My mini-review of THUNDERBOLTS*.

Short version: It Did Not Suck. This is actually much higher praise than you might think. It got me into the theater, when I didn’t even bother with the latest Captain America film (it’ll be on Disney+ eventually), and I didn’t mind being there.

Slightly longer version: I liked THUNDERBOLTS*. It is extremely self-aware of what it is, how people are going to react to it, and the limitations that it operates under (including nigh-universal cases of imposter syndrome). Fortunately, there are a number of very good actors in it who can do ‘battered and bruised, but not quite broken yet.’ It’s one of the more grown-up superhero films lately, with characters who are actually better people than they’d like to admit.

If you’ve given up on Marvel, that’s cool. If you haven’t, this won’t make you lose hope.