Review of Black Panther (2018) by Seth W — 27 Feb 2018

Black Panther amazes with stunning visuals, interesting characters, and an overall great experience. After 10 years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe finally introduces a villain that has meaningful motivations yet is as evil as they come.

Micheal B. Jordan delivers a remarkable performance and brings the role of Erik Killmonger to life. His performance as the main villain is by far the best part about the movie. The signature Marvel humor did pop up from time to time, but there was rarely an over-abundance of humor, it was well controlled and distributed throughout the movie, giving the movie a real dramatic feel.

As great as the movie is, it is not one without flaws. For instance, the action sequences were great but were hard to keep up with due to the large amount of people fighting on screen at once. The action was reportedly inspired by 2015's Creed, which focuses on one on one combat, so it seems Ryan tried to bring that sort of action to the Black Panther film but frankly did not fit well with the film's large cast and battle sequences.

Black Panther is the latest (as of Feb 2018) of films directed by Ryan Coogler and certainly does not disappoint.