i'm sadly disappointed

Rating: 4/10 (26 July 2019)

Very aesthetically pleasing with a GREAT cast. but overall i felt a little underwhelmed, especially with the action. and some of the parts that seem like they are fully CGI feel unreal. black panther was more bad-ass in civil war than in this movie, and that's not a good thing when he was one of like 12 superheroes in that movie with very little screen time, while starring in this one.
on second viewing most of my feelings are confirmed. this is a very weak movie. weak action, little semblance of story, poor dialogue, cliche moments. worst of all, it really tested my patience with the lack of excitement. i think this is the only time i've ever said that about an MCU movie. even the stan lee cameo was probably the worst in any marvel movie. the token white guy's storyline was pointless. forrest whittaker was BAD.
i tried one more time, gave it a third chance. i starts off well, but it spends so much time in the set up phase, only to make me wonder what the setup had anything to do with the plot. it was overly preachy, which i don't like in my movies. i more than fine with messages, but not this blatant. i fully sympathize with the message, but i don't like it in my entertainment. i was straight-up laughing at forrest whittaker's accent.
i know i keep going back to this, but i can't emphasize it enough. every moment that t'challa or black panther were on the screen in civil war was pure gold. i immediately fell in love with black panther. i didn't know he was in the movie, didn't know t'challa was a superhero, liked the actor right away. and it was all so perfect. all his fight scenes were amazing. his beastliness immediately rivaled the rest of the MCU crew. the post credit scene got me SO excited for this movie. it should have been really easy to please me. the fact that they didn't saddens me (3 viewings, 5/8/2020)

SPOILERS

for someone named killmonger, he really likes throwing ppl rather than dealing a fatal blow. the fake death of t'challa was so lame. why is there air craft battles in this? you know i love me some jet fights but it really wasn't necessary in this movie and didn't feel like it belonged. felt like hey it's an mcu movie we need flight battles.
i really didn't understand the story line, i would love for someone to explain it to me. killmonger shows up in wakanda like 45 minutes into the movie. i was trying to understand why the stuff before it lead us here. he stole the vibranium ax for klau, klau tried to sell it to the cia, got caught, killmonger broke him out, killed him, and then went to wakanda. what? the only thing i could think of is that he needed klau to gain an audience, but then why didn't he kill him from the start? why steal the ax? stuff just kind of happened cause the story said so, didn't have a natural flow.
and so many moments were so obvious, like his sister saying "there is no way he can beat t'challa" = t'challa is gonna lose. mbaka saying we will not help = we will come in at the last second to have a dramatic entrance. the entire last action sequence did very little for me. not a fan of his new explosive ability, i really loved that he's basically a ninja, no need for all that extra stuff. does cap need a bunch of fancy colorful weapons? no. neither does black panther. similar to how i felt about spider-man's suit