Well it's here at last, the first black superhero movie ever to be released in February of 2018, Marvel's Black Panther. Snark about the stupid amount of hype thanks to the politics surrounding this movie aside, my expectations for Black Panther were pretty much the same as I have for every Marvel movie, even though I wasn't especially sold on the trailers. Marvel's track record is making entertaining superhero romps, and even when they're rather mediocre, usually they're at least a good time at the theater. So that's basically what I expected here too.
It's kind of what separates Marvel from its competitors, who tend towards either hitting a homerun like Deadpool or striking out so profoundly with something like Batman v Superman or Fant4stic that you want to find the nearest studio executive and drown them in their own blood. Marvel on the other hand doesn't run from their comic book characters; they embrace the things that make them fun so even when the plot is dumb or the villain's plan is stupid or the CGI doesn't hold up, you can at least still enjoy the ride.
So the question is, where does Black Panther stack up in the Marvel pantheon? Well I hate to be that guy, but I'll spoil some of the review for you by saying "not very high." Let me tell you why:
It's kind of what separates Marvel from its competitors, who tend towards either hitting a homerun like Deadpool or striking out so profoundly with something like Batman v Superman or Fant4stic that you want to find the nearest studio executive and drown them in their own blood. Marvel on the other hand doesn't run from their comic book characters; they embrace the things that make them fun so even when the plot is dumb or the villain's plan is stupid or the CGI doesn't hold up, you can at least still enjoy the ride.
So the question is, where does Black Panther stack up in the Marvel pantheon? Well I hate to be that guy, but I'll spoil some of the review for you by saying "not very high." Let me tell you why:
I think the movie was a very good one. It is quite different from other superhero productions. Even I believed that there was too much publicity around it, but once I watched it, I changed my mind.
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