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Not because the movie is bad - quite the opposite. It's an excellent movie (with one caveat and a couple minor quibbles) and if you have not seen it you should. After a string of mediocre MCU entries, and a couple I outright didn't like, this movie resets the bar for what this creative universe can be.
It's intense, it's exciting, it's _super_ political in the best possible ways, it features a stellar cast all of whom turn in good-to-great performances. It has the best antagonist in any MCU movie, edging out Winter Soldier by giving him more screen time, a deeply resonant story, and better dialog. It breaks new ground particularly in that it envisions Afro-futurist sci-fi in a way that no film has done before, though there are a lot of good novels in this vein. No, that's all the easy stuff. What makes writing about this movie hard is that it has been written about, in depth, by people way more talented than I.
So instead of a review-like-review, I'm going to just touch on some personal things. This is long and spoiler-filled.
( First, the elephant in the room )
( Second, this script should get an Oscar nod )
( Third, Michael B. Jordan should be Oscar-nominated for his Erik Killmonger )
( Everyone should aspire to this level of fight choreography )
It's intense, it's exciting, it's _super_ political in the best possible ways, it features a stellar cast all of whom turn in good-to-great performances. It has the best antagonist in any MCU movie, edging out Winter Soldier by giving him more screen time, a deeply resonant story, and better dialog. It breaks new ground particularly in that it envisions Afro-futurist sci-fi in a way that no film has done before, though there are a lot of good novels in this vein. No, that's all the easy stuff. What makes writing about this movie hard is that it has been written about, in depth, by people way more talented than I.
So instead of a review-like-review, I'm going to just touch on some personal things. This is long and spoiler-filled.
( First, the elephant in the room )
( Second, this script should get an Oscar nod )
( Third, Michael B. Jordan should be Oscar-nominated for his Erik Killmonger )
( Everyone should aspire to this level of fight choreography )
