Thunderbolts or New Avengers Review

 

Thunderbolts Review 

So, I saw Thunderbolts last night, and here's my review of it. I liked it. I thought it was a good film, and I had a fun time watching it. It had good action and some funny moments, too. This film does tackle mental health, and unlike Moon Knight, it does a better job at it. 

. Now, the film cast all did a great job playing their characters. 

Now Sebastian Stan, as always, did a great job playing Bucky, aka Winter Soldier. Now, Bucky, I understand why so many fans want him to finally get his own movie and his moment. I get it. I want that too, but he's not the film's main character, but he's still really good in the film and always fun to watch. I agree that Bucky needs to get his own movie or show. Just give Sebastian Stan, who has been with Marvel since Phase One, his due.

Now, Florence Pugh did a great job playing Yelena, and I have to say, after years of playing her character, she's really cool in the film. Florence gives one of the best performances in this film, and this film is more from her point of view as she does have problems with her past, which the film addresses. Yelena was funny in the film, and she was one of the best characters in the film. 

Now, Wyatt Russell was excellent in this film. He played a lovable asshole, but you can't hate him. Following Falcon and Winter Soldier, John is now the US Agent and is still angry about losing Captain America. However, all the hate John gets is stupid because I stand by the fact that John Walker did nothing wrong, and he does get called out for what he did in Falcon and Winter Soldier for killing that terrorist, but everyone in this film has killed somebody. Still, it bothers me that John got hate for killing a terrorist who murdered innocent people. 

Now Hannah John-Kamen returns as Ghost in the film, and she's good in this film, but I find her boring. She still has some good moments in the movie, but she's just there. Initially, Lawrence Fishburne would be in the film, but he was cut. 

Now Bob, aka the Sentry, is played by Lewis Pullman, the son of Bill Pullman. He does a great job. He's one of the best characters in the whole film, and he nails it as the Sentry. 

Sentry is Marvel's "Superman," but he's also a Superman with mental health problems, such as his inner battle with the Void. This film did great with the Void arc and his mental health problems. This film does a good job of dealing with mental health and guilt from your past mistakes. Most people don't like agendas being shoved down our throats, but this is how you properly do it. You show and have it fit the story perfectly. I love the jokes they make with Bob, and Sentry's costume in the film is very comic-accurate. Sentry was one of the best characters in the movie, and Lewis Pullman nailed it. Initially, Steven Yeun was going to play the role of Bob, aka Sentry, but he dropped out. Steven would have been good, but Lewis was a better choice, and I can't see Steven playing Sentry. I want him to play someone else, but he is Invincible. 

Now, Julia Louis-Dreyfus does a good job playing Valentino, and man, she does a great job playing a very unlikeable character. As OXE's involvement with the Sentry program explains why Bob is a test subject, she's trying not to get impeached for her crimes. 

My girlfriend pointed out that Valentina's hair looks like Tulsi Gabbard's, and it's true. I think they are making fun of Tulsi, who works with Trump. 

David Harbor was funny as usual in this film, but sometimes his jokes got annoying. He's still one of the funniest characters in the film. I like how his relationship with Yelena is one of the main focuses of the film, and the film shows how much he loves his daughter and wants to be with her. 

Overall, I liked this film. It was good, better than Brave New World. The cast did a great job, and the story was good, too. 

I give this film an 8 out of 10. Go see it because it's a fun movie. 

Do I think it's as good as James Gunn's Suicide Squad? Yeah, it is. 

Now, I know it's not the Thunderbolts most fans—me included—wanted to see on the big screen, like we wanted either of these teams.

Zemo led an original team and was supposed to appear in the film, but he was cut.

Or Red Hulk's Thunderbolts, which would have been so cool to adapt.

These teams would have been great to see on the big screen because let's face the MCU Thunderbolts team is mostly anti-heroes or C-list characters. However, this film did a great job with these characters, and the team was very likeable. 

Now here are some spoilers so don't look!

The revelation that The Thunderbolts movie is a New Avengers film. 

I grew up with the New Avengers comics, which got me into the Avengers. I was hoping for a more faithful team roaster like this. 

However, we will likely see another Avengers team like this in Doomsday because Sam Wilson is not happy about the Thunderbolts calling themselves the New Avengers. Also, when they reset the universe, we'll likely get a proper New Avengers film. I think Sam's Avengers team will likely be Spider-Man, Daredevil, Kate Bishop, Shuri/Black Panther, and Shang Chi. 

This makes you wonder why they didn't just make a New Avengers film, but I guess they wanted to surprise everyone and reveal this as the New Avengers movie. 

Taskmaster is in the film, but she is killed off in the first ten minutes. Those trailers lied to you. She's not in the movie, but she dies. I'm glad they killed her because many fans didn't like what they did with Taskmaster, and it's not the character fans grew up with. 

If you read my post about how Marvel should have made the Black Widow film, they should have made her the Red Widow instead of Taskmaster. If they had done that, it would have worked. I have nothing against the actress; it's just that Red Widow would have been a better character for her to play. 

Fans wanted Anthony Masters, the real Taskmaster, but even if they went with him, he just wouldn't fit this group of characters. I believe Marvel is course-correcting the Taskmaster because they saw how fans didn't like what they did, and this could be a sign they are bringing in the real Taskmaster in a future MCU film. 

The film's end credit scene shows the New Avengers getting a distress call from space, and it's a spaceship with a big 4 on it. So the Fantastic Four are coming, and this gives away that their reality will get destroyed by Galactus or Dr. Doom. Setting up Doomsday

So that's the spoilers. 

Let me know what you think and hope you like the movie.