I don't understand the hype or praise

Rating: 3/10 (19 March 2018)

I apologize that this review might seem like a bit of a rant, but I haven't seen such an interesting idea get wasted like this since Avengers 2.
Plot:
This can easily be broken into two parts. The first half, which went way too slowly and was kind of useless, and the second half which seemed like a useless squabble. Everything before killmonger actually showed up in Wakanda seemed like a bunch of exposition to explain the events of the second half. Wakanda and its traditions, while cool, had way too many deus ex technologies that seemed to just support the events in the story rather than introducing the country's technological advancement or advancing its mythos. Mega healing medicine, need that to save freeman and T'chala. Monorail that absorbs the power of vibranium, yup that's how they'll defeat Killmonger. Challenging the King, used twice when T'Challa allows M'kabi to go free so he can magically save him later on, and to allow Killmonger to take over...
and this continues to happen outside of Wakanda too... Claw gets caught... oh that's to show T'Chala that Killmonger works with him and push him to ask about the ring... It seemed like they had a plan for him to get caught only to get busted out... FOR NO REASON!!!
Immediately after showing up, Killmonger challenges the king and he accepts. No one has any questions, concerns, or anything? Yes, let's let this random guy who shows up claiming to be the son of the King's brother, whom has never even been to Wakanda, take over the most advanced civilization in the without fully understanding their culture technology etc. Not to mention, the traditionalists side with him due to tradition and those looking for change are just like, yup, this will bring us into the new world. Let's just hand everything over to him...
Character motivations and ideologies also seemed all over the place. W'Kabi who at first looks to support T'Chala immediately defects because he wasn't able to capture claw? Considering T'Chaka attempted to do the same, and failed for 30 years prior, you'd think he'd be supportive and offer advice. Then once Killmonger shows up is like, yeah, he killed claw so I offer my undying allegiance to you, even over the one I call my love...
T'Chala, before opening up to the UN, just drops one of his ships into the middle of the ghetto just to show off to some kids...
Also, why are people so shocked by his ship? They've seen things like ironman, the invasion from aliens in Avengers 1, the robots in Part 2, villians like the vulture in Spiderman. Wouldn't they be more scared than anything considering most who have this kind of technology are villians? Wouldn't that make them spread the news instantly rather than possibly being an accessory to a villian. But he was nice, so we'll keep his secret.
I can go on and on...
Here's some things I would have liked to of seen.
Instead of just introducing Wakanda and Killmonger to us at the beginning, a better first half could have been spent following Killmonger and how he learns of Wakanda and its technology etc. That way when viewers finally get to see Wakanda, it really makes it seem like the mythological place it's talked about as and how he knows so much and more understandable as to why he wants to support others.
Instead of Having Killmonger work with claw to kill him, have him build trust within Wakanda, then kill Claw to prove how much of better leader he is. This would make him taking over much more understandable and show us that the revolutionists believe in his ability to lead, rather than the blind following they go with.
Have T'Chala offer Killmonger a place in Wakanda before dying. He's clearly open to change by this point and will need guidance. Why not take an adviser that sees all the problems from an outside perspective. Not only this, but wouldn't it make sense to rectify their fathers' mistakes and put the past behind?
GET RID OF MIRACLE MEDICINE. I'm not sure if this is part of the comics, but this should not exist at all. You have millions of people dying in places all around your country and your only answer is we need to keep it a secret. Yeah... better to keep that secret rather than help cure those aids epidemics happening all around you. Not only that, but clearly they don't offer aid to their people living outside of the border walls as shown at the beginning of the movie when he tells the captives to remain quiet about their rescue...
I'll end on this. I didn't absolutely hate the movie as there are some things to like. The country and tech is kinda cool, SOME characters really are interesting (i.e. Killmonger) but the decisions made in this film were just infuriating. I really hope they find a better writer for the sequels cause there is good opportunities for stories to be told here...