Bridesmaids (2011), This Is 40 (2012) and Spy (2015) are my three favourite Melissa McCarthy movies. The Heat (2013), Tammy (2014) and The Boss (2016) are the ones I found most disappointing.
The not so great news is that McCarthy’s latest Ben Falcone written/directed comedy/action/adventure Thunder Force falls firmly at the bottom of the latter category.
I honestly tried my very best to give Thunder Force, the story of estranged childhood best friends reuniting and ending up with superpowers a fair chance. It’s just unfortunate that the writing and pacing left me desperately wanting.
What makes it worse is that I wasn’t even tired when I hit play to watch a hopefully fun comedy in the afternoon. Yet, twenty minutes in, I awoke from a rather pleasant impromptu nap. A situation I feared might occur, especially after an unnecessarily long and unfunny bit of dialogue about salmon and a rock near the start of the movie. Nevertheless, I held on in desperate hope that things might turn around at any moment.
Things did not get better, not even a little bit. As such, after giving the movie one very last try, only to find myself waking up from my second nap in half an hour, I had to put an end to the madness.
Looking back, the most memorable parts of Thunder Force include the one brief moment involving rabbit-like teeth. And the other is the presence of Pom Klementieff as Laser.
Thunder Force is a film you watch, only if you absolutely must because you’re much better off revisiting the first three movies I mentioned at the start of this post.
Happy Film Loving
G
Time to re-watch Spy. 😊
Do it! It’s so good and fun! 😁🥳
I had planned on watching this during the weekend. I will probably watch it, but now I know not to expect too much out of it so now I wont be disappointed.
I hope you find something to enjoy about it, Christy. I tried but the computer that is my brain kept saying no and sending me strait to sleep! 😁
Maybe there will be some redeeming qualities.
Unfortunate, I was curious about checking out Thunder Force. But I am a fan of Bridesmaids, Spy, and This is 40. At least those are a guaranteed laugh.
Sometimes we just need a movie that won’t force us to suspend our disbelief because we want to buy into everything happening and get lost in the world on screen. It’s a reall shame indeed that Thunder Force does not deliver on that; unlike Bridesmaids, Spy, and This is 40. 🤓