Lived up to the hype

Rating: 8/10 (17 February 2018)

I've been looking forward to seeing this forever and it didn't disappoint. I'm not a huge Marvel fan but I'll check out the films that catch my interest and the trailer for this one hooked me early. (Also side note the soundtrack is killer. I've been listening to it ever since it dropped.) I do love how Marvel finds a distinct subgenre within the superhero genre for all of their movies. This almost had a Shakespearean flavor to it with the palace intrigue and watching heroes plot and battle for the throne. Stellar performances across the board. I was surprised by how effective Michael B Jordan was as the villian as he's always such a charmer.
I'm very disappointed by all the negative reviews that seem to be part of the pre announced campaign by racist trolls to smear the movie like they did with The Last Jedi. If a movie isn't your thing that's one thing but to attack a film because it's lead by black actors or has a female protagonist... you're time of blatant bigotry is up folks. Join the rest of us and live in a world where respect for everyone is the standard or learn to live in the shadows and have your voice ignored like the rest of us have since the dawn of time.