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Spoiler Free Review for Black Panther
Feb. 13th, 2018 08:49 amThe King is dead. Long live the King
When we last left T’Challa, his father had been murdered by a bomb that was blamed on the Winter Soldier in Captain America: Civil War. We had our first look at the Black Panther and Everett Ross. When we last left Ulysse Klaue in Avengers: Age of Ultron, he was missing an arm because Ultron still hadn’t quite figured out his own strength or the weaknesses of humanity or both. Klaue had the world’s only supply of Vibranium that he was selling for quite a bit of money.
All three are back in Black Panther that picks up after the events in Winter Soldier. T’Challa is on his way home to claim the throne and we are introduced to the world of Wakanda which is a lovely place indeed.
This film is different from all the other Marvel Studio films but fits so perfectly into the world they have crafted over the past 10 years. Some how they have managed to continue to give us the entertainment that we need sometimes without us knowing why this character at this time.
I loved this film. The cast was strong across the board. The script was brilliant. Shakespeare would have been proud of this script. The direction was top notch. The visuals were stunning. I want to see this film again just so I can look at things I missed the first time I viewed it.
The world building of both the city and culture of Wakanda really needs to be a blue print for how to do this right. There were no info dumps in here. The whole film assumed that their audience is made up of smart people who can keep up with what they are being shown. They make it feel real even in its unreality.
Wakanda is a country that has kept itself off the radar of the rest of the world for reasons that are explained within the first five minutes of the film. T’Challa knows what is happening in the world having fought side by side with other superheroes to try to bring his father’s killer to justice. He knows what his country is and could be and has to make a decision of what he thinks is best for his people or what might be best for the world given what has been happening.
There is conflict. There is pathos. There are tears. (No seriously pack some tissues because by the end you are going to need them.)
It is film making on an epic scale done right. Or as a friend put it, “Worth its weight in Vibranium”.
It still has that odd sense of humor that has become a signature of Marvel Studio. There are fun lines that will probably be quoted and some visual humor as well.
I laughed. I cried. I gasped. It took me for a ride and I am still buzzing from the exhilarating experience.
It does need to be seen in the theater on a big screen if for nothing else for the visual feast that has been laid out for the eyes when we see Wakanda.
I am grateful I was able to take some friends with me to see this epic so I have someone I can discuss it with because damn I want to talk about this flm.
When we last left T’Challa, his father had been murdered by a bomb that was blamed on the Winter Soldier in Captain America: Civil War. We had our first look at the Black Panther and Everett Ross. When we last left Ulysse Klaue in Avengers: Age of Ultron, he was missing an arm because Ultron still hadn’t quite figured out his own strength or the weaknesses of humanity or both. Klaue had the world’s only supply of Vibranium that he was selling for quite a bit of money.
All three are back in Black Panther that picks up after the events in Winter Soldier. T’Challa is on his way home to claim the throne and we are introduced to the world of Wakanda which is a lovely place indeed.
This film is different from all the other Marvel Studio films but fits so perfectly into the world they have crafted over the past 10 years. Some how they have managed to continue to give us the entertainment that we need sometimes without us knowing why this character at this time.
I loved this film. The cast was strong across the board. The script was brilliant. Shakespeare would have been proud of this script. The direction was top notch. The visuals were stunning. I want to see this film again just so I can look at things I missed the first time I viewed it.
The world building of both the city and culture of Wakanda really needs to be a blue print for how to do this right. There were no info dumps in here. The whole film assumed that their audience is made up of smart people who can keep up with what they are being shown. They make it feel real even in its unreality.
Wakanda is a country that has kept itself off the radar of the rest of the world for reasons that are explained within the first five minutes of the film. T’Challa knows what is happening in the world having fought side by side with other superheroes to try to bring his father’s killer to justice. He knows what his country is and could be and has to make a decision of what he thinks is best for his people or what might be best for the world given what has been happening.
There is conflict. There is pathos. There are tears. (No seriously pack some tissues because by the end you are going to need them.)
It is film making on an epic scale done right. Or as a friend put it, “Worth its weight in Vibranium”.
It still has that odd sense of humor that has become a signature of Marvel Studio. There are fun lines that will probably be quoted and some visual humor as well.
I laughed. I cried. I gasped. It took me for a ride and I am still buzzing from the exhilarating experience.
It does need to be seen in the theater on a big screen if for nothing else for the visual feast that has been laid out for the eyes when we see Wakanda.
I am grateful I was able to take some friends with me to see this epic so I have someone I can discuss it with because damn I want to talk about this flm.
