It’s
safe
to
say
that
Marvel
is
back,
raves
Varun
Khanvilkar.
I
had
never
attended
a
press
movie
screening
before,
and
Thunderbolts
was
my
first.
I
was
very
excited.
When
we
entered
the
theatre,
the
crowd
was
very
enthusiastic.
Funnily
enough,
there
seemed
to
be
almost
as
many
cosplayers
in
the
theatre
as
there
were
at
this
year’s
comic
con.
Thunderbolts
started
off
with
the
OG
Marvel
intro,
which
was
nice
to
see
especially
since
it
wasn’t
present
in
their
previous
outing, Captain
America:
Brave
New
World.
The
film
revolves
around
main
characters
—
Florence
Pugh’s
Yelena
Belova,
Sebastian
Stan’s
Bucky,
Hannah
John-Kamen’s
Ava
Starr,
Wyatt
Russell’s
US
Agent
and
David
Harbour’s
Red
Guardian
—
feeling
lonely
and
struggling
to
find
a
purpose
in
their
lives.
That
sets
the
tone
for
the
movie,
that
its
more
about
acceptance
of
one’s
self
rather
than
just
heroics.
One
of
the
things
that
was
somewhat
surprising
was
Taskmaster’s
death
even
though
it
was
hinted
at
in
the
trailers.
One
of
the
best
characters
was
the
US
Agent,
played
by
Wyatt
Russell.
He
has
done
an
incredible
job
with
his
well-timed
quips
and
well
co-ordinated
fight
scenes.
Red
Guardian,
played
by
David
Harbour,
also
deserves
a
mention
because
he
is
the
funniest
character
with
the
best
comedic
relief
moments
in
the
movie.
He
does
a
heroic
moment
too,
when
he
saves
a
little
girl
from
falling
debris.
This
is
where
I
felt
goosebumps
because
just
as
she’s
saved,
she’s
turned
into
a
shadow
by
the
main
antagonist,
The
Void.
The
Void,
as
defined
by
CIA
head
Valentina
Allegra
de
Fontaine,
who
tested
on
him,
is
‘stronger
than
all
the
Avengers
rolled
into
one’.
He
truly
seemed
like
an
Avengers-level
threat.
For
a
while,
even
I
wondered
how
this
team
of
essentially
three
super-soldiers,
an
assassin
and
a
spy
were
going
to
defeat
a
man
with
the
power
of
a
thousand
exploding
suns.
But
the
movie
portrays
it
perfectly,
not
as
a
fight
against
an
evil
supervillain,
but
against
Bob’s
own
inner
dark
side
and
it
all
culminates
with
each
of
the
characters
realising
they
are
not
alone
and
are
in
fact,
Heroes.
Some
highlights
of
the
movie
were
Bucky’s
entry
in
the
desert,
the
fight
sequence
at
the
black
site
and
the
short
fight
between
Sentry
and
the
heroes.
A
bit
of
advice:
DO
NOT
miss
the
second
post-credit
scenes.
Thunderbolts
is
a
truly
great
watch.
The
only
place
they
could
have
improved
was
if
there
were
lesser
emotional
scenes
between
Red
Guardian
and
Yelena
Belova.
Instead,
there
should
have
back
stories
about
the
other
characters.
Still,
I
think
it’s
safe
to
say: MARVEL
IS
BACK!
Varun
Khanvilkar
is
15
years
old,
loves
the
Avengers
and
is
a
huge
fan
of
the
Marvel
movies!
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