I didn’t want to do a long post on this, because I feel like the voices we need to hear from about this movie are black and it’s more important for me to listen/read.
So the short version:
- brilliant movie, easily one of Marvel’s best, and I don’t think it was unrelated that it was easily the most political (and radical) of Marvel’s films (more so even than Winter Soldier).
- incredibly visually inventive, made Wakanda come to life as both a fully-realized setting but also a main character in its own right.
- stellar ensemble cast who really enrich the film and who seem to be having a competition as to who can steal each scene.
One slightly spoilery thing below the cut.
My only and minor critique is that, having developed one of Marvel’s best villains in Michael B. Jordan’s Erik Killmonger, killing him off seems something of a waste. On the other hand, the scene of him and T’challa watching the sunset over Wakanda is beautiful, so it’s hard to say it was the wrong call.
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