- Black Panther, not the Marvel movie you were expecting.
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Black Panther is finally here and it really
isn't the Marvel movie you were expecting.
More on that in a sec, to give you the plot.
"T'Challa, after the death of his father,
"the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated
"technologically advanced African nation to succeed
"to the throne and take his rightful place as king."
So that's the official synopsis, we don't do spoilers here.
I don't want to get into spoilers at all, at all,
'cause I don't want the movie ruined for you guys.
So we've got Chadwick Boseman in there,
reprising the role of the Black Panther.
We've got Michael B Jordan, as Killmonger.
And we've got Andy Serkis, as Klaw.
So that's the official synopsis, we don't do spoilers here.
I don't want to get into spoilers at all, at all,
'cause I don't want the movie ruined for you guys.
So we've got Chadwick Boseman in there,
reprising the role of the Black Panther.
We've got Michael B Jordan, as Killmonger.
And we've got Andy Serkis, as Klaw.
And Lupita Nyong'o as Nakia, so that's the cast.
There's a lot of hullabaloo about Black Panther.
Firstly, people are saying, "oh, it's an all black cast."
I don't think people should be getting too bothered,
or too upset, who cares what color the cast is.
If they're good cast, they're a good cast.
So, why is it that the Marvel movie that you're expecting,
I'm gonna get to that momentarily but,
lets take a look at the characters first of all,
and the performances, firstly, Chadwick Boseman,
of course you're gonna remember him as the Black Panther,
from Captain America: Civil War.
He's really, really good in that.
And I think he really kind of
embodies the roles of Black Panther.
It's hard to kind of think,
is there another character that could play Black Panther?
Even when he's in the suit, he's just got this,
he's got a really good presence about him.
Okay, so Chadwick Boseman is great.
Lupita Nyong'o as Nakia, is really really good.
It's probably one of the better performances
she's done in quite some time.
I know if you're a Star Wars fan,
you would've read that she struggled with the motion capture
stuff but she's no motion capturing here.
She's really good, she's got a good presence.
She's strong, her performance is kind of full of emotion.
And it's full of intensity and she's really,
she's actually I think nearly stronger on screen,
than Chadwick Boseman, so she's really good.
Now, the villains, Marvel have had trouble
with villains over the years, some good, some bad.
I think they'll all be compared to Tom Hiddleston's,
Loki who's probably one of the greatest on-screen
villains in the last 20 years, if not more.
So the villains here, we've got Andy Serkis playing Klaw,
who we would've seen in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
You have Michael B Jordan playing Killmonger so,
lets start with Killmonger who is a really poor villain.
Just right across the board he's really flat.
He's really poor, Michael B Jordan performance is dialed in.
It's not great, I don't know where people are going,
"This is one of the greatest Marvel villains ever."
It's not, it's one of the worst Marvel villains ever.
It's just like he turns up and hey, what's going?
No, he's not a great villain.
He has very little persona in it, he's got just,
the only thing he's got going for him,
is his physical presence 'cause he's like hmm.
You know, he's ripped and he's like raw.
But that's it, that's all he's kind of got.
On the other hand, Andy Serkis,
is absolutely amazing as Klaw.
- Let's have some fun.
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He was woefully under used in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Even though it was a small role,
obviously here he's got a far bigger role,
but he's woefully under used.
The first time you see Andy Serkis you go, okay,
this dude is just gonna be an amazing villain.
He's gonna be one of the great bad guys.
'cause his opening scene kind of,
the first time you see him in action properly,
it kind of reminded me of Heath Ledger, in the Joker.
Just a little bit, he's just got,
that je ne sais quoi.
He's brilliant but he is woefully, woefully under used.
Seriously, did somebody just look at Andy Serkis and go,
his performance is amazing, let's not just use him.
Okay, so let's get to the part where you probably clicked
in the video for, totally, Black Panther is a very,
very, very different movie from the usual Marvel stuff.
It's like you go for your favorite meal
and you've got it time and time again,
you go glob, glob, glob, glob, glob, and it's amazing,
but then somebody puts an ingredient into that,
you're not sure of and you're like huh?
This don't taste the same.
That's one way of giving it an comparison to it but
it's yeah, it's totally, it's very, very different.
It's kind of lacking in the humor side of things,
that a lot of the Marvel movies have really become
known for, they're quirky, they're snappy,
they've got good one liners
and there's a little bit in there,
and Martin Freeman seems to be just crowbarred in,
for comedic relief and he really does feel crowbarred in,
in the humor that he brings to it,
is a little bit forced and contrived.
And Martin Freeman is great, but yeah.
So it's totally, this is very different.
It feels very, very different, Ryan Coogler,
the director, is an exceptional talent,
as we have seen with Creed,
and this really is his movie.
This is a Ryan Coogler movie,
'cause it's got that serious vibe about it.
That's not a bad thing, but when it comes to Marvel movies,
or comic book movies we've come to know and love.
It's I don't know, it just doesn't float my boat completely.
Because you come from one thing,
and you get another and the other thing isn't bad,
but it's so different that you're like,
hmm, it kind of takes you out of it.
I think Ryan Coogler has struggled with the humor in this.
It's something that, that you know,
is not prevalent, that in which Creed really,
so I think he struggled with the humor.
He certainly struggled with the blockbuster element of it.
So, yeah, there is a couple of set pieces in there,
in the finale, is visually spectacular,
it's huge in scale and it looks really, really good,
but I think he struggled with some of the,
some of the lighter moments.
If Iron Man or Guardians of the Galaxy had this tone
and this is what the Marvel movies were like tonally,
I don't think they would be as successful
or accessible as they were, so this is something,
so this is something very, very different.
Don't get me wrong, it's completely watchable,
there's some good moments in it, it's watchable,
but the plot is a little bit predicable and it feels,
like there's a little bit too much of a back story.
Even though the whole origin thing
is well known in the Marvel stuff.
This one just kind of seems to drag out a little bit.
There seems to be a bit too much talkie, talkie, talkie,
but as I said, it's entertaining.
Would it be in the top of the list to see again?
Absolutely not.
This is doing big business at the Box Office.
It's the fifth largest opening of all time.
It's like $361,000,000 in so far world wide.
It's obviously using the Marvel brand here,
to kind of keep things floating.
Character was great in Civil War, here characters good
as well but you know, the whole black thing,
where it's an all black cast and la la la.
That's not a good enough reason to see a movie.
You go see a movie regardless of the color of the cast.
You go see a movie just because it's gonna be good.
It's supposed to be good and this is good but,
it's just too different from what we've come to love
and idealize from Marvel to be another Marvel masterpiece.
That's my take on it, Black Panther, three stars from me.
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