WARNING: This blog contains what some may see as spoilers for the film. I had to add these in to explain my subjective views, so I would advise you to not read if you plan on seeing the movie and do not appreciate spoilers. Thank you :)
About two weeks after the release of “Black Panther”, one of the most successful Marvel films, raking in over $200 million in the opening weekend, I decided to see it. The hype around the movie was insane, and the reviews made it sound like the most phenomenal superhero film ever created. While I certainly did enjoy the film and respect Marvel’s integration of diversifying their casts, I left the theater with mixed feelings. I dislike using the words “let down” to describe these feelings, because that seems far too negative to describe what I truly felt, but I just did not feel that the film was as good as the overall reviews made it seem. I’ll tell you why later in this blog.
“Black Panther” takes place in a fictional country in Africa called Wakanda. This small country is secretly the most technologically advanced in the world due to their harvesting of a rare and powerful metal called vibranium. Prince T’Challa, also known as the Black Panther, returns back to Wakanda and becomes the king. A man originally from Wakanda, but lived in the U.S., Erik Killmonger, comes back to Wakanda with the intent of taking the throne from T’Challa. Long story short, he succeeds, and Wakanda begins to change. However, his reign is short lived, and T’Challa regains the throne and brings unity and peace back to Wakanda.
From an objective standpoint, the film is excellent. The use of special effects played a big role in the movie. The action in the film was exhilarating. In addition to this, the acting from all the main characters including Chadwick Boseman, Michael B Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, was very well done. They really did a nice job of creating tension and bringing emotions to the audience. The plot of the film also included a lot of suspenseful and intense components, which added to the film’s success. Despite how objectively well done this film was, subjectively, I couldn’t help but feel like I expected more. This was due to the crazy hype and popularity of the film, which I personally hate, because then people’s expectations are set far too high for any film to meet. Subjectively, even though I was very entertained by the film and enjoyed it, I thought some aspects of the film could have improved. For example, when Killmonger challenges T’Challa to fight for the throne, he ends up throwing him off the waterfall, and everyone thinks he’s dead. Eventually, the audience finds out that he’s not dead, and he comes back to take the throne from Killmonger. Personally, I just thought that this was very predictable, and I’m not a big fan of predictable movies. Despite the fact that my expectations were not met due to all the hype, I still very much enjoyed the film. At the end of the day, I would rate “Black Panther” GOOD GOOD.
For recommendations similar to “Black Panther”, I would suggest “Captain America: Civil War”, the original “Spider Man” films, and “Iron Man”.
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