re: 'Black Panther ' Spoiler Thread

I thought it was ok. Maybe I've seen too many Marvel movies, but it's not in my top 5.

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However, maybe it's just me, but I didn't like Michael B. Jordan's acting. I actually felt like he was the weak link when it came to the non-action scenes, and I say that as someone who thinks he's a good actor.

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agree 100%

i don't get where this praise is coming from. his acting was better on the Wire when he was like 12 (and actually in the streets)

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agree 100%

no clue where all this praise is coming from

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Speaking of Cap, where was he? The end of Civil War made it seem like he was chillin in Wakanda.

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He at least went with Bucky to Wakanda and we know that Bucky is still there. From what we saw in the Infinity War trailer it looks like Steve will be there as well. So I guess that it's possible that he's still hiding out there.

to each his own, but I disagree. some of the dialogue in the 3rd act is clunky, but it's an electric performance.

i would have loved more Jordan time, but i don't get the underdeveloped critique. we know exactly what he is about from the museum scene. the rest of his scenes help fill in.

ancestral plane visit to Oakland was top notch across the board

Saw the movie for a second time this weekend. MBJ isn't that great, and i didn't think he was the first time.
I think the film really failed at showing how badass Black Panther is as a fighter. The fight scenes were either CGI'd or live action shot so close you can barely see what's happening. The fight scene with Bucky/Cap/BlackPanther was awesome. There was nothing like that in this movie. That little bit that was, we saw in the trailer.


What is on the Wakanda's lip? Is it a tattoo of their name? is it vibranium? Does it give them something superhuman?

Why are women the best warriors there? If they aren't somehow enhanced physically, then that is ridiculously unbelievable. I was assuming that the people there are somehow enhanced by the vibranaium some way, which is why i ask about the tattoo.

Is the vibranium something that comes from an infinity stone? Do they have an infinity stone in Wakanda? I'd say no b/c if they did, it would be purple, and we know the purple one from GOTG is on Zandar.


I still enjoyed the movie. It's on Dr.Strange level for me. nothing special.

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Replacing Downey/Stark will also be interesting; very few guys have the smarts to do what he does (Ant Man for example, the current guy just uses the suit, he didn't make it). Spiderman might, he has made his webs.

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I thought they gift wrapped that answer for us with BP's sister moving to a new outreach area in Oakland. she will be heading up all the building from now on since her stuff was already on a new level above Tony's.

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Do you think that's the "must view" part of this film? Setting up Cap's death and putting BP in line of succession?


Yes.

From everything we've seen so far, Black Panther is a natural leader and a skilled diplomat and even his father said for someone who hates diplomacy, he's really good at it.

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I'll agree with this. Head will be the new leader going forward and I thought they began to set that up in Civil War when he was able to see and admit his rushed decision was incorrect.

As for the movie, I finally saw it yesterday and thought it was solid but nothing special for me. I really will need to watch this one a second time to give it a good judgment but right now it is bottom half of MCU for me. I know it is better than IM2 and 3, Thor 1 and 2 and Ultron but not better than any of the Captain Americas, Avengers, Iron Man, or GOTGs.

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Evans is probably ready to move on now, so you need to replace the leadership position.

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He doesn't even like acting all that much and would prefer to direct. Also I'm sure the amount of discipline it takes to get as ripped as he does for the role gets old after a while.

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Sheesh. I still haven't seen it yet because I don't like crowded theaters. I have some friends that said that theaters in their areas were sold out yesterday afternoon. I guess I will still have to wait a few weeks.

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I saw it w/the wife Sunday night in Dallas at Northpark in regular digital format and it was pretty packed.

The wife loved it and puts it near the top on her Marvel scale. I thought it was pretty good as well and would also put it some where in the middle topish half though that could change after repeat viewings.

To me the only bad CG parts that stuck out were a few bits during the car chase, some of the shots in the last fight when he did a swing around one of those magnetic things in the tunnel, but mostly the scene at the waterfall w/everyone dancing during the coronation. The compositing for the various people was horrible. (though I guess I could at least give them points for using people in costumes instead of going fully CG)

The rhinos that so many complain about I thought were pretty good. I suspect that is in part due to having seen the very mediocre The Legend of Tarzan the other day on a movie channel. If you guys want to see truly bad rhinos and awful attempts at African jungles and villages go check that one out.

Movie was great. Definitely top 3 or 4 marvel movie. Minor cgi issues aside great acting, beautiful cinematography and a well written script. It's really hard to make a freaking super hero movie that makes you fully empathize with the bad guy.