Review of Black Panther (2018) by Scott H — 02 Mar 2018

I get that the movie carried a message of sorts, but the harsh stereotypes should have raised a red flag to the politically correct pundits who gave this movie a 97%. The excessive use of hand-to-hand combat in a society that is supposed to be advanced seems to imply that it is OK to fight.

Nice message to minority kids. The use of war Rhinoceroses instead of mechanized weapons also makes no sense and would be met with outrage if this were any other movie set in modern times. Why are they selling baskets on the street in what should be the worlds most advanced city? And why is everyone wearing pimped out versions of ancient African ceremonial garments? Wouldn't that be like putting modern Europeans in powdered wigs and colonial clothing? The plot is a little thin, too.

For example there is the small matter of T'Chala being alive, which means that he is unequivoqually still the king, everyone except warmonger should immediately recognize this and the big battle at the end should have simply been the completion of the sanctioned fight for the throne.

Oh, except that war monger murdered Zuri in cold blood, which should have resulted in an immediate tribunal. Sorry, that whole portion of th emovie was justs rediculous. Then there's the whole James Bond rip-off complete with a casino, remote controlled cars and Felix Leiter, oops, I mean Everett Ross, the CIA agent.

All pretty trite. In the end, a movie that could have been culturally transcendental ended up being about an angry boy growing up and taking revenge on the son of his father's killer. Stupid message.

Fairly stupid movie. Lately, all the Marvel movies look grand in the commercials but end up being about internal strife among the players. This one follows that formula exactly. Let's hope the next few are better.