It’s tough seeing Chadwick Boseman in the movie playing the part so well, doing what he loves, knowing he’s no longer with us. I hope he is resting well.
While the visuals are stunning they more often than not cross over over into the Uncanny Valley of “shiny CGI”. I didn’t truly get the sense that Wakanda was a real place, just a set of green screens much like the Star Wars prequels.
Black Panther has a phenomenal villain in Killmonger because there’s a nugget of brilliance in his insanity – a facet that always makes evil more compelling. Wakanda is hiding away its technological advances from the rest of the world – seemingly to protect the world from itself, or to keep their land from being pillaged. But to have the type of medical technology that can heal a bullet to the spine in one day and *not* share it? That’s…questionable.
I absolutely loved the characters of Okoye and Shuri. Okoye was believably tough and bad-ass while Shuri was a sarcastic realistic modern she-nerd. They were probably my favorite part of the movie.
Andy Serkis is flat out mesmerizing as usual. He paints such a detailed picture of a deranged arms dealer yet in the entirety of the MCU he’s only on screen for like 30 minutes.
Everett Ross was a welcome and unexpected supporting character – he was such a dweeb in Captain America: Civil War that I was glad to see him get fleshed out here as a man with some principles. Also, I loved M’Baku barking at him.
All in all this movie was a fun ride. Now I only have two MCU movies left to catch up on – Thor: The Dark World and Ant-Man & The Wasp.
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