BLACK PANTHER: Here's My Honest Overall Review Of The Movie!
While Black Panther manages to shine in a lot of ways, the movie lacks in other elements and unfortunately its flaws cause overall issues for the story. Come read my honest review.
For those who haven't watched the movie, do not read any further as there will be SPOILERS! Also, please respect the opinions and thoughts of others. If you disagree with this review, that's okay, I don't mind getting into an insightful discussion down in the comments but please keep it respectful!
There were a lot of great aspects about Black Panther that made it an enjoyable movie to watch. Whether it was the insightful performances by either Michael B. Jordan or Chadwick Boseman, or perhaps the extremely well-choreographed action sequences, the movie manages to deliver in a lot of ways. Unfortunately where it most lacks is through its story. While the story isn't horrible, it comes off quite lacking and predictable. So here's my overall review on Black Panther.
Look in terms of story I didn't hate it but it was only good enough to get me through the entire movie. There was nothing really surprising or exciting here especially when T'Challa (Black Panther) was supposedly "dead". I mean I don't think anyone for a second believed he was dead instead I felt like it was ridiculous. Also, the whole revenge story with Killmonger was honestly cliche and predictable, it's been overused in many superhero stories for villains and Black Panther just didn't add anything new here. T'Challa rising as King of Wakanda felt quite forced, I would've liked to have seen T'Challa doubt himself a little more and finally rising to the occasion and becoming the leader that Wakanda could proudly look up to. I will say that I did enjoy the way they handled the death of Killmonger's father and how that transformed Killmonger to the villain he eventually becomes. Overall the story was mediocre at best here and it only just got me through the movie. A lot of cliche and predictability took away from the story and for me ruined any part of the movie that was meant to be portrayed as a surprise.
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movie. Personally my favorite fight sequence was the one in the bar which leads to the chase with Black Panther going after Klaue, it was just really exciting and very well executed. Another fight scene that I thought was spectacular was the first fight between Black Panther and Killmonger. However, I do have to express my disappointment in the final act fight between Black Panther and Killmonger, it was just lacking and the CGI in that scene was a little off. It's a shame especially because it was the final fight between the two and I was expecting something more. I also thought that involving the train in that scene also killed some of the hype with Black Panther and Killmonger having to stop their fighting, I know that gave them a chance to exchange words but I still thought that it was unnecessary to add the train. Nevertheless, the battle between the tribes was great although the CGI with the rhinos was off at certain times. Overall the fighting sequences were quite fast paced and exceeded the level of intensity that this movie needed especially as it took a more serious approach unlike most MCU movies.
The acting in this movie was exceptional whether it was Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther, Michael B. Jordan as Killmonger or my personal favorite from the "side" characters, Letitia Wright who plays Shuri, also known as the younger sister of T'Challa. Letitia Wright impressively sold the part of being the younger sister to Black Panther but also an expert in technological advances, in the way she spoke, joked or even fought, Shuri was a great addition to Black Panther and we have Letitia Wright to thank for that. Chadwick Boseman was great as Black Panther, unfortunately I have a bit of gripe with T'Challa, not Black Panther though. For me I enjoyed when T'Challa was in the BP costume but out of it, I felt his character was stale and boring at times even. I just felt like T'Challa was rather boring but Chadwick Boseman portrayed the hero part very well. Michael B. Jordan as Killmonger was very convincing and quickly became one of the few villains I love from the MCU. The acting through every other actor was really great overall with slightly small issues.
Look overall I thought this was an enjoyable movie to watch but I just didn't love it as much as I thought I would especially with all the hype following Black Panther. While the movie shines in many aspects, the main chunk of any movie comes from its story and unfortunately I just didn't think the story was anything special or particularly exciting. I can't and won't discredit all the other things the movie does well but I still didn't feel like it lived up to the hype and that's why I gave it a 6.5/10. If you disagree that's okay, let's talk down in the comments but please keep it respectful.