Black Panther was Interesting

Rating: 9/10 (11 March 2018)

While most Marvel movies are known for the high-packed action and simplistic story telling, Black Panther attempts to be thought-provoking and intelligent. It wove together cultural and social themes, themes that people today are becoming afraid of, themes that are unique to the super hero and Marvel universe.
The only Marvel movie that was this intelligent was Captain America Winter Soldier. The movie was exciting, all of the characters were excellently developed and showed many layers, from the hero, to the sidekicks, to the villain.
The story itself might remind people of The Lion King, but if one is familiar with many African cultures, the Lion King wasn't just inspired from Hamlet, but also African story-telling as well. Black Panther came out LONG before The Lion King. Still, because most people have heard such storytelling, it's hard not to find the cliche in this film. Honestly, it's getting hard to avoid cliches in general. What haven't we seen, as movie-goers? Black Panther stuck to a solid backstory and it works for the film.
The only people who may not relate to this movie are people who have never been colonized or taught to empathize with people. Of course, this movie would relate to black people and people of color who understand the messages. But I found it strikingly interesting the amount of people who disliked the movie because they couldn't relate to the message or they felt the racial undertones were negative. I actually felt that made the movie carry more substance. And if anyone can empathize at all with people who are different, they would realize the themes of the movie aren't to different from any other story about warriors.
My one drawback with the movie is that I didn't see enough of Black Panther in his element. He wasn't wearing his attire very often and he didn't save regular civilians. He saved his kingdom, but other people were rarely the focus.
The weakness of other Marvel films, this movie had as a strength. The strengths of the other Marvel films were not present in this movie. Of course, I prefer a movie with a measure of depth as a opposed to mindless action and one-liner jokes.