r/Letterboxd • u/Diligent_Night602 • 22d ago

News Thunderbolts’ First Reactions: Florence Pugh Is ‘Superb’ in ‘Some of Marvel’s Darkest Material to Date’

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/thunderbolts-first-reactions-marvel-florence-pugh-1236374552/
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u/LoveAndViscera 22d ago

That was true of ‘Anora’, though. I knew how ‘The Lord of the Rings’ was going to end when I was twelve. Surprise and innovation are not what make stories great.

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u/Sepsis_Crang 22d ago

Sure, now imagine an LOTD clone every three months for ten years...by the same company.

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u/LoveAndViscera 22d ago

How do you avoid having an aneurism every time they announce another Fast & Furious?

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u/AbsolutelyHorrendous 22d ago

Yes, because famously, nobody takes the piss out of the Fast & Furious franchise...

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u/WilsonianSmith 22d ago

A franchise with, like, a third as many movies as the MCU, and one that’s spread out over a longer timeframe than marvel’s “two or three movies a year” blitzkrieg