Is it worth seeing? I know he was awesome in Civil War, but can a supporting role have a good solo movie or is he too much like Black Widow, Falcon and Hawkeye, just a support character?
DVDs are expensive, I have yet to even see Wonder Woman because im too cheap to pay $35 for it!
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The question you need to ask yourself...do you want more of Black Panther after Civil War, if the answer is yes then go see the movie.
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Avengers such as Black Widow, Hawkeye, and Falcon while sometimes appearing in their own short lived comic book series from time to time they are more likely than not to be characters featured in team books or team-ups with other more popular characters. While characters like Spider-Man, Black Panther, (and to a somewhat lesser degree) Dr. Strange can and have held top billing as main characters in their own comics for hundreds of issues, and that is why these characters get their own movies. Then there is Ant-Man...he got his own movie because who the hell knows but it was actually really fun and lots of people enjoyed it.
Yeah I'll admit it I haven't seen an MCU movie that I have not liked so far, even the ones considered less good I still enjoy.
I've liked them all, even the "bad ones" and reruns of Origin Stories...
They're good entertainment.
I do believe that Black Widow, Falcon or Hawkeye won't be getting their own MCU movies, sadly. They are still minor characters in Marvel universe....
And he's a friggin king. And avatar of a huge cat god.
And dude, Blurays are the current thing. DVDs are like C-cassetters of disc technology now....
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My only quibble is that some of the fight scenes seemed a bit cheaped-out. They used a lot of camera-shake, shadow, and weird angles so you could not see as much of the action, therefore they did not need all the mega CGI. The combat sequences in Civil War were, by and large, better. Not to say the ones in BP were bad, not by any stretch, but some of them could have been better.
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Side note on Captain Americas part in Civil War, I was by Caps side concerning the UN thing, the Avengers didnt need to be a private army for political interests...but i hated what they did between him, bucky and ironman!! I wasnt sure what to think about it, Captain America is usually the one to follow, but like royalfish said...the cat had the right idea this time around. Hence some of my frustration in that last Thread i made on it.
I gave it a lot of thought, I have enough to get one dvd (because my pc doesnt play bluray...no tv/player) IM getting Black Panther ^_^ ...well, when its released in about 3 months >.>
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Selina Kyle is extraordinarily gifted - but her name and costume come from her personal interests, not because she's the avatar of some goddess of house-cats or something. (Also, her costume is far, far better than that stripperiffic thing with the ludicrous headgear that Berry was forced to don.)
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I'm looking forward to seeing Shadowcats movie as well.
and couldnt be improved upon, just like Michael Keaton and Christopher Reeves in their roles.
Haley Berry was better as Storm, and now that the focus is on Africa, maybe we will get a SHadowking movie, maybe with Panther, Storm and Professor X.
They require a credit card which I refuse to own, and im looking to add to my movie library.
...Kitty Pride is getting a movie? :O Hmm, Im not sure, yeah she was great in the Exalibur comic...which got a bit wacky at times, but she would seem more of a supporting role.
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He was cool in Marvel Heroes Omega. Crazy how the trash that is DCUO is still tanking, but above average games shutdown. Super Hero gamers would be better served if that game was still around. Oh well.
Killmonger's plan to start a race war using Wakanda tech seemed far-fetched, even for a superhero film. No one bothered to ask about what they would do when the Avengers and so on intervened. There were also some parts that were standard tropes. BP asks for help from his prior rival Mbaku who turns him down. Was anyone actually surprised when Mbaku and his army showed up to save the day?
It was visually arresting at times, but the cliff-backdrop in the duel scenes felt artificial, like I was in Animal Kingdom at Disney World.
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Yeah yeah yeah, because he is Black. Blacks are the most imitated group, everyone wants big lips, big asses, to rap, dance, play the guitar like Hendrix, be like MJ, be Like Ali, etc. Nothing in mainstream culture does not have African or Black influence, especially music. Even overseas with Kpop.
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It may be mediocre to you, but the majority like it. It receives fairly high ratings. The race card should have worked against it being a minority film, but a majority went to see it. It was good enough to be the number 3 domestically grossed film of all time despite being a minority film.
As for actors, the most popular of all time? There are quite a few contenders for the role; Clara Bow, the "It Girl" of 1927, comes to mind, as does Audie Murphy, multiply-decorated war hero of WWII and actor. For my money, though, I'd have to say the actor with the highest popularity of all time would probably be Rin Tin Tin, a dog rescued from a WWI battlefield who went on to make a total of 27 silent films. His movies were quite popular at the box office.
