Review of Black Panther (2018) by Tony S — 17 Apr 2018
Black Panther was a good super hero movie. But it wasn't a GREAT superhero movie and I'm having trouble understanding all the hype and flattery from the professional critics. Just to be clear, I love comic book characters brought to life on the big and small screens and it makes no difference who the publisher is as I have always read and enjoyed them all.
Basically we have a movie here that is all bogged down in a Game of Thrones power struggle for who will be King of Wakanda. If that sounds a little thin for a A list Tent pole Super Hero movie, you understand my review of 3 stars. A lot of glitz, some great fight scenes. But the best fight scenes aren't necessarily the Black Panther. Danai Gurira (Michonne on Walking Dead) pretty much stole every scene she was in and had far more interesting and realistic fight scenes, since she did them without some funky super costume that the Panther never had in the comics.
Not bad, but massively over rated. Puts me in the mood to go watch Luke Cage on Netfix for a better superhero movie and a MUCH MUCH better soundtrack.
Imagine if that were all there was to Wonder Woman. Or the most recent Thor. Loki kicking out Odin and ruling Asgard was just one part of a much grander story.
This review of Black Panther (2018) was written by Tony S on 17 Apr 2018.
Black Panther has generally received very positive reviews.
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