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Black Panther is so good, guys. It could have been disconneced from the MCU and still would have stood strong. I thought the Winter Soldier was as good as the MCU films were ever going to get but this easily tops it. Both are my favorite MCU films now.
All of the women in this were badass. Okoye, Shuri, Nakia, the Queen Mother, all of the Dora Milaje...
And god the acting was so good. Nothing felt unnatural. T’Challa also wasn’t this quippy hero like almost everybody now. He had jokes but he was thoughtful and reserved and sweet. I’m glad we got to have a hero like that after having so many bombastic personalities in previous films. He wasn’t the most interesting character in the film, but I don’t think he needed to be when everybody else around him was. He felt like a character who had already found himself, but like any human could get knocked off the path of realize that he still has something to learn despite being comfortable in his own skin.
That is so different from Tony who hadn’t figured out crap and still is struggling with finding answers, or Steve who already knows his stance on everything so much of his journey is just him discovering the reality of the world and seeing how he reacts to it
Poor Forrest Whittaker can never live in a Disney-owned franchise, though.
The themes were also wonderful. Imerpaliam/colonialism, racism, isolationism. It all felt very fitting, especially with everything going on around us right now. As much as I disliked Erik’s way of approaching his goals, he wasn’t wrong at all.
At the end of the movie, Michael B. Jordan got the most cheers alongside all of the women. I’m not surprised people loved his character. (poor Martin Freeman and Andy Serkis got nothing.)
Spoiler ShowBut on the flipside, I feel Black Panther did not get enough spotlight like he did on Civil War, I want to see more of T'Challa kicking ass. And Killmonger, while I love how they gave him a bit of backstory for his motivations. It just fell flat to me, I just saw Killmonger as a douchebag through and through. Even in his death scene, perhaps the most underwhelming death scene I've seen in MCU.
And the CGI really took a dip in the last fight scene between Golden Jaguar and Black Panther in the Vibranium railway. And shaky cams during the fight scene in the forest, I was like wtf?
It was a good marvel movie, but eh... not enough to be just as memorable.
I just got back from seeing this too, this is sums up a large portion of my feelings as well. Though I do think I am more mixed on Killmonger than some. Not that I thought Michael didn't do amazing, cuz he did, maybe almost too well cuz I got a little sick at how mad I was getting at him lol.
T'challa is amazing, and yeah obviously Okoye, Shuri, and Naima stole the show for me ha
Kinda mixed about this like everybody else. It has been an interesting peek at Wakandan culture and traditions. The women characters really got the spotlight on this that I almost forgot it's a Black Panther movie. Seriously those Dora Milaje need a spin-off.
Spoiler ShowBut on the flipside, I feel Black Panther did not get enough spotlight like he did on Civil War, I want to see more of T'Challa kicking ass. And Killmonger, while I love how they gave him a bit of backstory for his motivations. It just fell flat to me, I just saw Killmonger as a douchebag through and through. Even in his death scene, perhaps the most underwhelming death scene I've seen in MCU.
And the CGI really took a dip in the last fight scene between Golden Jaguar and Black Panther in the Vibranium railway. And shaky cams during the fight scene in the forest, I was like wtf?
It was a good marvel movie, but eh... not enough to be just as memorable.
Kinda mixed about this like everybody else. It has been an interesting peek at Wakandan culture and traditions. The women characters really got the spotlight on this that I almost forgot it's a Black Panther movie. Seriously those Dora Milaje need a spin-off.
Spoiler ShowBut on the flipside, I feel Black Panther did not get enough spotlight like he did on Civil War, I want to see more of T'Challa kicking ass. And Killmonger, while I love how they gave him a bit of backstory for his motivations. It just fell flat to me, I just saw Killmonger as a douchebag through and through. Even in his death scene, perhaps the most underwhelming death scene I've seen in MCU.
And the CGI really took a dip in the last fight scene between Golden Jaguar and Black Panther in the Vibranium railway. And shaky cams during the fight scene in the forest, I was like wtf?
It was a good marvel movie, but eh... not enough to be just as memorable.
Spoiler ShowSo, I guess I didn't actually have an issue with certain parts having T'Challa take a side step to the ladies, especially since for the most part, they were all fighting at the same time. So showing all of them fighting during the scenes was appreciated, sometimes I think movies don't show the side characters enough in times like that. Also, to be blunt, we are only getting our first female led film like over a decade and 20 movies in lol, so I can't even imagine when we will get a woman of color lead...so I was extra okay with the care and spotlight given to them all.
As for Killmonger, yea I mostly agree. I never go for the whole "oh my dad was killed so I murdered everyone" backstory lol. I realize he had more nuance at least, and I saw his point of view on aspects. But then he just mercilessly murders so many people on screen, including ones who trust him, and then we are supposed to think all his bumps are of people he killed just to get to Wakanda. So he is just a mass murderer, and doing it for relatively selfish reasons so yea.... hard for me to really like him myself. I think he was an interesting and well acted villain to watch. I honestly don't like any of the Marvel villains as people lol, so that's nothing new to me.
I actually did like his death scene, if nothing else for his line about dying instead of being enslaved. It hit me pretty hard. So that alone made it a good scene to me.
really dope of everyone for posting trailer shots without tagging them for spoilers, absolutely bangup job for folks trying to go into the film totally blind.
really dope of everyone for posting trailer shots without tagging them for spoilers, absolutely bangup job for folks trying to go into the film totally blind.
you actually got mad at me for discussing a trailer because i may have spoiled the movie on accident, my comment wasnt addressed entirely at you but i meant it as more of a general statement because some people like myself want to go into the movie knowing as little as possible, AoU’s trailer spoiled vision. the BvS trailer spoiled doomsday. trailers nowadays have gained this ill habit of revealing too much as a hook to get people to buy tickets, especially for comic movies. i didnt invest 10 years of my life into the franchise for a 2 minute trailer to lessen the payoff.oh my God, it's just a freaking gif of your usual I-have-no-idea-what-is-going-on-but-it's-cool-I-think Spidey without any context
whatever, I'll put it under a spoiler mark as well, at least to prevent more people from bitching at me