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Anyways the themes it has about international policy are dandy and seem kind of relevant. Finally in restrospect I am annoyed by the fact that the entire movie's plot is caused by one stupid thing a character forgot to do, and the main character even calls this out. But aside from that it's a fine movie. I give it a 5/7
I don't know if it's to do with some sort of fatigue from watching so many Marvel movies by now, but I wasn't wow'ed by the movie's representation of Wakanda and all its technological advances that were being shown off. Mind you, I've read quite a number of Black Panther comics years back and I've always liked the idea of Wakanda. Apart from an example of African cultural art being integrated into some of the tech stuff now and then (like how their jets look like tribal masks), all I could think of was "Eh, I've seen this already in MCU.". There was very little I found unique in Wakandan technology that set it apart from stuff found in the earlier movies. But overall it's done okay and I didn't find it that bothersome.
I didn't find myself warming up to T'Challa. In the comics T'Challa isn't just some prince of a rich hi-tech kingdom. He is a genius. He is considered one of the most intelligent superheroes around, next to the likes of Reed Richards and Tony Stark. He's also a scientist and inventor. He has a PhD. I would have rather seen his comic strengths being showcased on-screen, because I don't see his character standing out much other than being a noble prince with hi-tech toys.
Then again I do like his sassy tech-wiz younger sister who builds him all his toys, and her interactions with her older brother. She is one of the two characters I think are the strongest points of the film, the other being Killmonger. He's probably the most compelling villain I've seen in any marvel movie yet, Baron Zemo from Civil War coming in second.
All in all, I think it's a decent addition to the MCU. I think my only major gripe with the movie is the use of the "WHAT ARE THOSE?!" meme for a comedic scene. I know the purpose of that was to show how Shuri is so internet hip and and bored with old stuffy tradition, but these things eventually age badly as time goes by. Just refrain from doing that Marvel.
Also I think The Hobbit has ruined Martin Freeman for me. I couldn't stop seeing him as a human-sized Bilbo Baggins. I don't know if it's just me but I've seen hints of his Bilbo mannerisms being shown in this film.
I can see differing views on the film, but I don't really see any touchy comments apart from some that you posted..... maybe those are the ones you mean?
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I am guessing that part of why they didn't go into his education/genius level is to give his sister some unique capabilities. BP seems more of a family oriented team in the movie. He has his sister's gadgets, the flower carefully tended by the palace official, his general (who often seems a more gifted fighter than BP), etc. If T'Challa was totally self sufficient there wouldn't be the family interactions, which is one element (besides royalty, but that's not so very different from Stark's family) that makes the film different from others in the MCU.
I am very much looking forward to Infinity War now that I've watched both Spiderman Homecoming and Thor Ragnarock.
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As for the rest, I agree with you.
Also, the true villain of the piece, in my opinion, was T'Chaka, T'Challa's father. He could have short-circuited the entire plot by taking young Erik (or whatever his Wakandan name was) along with them, explaining that Uncle T'Chaka was very sorry about having to kill Daddy to stop him, but was going to make it right from then on. Instead, he "chose not to acknowledge" that part, and just abandoned a kid with a dead father in Oakland, of all places - and thus begins the story of the Killmonger.
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I don't think it devalues movies with an African American lead character like the MIB or Blade, but it certainly highlights that there is still some way to go in the eyes of some in society which can't really be ignored.
I watched and reviewed a lot of reactions to Black Panther and I didn't think it was going to be as emotional or as strong for some people as it actually turned out to be.
I think it's important to have role models for every single person regardless of ethnicity or race etc and Black Panther has widened that in a positive light it seems.
Not everyone is going to see it, just like how I've met some other women who were actually inspired to go to law school and get into that profession because of Legally Blonde (not even joking).
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I was kinda sad that he was just allowed to die, but I think T'Challa also understood how badly things had gone wrong as he was forging his own path to be a king and not just follow tradition. And really...there's not much future for someone like Killmonger in his perpetually angry and vengeful mind set.
MBJ was fine AF in that movie...
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On a lighter note, I had no idea Chadwick was 41!!
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As for the public reception of the movie Black Panther, while there have certainly been black protagonists in movies for quite some time, in almost all cases they`ve been defined in relation to the dominant ``White`` culture of the Western world -- either in opposition to it, or by co-opting its conventions and excelling at them, thus becoming ``as good as`` white people. To the Wakandans the expectations of white Western society are irrelevant. They were never conquered, never colonized by Europeans. Their unique civilization is firmly based in their traditional culture, but they`re also the most technologically advanced nation on Earth. Black Panther and Wakanda are African root and branch, and they`re great, and they owe nothing to the white man to achieve that greatness. You can`t overestimate how that resonates with black audiences around the world.
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