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Movie Review: Black Panther

My apologies for the lateness of this review. This movie is literally tied with Avengers 3 for the best Marvel movie. That should say a lot considering the magnitude of Avengers 3. Black Panther follows Tā€™Challa the prince who becomes a king. This movie is remarkably similar to the Lion King. How well let me break down  what I liked and didnā€™t. Then Iā€™ll give it a score at the end.

I really liked the way the movie progresses. After all you have an introduction to black panthers powers in a cool way with the rescue mission at night. The thing about this about this movie is itā€™s incredibly relevant to black culture. After all Wakanda is a city in Africa with incredibly advanced technology. Remarkably the nation appears to be a 3rd world country.

The movie has a great story in which Black panther goes on a mission to capture Ulysses Claw or just Claw who has robbed Wakanda in the past. The movie has a very exciting car chase scene in which Claw is captured. Then Killmongerā€™s crew rescues him. Killmonger was the son of the man who Tā€™challaā€™s father killed. So Killmonger is basically on a mission to punish Tā€™Chala and take over Wakanda to attack and conquer the rest of the world. I really liked Killminger in this as a villain.

Thereā€™s something to truly be said about the women in black panther. There names escape me but it seems like all the main female characters in Wakanda were dope. Thereā€™s the Queen mother whoā€™s played by Angela Basset who is proof black donā€™t crack. Tā€™Chalaā€™s sister is extremely smart and sheā€™s not hesitant to step up in the heat of battle later in the film. Tā€™Chala love interest is played by a beautiful dark skinned woman. Her character is a spy. My favorite has to be he female general. She just goes hard with that spear.

I found out from someone that in the original Marvel comics that Black Panther was well toned down. In the comics he was far more viscous; kind of like the way he was in Captain America Civil War. He was also married to Storm from X-men. I need to note that I am very much for this portrayal of Black Panther tho.

The movie is very good but it was a tad predictable in certain parts. For example Tā€™Chala losing to killmonger was rather predictable. Thatā€™s not much to detract from an overall score tho. The movie is excellent. The acting is on point and the action and pacing is dope too. Basically I love how relevant this movie is to Black America. And as Tchala says, itā€™s about building Bridges not Barriers


Story: 9.5
Acting: 10
Pacing: 10
Special Effects: 10

Verdict: 9.9



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