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Black Panther
Feb. 20th, 2018 05:16 pmWent to see Black Panther on the weekend, which was excellent - one of the best MCU films, which was a relief since T'Challa is one of my favourite non-mutant Marvel characters. (Now they just need to get She-Hulk, Moon Knight and the original Thunderbolts line-up their own shows/movies that do not suck and I can actually relax.)
I was that one person who murmured 'Hatut Zeraze!' every single time someone said 'War Dogs', which I think shows how invested I was. They don't call the Dora Milaje 'Adored Ones', so I'm not sure why they felt the need to translate Hatut Zeraze into English every time. And the fact that this is the calibre of complaint I walked out with proves how excellent this was.
In addition to being easily one of the most visually stunning movies in the MCU - if it does not win a costume design Oscar I am going to start a small riot - the performances were uniformly great. What a cast! Everyone from old hands like Forest Whitaker and Angela Basset to rising stars like Letitia Wright. (If you loved her as Shuri, check her out in Series Two of Humans and admire her range.) Special credit to Danai Gurira for being so awesomely badass, Michael B. Jordan for a performance that stood out even among the other gems, and to Winston Duke for making M'Baku so likeable. (If you had told me last week that I would like any version of Man-Ape and would want to see more of him, I would have had trouble believing you.) And also to Our Hero Chadwick Boseman, but I already knew he was a great Black Panther after Civil War so that was less of a surprise. I am so happy that its done so well, doubtless ensuring the existence of Black Panther 2, because if there's anything Disney likes it is vast sums of money. Now we just need to buy out theatres for Captain Marvel and maybe they will get their act together and make more films that are not about white dudes. (I'm just saying, Okoye, Nakia and/or Shuri would make great additions to A-Force.)
But before that, I am already vibrating with anticipation for Infinity War. (I don't care that it's going to be over-stuffed with characters, I'm just sad that those on the TV side are missing out. I mean, they don't need to be in the plot, but does anyone not want to see Luke Cage and Jessica Jones punching aliens on the big screen?)
I was that one person who murmured 'Hatut Zeraze!' every single time someone said 'War Dogs', which I think shows how invested I was. They don't call the Dora Milaje 'Adored Ones', so I'm not sure why they felt the need to translate Hatut Zeraze into English every time. And the fact that this is the calibre of complaint I walked out with proves how excellent this was.
In addition to being easily one of the most visually stunning movies in the MCU - if it does not win a costume design Oscar I am going to start a small riot - the performances were uniformly great. What a cast! Everyone from old hands like Forest Whitaker and Angela Basset to rising stars like Letitia Wright. (If you loved her as Shuri, check her out in Series Two of Humans and admire her range.) Special credit to Danai Gurira for being so awesomely badass, Michael B. Jordan for a performance that stood out even among the other gems, and to Winston Duke for making M'Baku so likeable. (If you had told me last week that I would like any version of Man-Ape and would want to see more of him, I would have had trouble believing you.) And also to Our Hero Chadwick Boseman, but I already knew he was a great Black Panther after Civil War so that was less of a surprise. I am so happy that its done so well, doubtless ensuring the existence of Black Panther 2, because if there's anything Disney likes it is vast sums of money. Now we just need to buy out theatres for Captain Marvel and maybe they will get their act together and make more films that are not about white dudes. (I'm just saying, Okoye, Nakia and/or Shuri would make great additions to A-Force.)
But before that, I am already vibrating with anticipation for Infinity War. (I don't care that it's going to be over-stuffed with characters, I'm just sad that those on the TV side are missing out. I mean, they don't need to be in the plot, but does anyone not want to see Luke Cage and Jessica Jones punching aliens on the big screen?)