25 at 12:38 pm to
I finally got around to watching it. Took the family and we all really enjoyed it. My wife doesn't care much for comic book films but even she liked it. Yelana and Bob were great characters in this one.
Posted by BuckeyeWarrior
Naples, FL
Member since Jan 2025
622 posts
Posted on 5/10/25 at 1:45 pm to
Compared to previous MCU movies, it’s an improvement. But in terms of creativity and uniqueness, it’s nothing special. It’s still a high-budget MCU fest with a lot of the same character tropes that plague previous Marvel films. Terrible, cringeworthy jokes have always ruined the tone of MCU films and this one is no different.

I can't believe people actually fell for the A24 esque branding, as if it wasn't obvious enough that Marvel was desperate to market this movie as being "not like the others". People are so fricking stupid and don’t realize that MCU is nothing more than a soul-less cash cow now.
This post was edited on 5/10/25 at 1:50 pm
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
65982 posts
Posted on 5/10/25 at 2:14 pm to
Their later projects are being reshot and quickly rearranged which is causing these weirdly constructed, tonally uneven movies that they have to fill with quips to cover for all the messiness. It’s happening again with F4, rumors that the silver surfer story is being reshot right now.
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
41914 posts
Posted on 5/10/25 at 2:35 pm to
quote:

Marvel was desperate to market this movie as being "not like the others


Remember, this was supposed to be in the era of Kang the Conqueror with a lead into the Fantastic Four.

Then somehow ‘Tony Stark’ returned.

Posted by Jay Are
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2014
5837 posts
Posted on 5/10/25 at 2:44 pm to
quote:

can't believe people actually fell for the A24 esque branding,


That was a joke trailer...
Posted by Jay Are
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2014
5837 posts
Posted on 5/10/25 at 2:47 pm to
quote:

Their later projects are being reshot and quickly rearranged which is causing these weirdly constructed, tonally uneven movies that they have to fill with quips to cover for all the messiness.


This has been the mcu filming process for every single mcu movie. Every one. Not an exaggeration. There's a literal whole book about it.
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
65982 posts
Posted on 5/10/25 at 2:53 pm to
The creatives and Marvel comic creatives who were advising them prior to civil war are gone. Now you have too many cooks in the kitchen and instead of fidelity to the characters they’re trying to mimic the wrong aspects of the MCU movies.
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
65982 posts
Posted on 5/10/25 at 2:59 pm to
There have always been touch ups and corrections made in post but now they’re totally changing storylines and character arcs way late into the process. The MCU PR machine started conflating to two and misleading the public which is what you’re referring to. Look at the captain falcon situation where at first they claimed there were no reshoots happening then when they got caught doing it they said it always happens.
This post was edited on 5/10/25 at 3:01 pm
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
62279 posts
Posted on 5/10/25 at 3:16 pm to
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F4, rumors that the silver surfer story is being reshot right now.


Female Silver Surfer has me completely out of this movie. I don't care if everyone says it's amazing. I won't be seeing it in theaters.

Currently waiting on the Falcon movie to hit D+ so I can watch that before Thunderbolts. I guess they timed this so people would pay extra to rent it via stream, but I won't be doing that. Maybe I'll get to see it before Thunderbolts leaves the theater so I can help the box office for that one.
This post was edited on 5/10/25 at 3:28 pm
Posted by ThoseGuys
Wishing I was back in NC
Member since Nov 2012
2627 posts
Posted on 5/10/25 at 3:19 pm to
I am a big defender of Marvel and I am fanboy #1 on this board for Captain America.

With that said the reshoots are clearly outside the normal. It was jarring how visible the reshoots were in Brave New Order and really hurt a fantastic movie. Anthony Mackie has been screwed by the current creative team behind Marvel along with piss poor luck.
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
65982 posts
Posted on 5/10/25 at 3:25 pm to
Don’t forget about Ironheart between Thunderbolts and F4.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
62279 posts
Posted on 5/10/25 at 3:30 pm to
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Don’t forget about Ironheart between Thunderbolts and F4.


I'll just have to be ignorant about whatever happens on this show.

That and She-Hulk are the only MCU projects I am actively planning not to see.
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
65982 posts
Posted on 5/10/25 at 3:31 pm to
Hate what they’ve done to Falcon. 1st off there are far more stories in the comics compared to the movies so you shouldn’t be changing these characters so fast. There’s no need for Sam or Bucky to be Cap yet, they need to flesh out who they are first. Then once that’s happened you can gage which way to go as far as Cap’s mantle. This is pervasive with characters throughout the modern MCU. Same with Yelana, do we really know her based on BW and a couple scenes in Hawkeye?
This post was edited on 5/10/25 at 3:33 pm
Posted by Friendly Satan
Member since Nov 2024
1267 posts
Posted on 5/10/25 at 8:59 pm to
Might be good if David Horrible wasn’t in it. That dude sucks royal arse
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
78109 posts
Posted on 5/10/25 at 9:37 pm to
who you talking about?
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
41914 posts
Posted on 5/10/25 at 10:22 pm to
Harbour is my guess.

He’s a commie married to another commie, Brit singer Lily Allen.

* Why the DV? What I posted is 100% accurate.
This post was edited on 5/11/25 at 7:22 am
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