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Black Panther Review
I watched BP today, and guess what? It was f***ing awesome!
So the movie starts off with a brief prologue of Wakanda’s origins and the vibranium. We skip to the timeframe, which is set a week after Civil War, since it mentions the bombing and T’Chaka’s death, so this movie is set in 2016. The king, T’Challa, returns home for his coronation and his family. Then conflict arises when enemies appear and Killmonger threatens Wakanda....I’ll just stop there, you guys can see it for yourself, this is my brief plot synopsis and probably the shortest.
In terms of story, this is pretty good, and doesn’t really have a big impact to the wider MCU, but this can be watched as a stand-alone (or watch Civil War first, as part of T’Challa’s quest/story arc). I like how the flow goes, and Coogler handles it very consistently with the themes and tone.
For the cast, I’d say they all did a superb job, mainly Chadwick Boseman, whose action sequences and acting is stellar, we see him deal with some of his inner conflicts and responsibility to be king. The supporting cast is pretty well, like Shuri (Letitia Wright), is super-smart and savvy, she is also the comic relief, and most hilarious moments come from her. I love how the movie showed the sibling relationship of brother and sister. She totally deserves a movie as well! Okoye (Danai Gurira), Nakia (Lupita Nyong'o), Everett Ross (Martin Freeman), M'Baku (Winston Duke), Ramonda (Angela Bassett), W'Kabi (Daniel Kaluuya) and Zuri (Forest Whitaker) are pretty good characters as well.
The villains of this film are quite decent, but I'll start of with Klaue (Andy Serkis), who returns from Age of Ultron, and continues on his path of smuggling, black market dealing, he is a total gangster. He isn't that bad, but I wish I could see more of him. Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan) plays a highly convincing villain, because he has a reason for his plans, and it makes sense. His skills are on par with BP. I have to say he is one of the good villains within the MCU, besides Loki, Kingpin, Red Skull, Hela, Vulture and etc.
Last but not least I gotta say the accents were pretty spot on, but in some shots they slip for a little bit. African, Wakandan and some bits of Korean are spoken as well, the visuals and scenery were highly amazing, it's mindblowing to see how beautiful Wakanda is futuristic and traditional at the same time. I loved the tech, suits, weapons and vehicles at the same time. Good action sequences, nice cultures of Africa, awesome music, the themes of royalty, family, honour, loyalty, and some politics factor into this movie quite well. The humour and drama are also balanced well, so you don’t always get too much jokes around.
Bonus: Shuri's humour, accents, Korea (I liked the location and the sequence) Makes me wish vibranium and Wakanda were real. Plus the two post credit scenes (last one is guaranteed to make you surprised). I will give this movie a 9.8/10.
Black Panther Review
I watched BP today, and guess what? It was f***ing awesome!
So the movie starts off with a brief prologue of Wakanda’s origins and the vibranium. We skip to the timeframe, which is set a week after Civil War, since it mentions the bombing and T’Chaka’s death, so this movie is set in 2016. The king, T’Challa, returns home for his coronation and his family. Then conflict arises when enemies appear and Killmonger threatens Wakanda....I’ll just stop there, you guys can see it for yourself, this is my brief plot synopsis and probably the shortest.
In terms of story, this is pretty good, and doesn’t really have a big impact to the wider MCU, but this can be watched as a stand-alone (or watch Civil War first, as part of T’Challa’s quest/story arc). I like how the flow goes, and Coogler handles it very consistently with the themes and tone.
For the cast, I’d say they all did a superb job, mainly Chadwick Boseman, whose action sequences and acting is stellar, we see him deal with some of his inner conflicts and responsibility to be king. The supporting cast is pretty well, like Shuri (Letitia Wright), is super-smart and savvy, she is also the comic relief, and most hilarious moments come from her. I love how the movie showed the sibling relationship of brother and sister. She totally deserves a movie as well! Okoye (Danai Gurira), Nakia (Lupita Nyong'o), Everett Ross (Martin Freeman), M'Baku (Winston Duke), Ramonda (Angela Bassett), W'Kabi (Daniel Kaluuya) and Zuri (Forest Whitaker) are pretty good characters as well.
The villains of this film are quite decent, but I'll start of with Klaue (Andy Serkis), who returns from Age of Ultron, and continues on his path of smuggling, black market dealing, he is a total gangster. He isn't that bad, but I wish I could see more of him. Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan) plays a highly convincing villain, because he has a reason for his plans, and it makes sense. His skills are on par with BP. I have to say he is one of the good villains within the MCU, besides Loki, Kingpin, Red Skull, Hela, Vulture and etc.
Last but not least I gotta say the accents were pretty spot on, but in some shots they slip for a little bit. African, Wakandan and some bits of Korean are spoken as well, the visuals and scenery were highly amazing, it's mindblowing to see how beautiful Wakanda is futuristic and traditional at the same time. I loved the tech, suits, weapons and vehicles at the same time. Good action sequences, nice cultures of Africa, awesome music, the themes of royalty, family, honour, loyalty, and some politics factor into this movie quite well. The humour and drama are also balanced well, so you don’t always get too much jokes around.
Bonus: Shuri's humour, accents, Korea (I liked the location and the sequence) Makes me wish vibranium and Wakanda were real. Plus the two post credit scenes (last one is guaranteed to make you surprised). I will give this movie a 9.8/10.