Entertaining and a great addition to the MCU

Rating: 9/10 (7 March 2018)

I saw it in 2D and really enjoyed it. Great performances by the whole cast but especially Michael B. Jordan, and Andy Serkis was a lot of fun. I really liked the visuals, especially the African-folkloristic inspired costumes, buildings and ceremonies. The car action scenes had me excited in the cinema, same with the casino fight with the lady in the red dress. There was some humour in it which I liked because it didn't feel as forced as in Age of Ultron or similar Marvel pieces. The characters' backstories and motivations actually made me care about them. They seemed sympathetic and not as hollow as in Dr. Strange where I really couldn't bring myself to like anyone in the whole movie. This film actually made me shed one (1) manly tear in the cinema (a first). One complaint I have is with the final fight scene in the dark with both combattants wearing dark suits where you could never quite see what was going on. Apart from that I pretty much loved it, one of Marvels best for me. I was entertained and the great soundtrack made up for the brain cells I lost watching Chadwick Boseman wrestle a rhinoceros.