👍( Oscars 2019 reviews #3) Not Best Picture worthy, but let's just chant Michael B Jordan forever!

Rating: 8/10 (16 June 2019)

Black Panther is perhaps the most surprisingly hyped movie of all time. It holds a 98% on rotter tomatoes where actual big name film critics like Peter Travers gave this full stars. It was nominated for 7 Oscars including Best Picture and won 3 making it the film that won the most Oscars just behind Bohemian Rhapsody. If you ever read any of my reviews you will probably know I always use Black Panther as a scapegoat, but I actually am giving this a positive review. Though I believe this is a good movie I still don't believe this deserves Oscar nominations.
Black Panther is perhaps one of the more distinct movie inside the MCU. It follows a shakespearien story structure rather than a MCU origin story template like movies such as Doctor Strange. I was able to have a very fresh experience to watch a movie that is not a formulaic superhero origin story. The action sequences were excellent especially the casino fight scene which was the stand out scene for me. But the secret sauce that makes this movie work is Killmonger played by Michael B Jordan. This villain is written very well in a way I actually rooted for him more than the main protagonist. His motivations are very compelling and his background is tragic which makes you care for him more than any other character in the movie. If there is one thing the Oscars should have nominated from this movie it is Michael B Jordan for Best actor in supporting role. He did an amazing job it certainly deserved Academy attention. That would be the only Oscar nomination I actually can understand.
As many point out the big problem in the movie is the special effects. I was very surprised to see this film was nominated for Best Visual effects since especially in the third act it was pretty clear it was shot entirely in a green screen. As much as I liked Killmonger I thought he should have been developed over a longer period of time. Until the third act he is just a random guy blowing things up and if they were developing the villain's background and motives I think Killmonger could have been way compelling than he was in the movie. It felt like the screen writers jammed in Killmonger's background story in the very last minute because they were too lazy writing a character arc from the start to the finish of the movie. But that doesn't take away the fact that Killmonger is a very good villain though he deserved to be developed over a longer period of time. The humor kind of felt forced a bit compared to other MCU films, but come on! There still is some very hilarious moments.
Overall this is a movie that is very good but still pretty overhyped. Inside all of the Best Picture nominated films of 2019 this is the one I do not understand at all. It was a enjoyable enough movie but Best Picture out of all the great films that came out this year is pretty bizarre. Even Vice, a movie I gave a lower score than this I think had something that stood out, but Black Panther was just another standalone superhero film with nothing that was outstandingly good. Mark my word this is another distinct and unique movie inside the superhero genre, but if that's the case shouldn't the Oscars nominate every single movie inside the MCU where diversity in genres exist? The big reason why this movie is nominated according to critics is because this movie is lead entirely by people of color, but I think that is a pretty disgusting way to discuss film. It feels like the MCU producers went to the Academy asking them to nominate one of their films, and the Academy decided to nominate Black Panther solely because that was the only movie that followed their American leftist agenda. But I still think this is a movie that has more positive than negative aspects. As I said over and over Michael B Jordan gave a amazing performance as Killmonger and it is a performance that is the best ever since Heath Ledger's Joker. The Academy should have taken away all of the 7 nominations just to only give out the nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Michael B Jordan. Though I initially gave this a 7/10 I am pretty confident this will turn into a 8/10. Yes this is not Oscar worthy, but this deserves a higher rating than all of the 7/10 popcorn entertainment movies out there.