Review of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) by Seelenpfluecker — 11 Nov 2022

Wakanda Forever.

Well, here we are again. In the M-She-U.

But first, the basics:

Is Black Panther 2 bad? Yes and no.

So here goes.

As we walked out of the theater, we daxed, "If it weren't for all the whining, this movie would only be an hour and a half long.".

I didn't think it was quite that bad, but there is a grain of truth in it, because Wakanda Forever is already very... watery, even without Namor.

But let's get to the elephant in the room: yes, the Black Panther is now a woman. I wouldn't have much of a problem with that alone, if it weren't for the fact that every beloved character would soon be feminized.

But to make matters worse, this girl isn't really suited to be a superhero. In that suit, she looks like a 12-year-old brat. You just don't buy this role. I feel sorry for her.

And then there's Iron Heart, the poor man's Iron Man. In the comic, at least, there are heaps of references to Tony Stark, like his "soul" as the AI of the suit with Tomy Stark's voice. Of course, there was no room for such subtleties in this film. After all, they had to take care to make everything as feminine as possible.

And then there was Namor... who was robbed of his Atlantean heritage (for lack of other, better ideas) to make him a fluttering Mayan, who then ekes out an existence as a pseudo-villain.

When I was out of the cinema, I still thought the film wasn't that bad. But the more distance I gain from it, the more I realize that this is not a good movie. It all seems so terribly contrived, so half-hearted, so ham-fisted, so forced.

All in all, this is another wasted attempt to take away something the boys love. And therefore: bad.