They said MCU was back with Guardians 3 but now it’s suddenly back with this movie? MFs just be blinding hating MCU and choosy when they wanna like MCU again. MCU has a lot of great shows and films since EndGame. For some reason, it’s a hard concept to comprehend that you can enjoy indie movies and blockbusters

Yeah just posting stuff I see from popular accounts I follow. I agree with this leaker.

But the quality of most of their movies has dropped to be fair. And a lot of the shows are ass imo. I really only watch daredevil now.

Man i shed a tear

Haven’t heard an applause like that in an avengers movie in a minute

I loved this film. It honestly spoke to me in a way that no other comic book film has spoken to me before. This came out and hit at the right time I suppose.

Bringing together these characters on paper had a low chance of working, but by god Jake Schrier and the writers were able to make all of these characters work from projects that for the most part are just fine. This is a story about dealing with your inner demons and finding companionship amongst people who really care for you. Using these characters for that story worked wonders.

The action set pieces are really good and visuals are actually very well done. Not under cooked like some of the more recent entries. The script is much better than the last two MCU films and the performances across the board are really good. Florence Pugh and Lewis Pullman in particular shine in their roles.

This more than anything has me excited to see where the MCU goes from here. It finally feels like we are headed somewhere leading into Avengers: Doomsday.

4.5/5 (This is a weighted MCU grade. Sorry that I have a soft spot for capeshit.)

Alright FINE I’ll go see it tomorrow

Like when Yelena was talking about having a mundane ass life (for her standard obv lmao) and having nobody to go home to. Trying to forget the darkness of your past and just pushing it back via alcohol (or weed in my case). That s*** really hit me man.

I feel like half this movie was cut, and it was to its detriment. Like it was good, and I enjoyed it, but it felt like whole chunks were missing. Important chunks for pacing.

somehow the least hyped show/film always gets better reviews. same s*** happened with Andor s1

I get what people mean when they say the MCU is back. Yeah, Guardians 3 was good but it didn’t get me excited for the future of the MCU or any of the upcoming films. But after Thunderbolts I’m bought back in. Hype for F4 is up. Anticipation for Doomsday went from rock bottom to intrigued. The MCU is back baby.

Really solid flick. Did the impossible which was actually making me invested in the MCU for the first time since like Loki S1 finale. Did not expect that from something I assumed would be more of a side project (which it did seem like until the final five minutes + credits). Decent story, lots of laughs, actual human emotions.

Goes firmly into B tier for 2025. It's getting a little crowded so Mickey 17 might have to drop down to C before the summer's over

S -
A - Sinners,
B - Warfare, Black Bag, Thunderbolts*, Companion, One of Them Days, Mickey 17

C -
D - Captain America: BNW

F -

I think I’m just done with Marvel. It took me longer than other people but this movie was really good until the abrupt ass ending that had no real climax. They could have done so much more with Sentry but they threw all that away to make sure we found out that they were the New Avengers.

Marvel’s biggest issue now is that every movie has to connect to another movie. It worked leading up to Infinity War but it is not working now. It just ruined what was a very good move till the weird ending.

Bucky and Sams meeting about the avengers not going well must have something to do with Sentry

Two of these suck unfortunately.

It’s because there are three caveats to explain why these movies were positively reviewed, and none of them have anything to do with Marvel itself:

• No Way Home: Nostalgia filled cameo fest
• Guardians 3: Gunn’s swan song for Marvel
• Deadpool & Wolverine: Even more of a nostalgia filled cameo fest

Thunderbolts* is their first film in a LONG time that’s just good on its own merits, introducing new characters or a new team that the audience falls in love with, and not relying on excessive nostalgia baiting to get people excited.

Their last film of this ilk was probably honestly Black Panther. Shang-Chi would be the next choice but it got overlooked because of the pandemic

If you look at their run of films since Endgame like this, it makes more sense:

• Far From Home - sequel that capped the Infinity Saga, people liked at the time but have begun to sour on as time passes
• Black Widow - prequel that people didn’t like
• Shang-Chi - good origin film, overlooked due to pandemic
• Eternals - origin film people hated
• No Way Home - nostalgia filled trilogy ender
• Multiverse of Madness - cameo bait sequel, but not as many as people were expecting which led to disappointment
• Love & Thunder - sequel everyone hated
• Wakanda Forever - very emotional film, tribute to Chadwick, didn’t resonate with the GP though for some reason
• Quantumania - one of the worst films of the 21st Century
• Guardians Vol. 3 - emotional trilogy ender, Gunn’s swan song for Marvel
• The Marvels - crossover sequel that most people hated
• Deadpool & Wolverine - trilogy ender that people enjoyed, but mostly due to the endless cameos and nostalgia baiting
• Brave New World - sequel that was mostly a mixed bag for people
• Thunderbolts* - new team of old characters that most people are thoroughly enjoying and excited to see again

Combine this with the fact that people have been pretty negative about superhero films in general during the entire 2020s and it makes sense that Thunderbolts* is being seen as a massive return to form

Been trying to buy tickets all morning but my theatre won’t let me

we're so back

peak mcu

post-Endgame, left off what I haven't seen.

Those bottom 2 picks are interesting

NWH or BP2 both have their flaws but you really think they are the absolute worst post- Endgame entries ?

Quantumania over Wakanda Forever??????

ehhhh prolly not

Perfect top 2

Scorsese indoctrinated the entire internet film population with his little grudge & he probably barely uses the internet lol