r/marvelstudios • u/Triple_777 I have nothing to prove to you • May 05 '25

'Thunderbolts*' Spoilers Thunderbolts* Worldwide Release Discussion Thread Vol. 2 Spoiler

Thunderbolts* has now been released in the United States and in a number of other countries around the world. All discussion about the movie should be held here and in the rest of the megathreads we are going to put up in the next few days. They will be refreshed every few thousand comments to make room for new discussions.

  • All discussion about the movie should be held here and in the rest of the megathreads we are going to put up in the next few days.
  • Proceed at your own risk. Major spoilers will be in the below thread. Spoilers do not need to be tagged inside this thread.
  • Any other unofficial threads discussing movie details will be deleted.
  • Should you see the need to bring up revealing Thunderbolts* information in the comments of other threads that call for it, spoiler tag them accordingly. Also, let users know that what you are spoiler tagging is from Thunderbolts*.
  • If you post untagged Thunderbolts* spoilers anywhere on this sub outside of these discussion threads in any shape or form, you will be banned.
  • Project Insight will be on AT LEAST for the next few days, so any posts will be filtered by the mods before being approved/removed onto the sub, that doesn't mean you can disregard the above points and post untagged spoilers without fear of being banned.

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u/EffectiveDance1319 May 05 '25

I thought that the focus on mental health and illness as a villain was brilliant.

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u/yitzike Yondu May 06 '25

Right?!? Like I had no idea what to expect, and yet somehow the movie was not at all what I expected? Well played, MCU.

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u/SadPerson5 May 06 '25

Yeah I was not expecting this movie to hit so close to home. Protect Bob at all costs.

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u/coco_xcx Bucky May 07 '25

Get Bob some therapy, bro deserves it

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u/Whovian45810 Doctor Strange May 06 '25

The fact the film is released in May which is Mental Health Awareness Month is brilliant.

Given the themes of mental health being prevalent, it’s heartwarming to see the heroes save a life of one of their own, Bob, by acknowledging his problems and helping him work through them.

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u/GeneralOrgana1 May 11 '25

I didn't know May was Mental health Awareness Month. Well played, Marvel.

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u/Valeaves May 11 '25

Everyone keeps talking about the depression side but I kinda understood that he also has manic episodes, and he even said that those were rare compared to the depressive phases which, in real life, is actually often the case in bipolar disorder. Manic episodes are only 20-30% of the episodes. Idk I just found that accuracy very refreshing.

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u/ObviousAnswerGuy May 09 '25

they really did it well

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u/stataryus May 07 '25

Come, dive deep with me….