Welcome to another uninformative movie review where there are (most definitely, without a shadow of a doubt) going to be spoilers. So get ready for this ride on this invisible space ship and leggo... What else can I say? At this point you've probably heard numerous praise for the movie and... they were right! The movie was brilliant, greatly enjoyable and meme-tastic. I actually watched it twice on the cinema. It's now one of my favourite Marvel cinematic universe films, for sure but one thing perplexes me: How old is Chadswick Boseman again? So you're telling me that this guy is 40 years old? In this shot too, which was filmed just about 2 years ago? What? (Technology is getting too advanced these days, trust No One ;) don't you have anything useful to say? Okay, okay, amazement aside, I actually have some thoughts regarding Michael B. Jordan's character, Erik Killmonger-- whose most heinous crime are not the causes of the scars all over his body, but the sight of them that did this to a fan. First of all, even though he is the villain and sure, he did some hateful stuff but he's a pitiful villain. His dad died when he was really young. His family, uncle (T'challa's father), basically abandoned him despite being aware of his existence. And, he was denied access to his own country (Wakanda). But then again, where's the drama and what would the story be like if none of those misfortunate events happened, right? Secondly, the manner of his death irked me. Instead of "turning over a new leaf" or "dying vengefully", as is often the fate of many villains in superhero stories, he died consciously by his choice-- and the hero did not forcefully save him. It irked me. And, his death was melancholically peaceful. By the end, he had come to terms with himself and his past-- an admirable thing which makes him a lovable villain-- but then he dies. It's anticlimactic. It's disappointing. But, I think that cinematically and from a writing point-of-view, it was the best ending for the story. After the first time I watched the movie, I had serious questions regarding Wakanda's economical and geographical specifications, namely:
I may not have any answers for those questions but I liked this video by Film Theory which cleared out some of my doubts about the realistic state of the Wakandan economy.
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