Thunderbolts* (2025)
^ This was flashed in one of the last commercials for the movie. My opinion? I rank all these movies that followed
Avengers: Endgame above
Thunderbolts* (along with grades)
:
Spider-Man: Far From Home (9.40)
, Spider-Man: No Way Home (9.40)
, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (8.75)
, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (8.50)
, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (8.50),
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (8.35),
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (8.35),
Deadpool & Wolverine (7.75),
Black Widow (7.00)
, Captain America: Brave New World (7.00) and
Eternals (6.75)
Thunderbolts* 6.50 of 10.00
Only
The Marvels (6.25) and
Thor: Love and Thunder (5.25) fell below it for me.
Really waiting to get input from others. On one hand, I enjoyed how Sentry and The Void was introduced and setup. On the other hand, the movie did not make me fear the threat.
I like group's membership but did not think they were exploited very well. Overall chemistry is a bit off for now. David Harbour (Red Guardian) was a touch too loud unnecessarily as usual. Sebastian Stan (Bucky) lacked intensity, ironically similar to what I saw in
Captain America: Brave New World. Wyatt Russell (John Walker) is still growing on me from
The Falcon and The Winter Soldier.
Florence Pugh (Yelena), Hannah John-Kamen (Ghost), Julia Louis-Dreyfus and even Geraldine Viswanathan (Julia's aid in a small supporting role) were very good--although Ghost was kinda handicapped in some ways with her self-brooding.
Good movie. Could have been a LOT better I think.
Two cut scenes during the ending credits. The first one that plays near the beginning of the credits roll isn't all that. The second one at the very end of the roll is
worth waiting on.