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After the death of his father, T'Challa returns home to Wakanda to take his rightful place as king. When a powerful enemy suddenly reappears, T'Challa's has to stop him and keep his nation from being ruled by an evil person. The conflict puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk. Faced with danger, T'Challa has to release the full power of the Black Panther to defeat his enemies and save his people.
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The hype surrounding Marvel’s Black Panther has been insane! Everyone has been excited about the fact that we’re finally getting an almost all black cast in a superhero movie and not just any cast. From T’Challa himself, Chadwick Boseman to Lupita Nyong’o, Angela Bassett, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright and Danai Gurira. These are all phenomenal actors and I was really looking forward to seeing what they’ll do with their roles. News flash! They murdered it! I don’t think they would have done better with another cast. Boseman brought his A-game and had amazing chemistry with Nyong’o, Gurira and Wright. How beautiful was Bassett? I couldn’t stop admiring how glorious she looked in all her attires and kept wondering how she looked that amazing at 59. Letitia Wright stole every single scene she appeared in and I couldn’t get enough of her tech wiz/ fashion enthusiast character. Winston Duke as M’Baku was also one of my favorites. He stood as a comic relief when necessary and didn’t force it in any way. I honestly thought the fake accents were going to make me cringe, but thankfully they all sounded alright.
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In my opinion, the best thing about this film was the costume. It was obvious that proper research went into it and it came out looking so flawless. The Costume Designer deserves a few awards. The cinematography was superb and Wakanda looked so mystical. It was a visual joy to behold. I could feel Kendrick Lamar all over the soundtrack. He did such an awesome job. I read a few tweets about how the action and the villain weren’t all that. I loved Michael B. Jordan as Killmonger. You could literally feel how angry and passionate he was about getting back to Wakanda and killing T’Challa. He was fueled by revenge and was willing to do anything to achieve his goal. I think Michael B. Jordan killed it! The actions scenes were pretty good and very well directed although I felt like the final fight scene between Black Panther and Killmonger could have been more intense. Ryan Coogler did an amazing job with this film and I’m glad they didn’t go with any other person. This film deals with the subject of identity, colonialism and Isolationism, which Wakanda practiced. Its no surprise that a lot of Blacks are excited about this film. It’s everything I imagined it to be and more and I’m so glad it lived up to the hype. Infinity War is almost here, I hope we're all ready?
RATING 8/10
BASED ON Black Panther by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby
DIRECTOR Ryan Coogler
STARRING Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Angela Bassett, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Forest Whitaker, Martin Freeman
RELEASE DATE February 16, 2018.
Absolutely loved the movie
ReplyDeleteIt was such an amazing film.
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