Thought Provoking But Not Very Entertaining

Rating: Null/10 (25 May 2018)

Black Panther had great themes of brotherhood, family and diplomacy. Killmonger seemed like a flat character. His expression hardly changed when he does something and barely broke a sweat either. Seeing his fight with T'Challa was okay, the movements were fast but where's the technique? It was a fight between family so it felt sad rather than epic since Killmonger did have a royal right but he was more of an extremist.
T'Challa was a nicely developed character with internal conflicts between tradition and diplomacy for the preservation of his country versus personal feelings towards helping individuals. But the strange purple spirit world made it hard to watch and lessened the depth of emotions. Shuri had a funny personality with great character support such as the interesting scene with the car. While it was good to see Agent Ross participating, it almost seemed like his character is just along for the ride but it was amazing he risked his life and is willing to work with others. However, it seemed like his personality changed in the second half of the movie like he was quieter and reserved but maybe it's due to the shock of being in a high tech environment with hidden vibranium.
This movie reflects on several themes on deeper levels but the action, comedy and visual scenes does not make this movie very entertaining because it's not light-hearted but rather a real thinker!