Thunderbolts* - Save us, Florence Pugh. You're our only hope - Ep. 479

Mike, Mike, and Oscar

We very much enjoyed Thunderbolts*, and here’s our full film study review treatment. Non-spoilers begins with big discussions on the MCU and its box office trends, and as always, we build to an Oscars Lens. Then we go beat by beat and discuss the plot in the spoiler filled second half. NON-SPOILER REVIEW SECTION: A big discussion of the recent phases of the MCU and their box office - 2:08 The Reception is very strong thus far - 9:01 Our different MCU intakes of late - 11:50 The Marvel Mental Health Awareness Movie - 15:54 Falling in love with these characters & these performances 20:20 Production Values including the unforgettable score that M1 forgot - 26:49 Spoiler Warning - 32:07 SPOILER REVIEW SECTION: Is Florence Pugh the next do your own stunts daredevil like Tom Cruise? - 33:32 Major MCU developments - 35:54 Superhero meet cutes - 37:24 The Bucky Barnes subplot with Bunk and Elaine - 40:42 Keeping this new ragtag group together… somehow - 41:41 Probably the most fun part of the movie - 45:28 The Un-Marvel Like - 49:10 Clear Themes and Messaging - 55:17 The Final Scene + the Mid & Post Credit Scenes - 56:17 We speculate about Fantastic Four & Doomsday movies - 58:53 Final Grades & Final Thoughts on how this fits into Modern Times - 1:03:21 OUTRO: We have a quickie production meeting live on air as we discuss how we’re approaching our 100% Accurate Way Too Early Predictions. Plus, M2 actually praises recap videos on Youtube for helping him with this episode. Otherwise, please follow us on our socials and feel free to reach out. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar