Just another superhero movie

Rating: 4/10 (23 January 2019)

Black Panther is a joke of a movie. Killmonger was the least insane person in it and they killed him because he told the truth then took his ideas and passed them on as their own. These people hide the secrets to prosperity away from the world and call anyone who doesn't live with them an "outsider". They determine their leaders via either birthright or by combat (extremely advanced stuff from the Wakandans). Maybe if they didn't just pick the strongest guy they could have had a leader with morals make some positive changes to the world, instead their xenophobia causes them to sit and watch people suffer and die all over but they choose to save a hobbit just because. Then the hobbit flies a plane-ship simulation and takes out Killmonger's aerial force by himself and all this time another ship is trying to kill him. The movie sets it up as a life or death decision for Mr. Baggins; choose to stay in the simulation and die fighting or leave and let the enemy win. He chooses to stay and fight but somehow gets out in the nick of time anyways; just a complete waste of time to even present the illusion of risk. Oh, and how the hell is the hobbit supposed to know how much time he has left when he's told "shields are at 50%", what does that even mean? Black Panther is stabbed in the abdomen and thrown off a waterfall but survives because a fisherman finds him and puts him in a snow bank. Killmonger decides to burn the flower that gives him power for some reason that still escapes me. There are so many plot holes that I was questioning my own ability to comprehend story structure. I'd rather not even get started on the War-Rhinos. The use of CGI was liberal to say the absolute least. Of course, there were some parts that looked cool but there were way more parts that you could tell were shot in front of a green screen. Most of the accents are terrible and almost none of the actors/actresses offer anything in terms of emotion. I would say it's a shame some smarter nation is going to take advantage of them and their Vibranium but it's really not, they deserve it. Then again Wakanda does have deus ex machina on their side so they'll probably be alright.