{"id":1087,"date":"2018-05-29T15:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T21:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2021-05-18T12:36:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T18:36:17","slug":"movie-black-panther-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/29\/movie-black-panther-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"MOVIE: Black Panther (2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BlackBlack Panther
\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2018
\nRating: PG-13
\nLength: 134 minutes \/ 2.23 hours<\/p>\n

Anymore, superhero films are a dime a dozen. I get that they\u2019re adding up to a greater narrative for\u00a0Avengers: Infinity War<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(2018), but a lot of them seem almost indistinguishable from each other. Enter\u00a0Black Panther<\/em>\u00a0(2018). Not only is this superhero not white, but almost all the action takes place somewhere other than New York City. There are a lot of strengths in\u00a0Black Panther<\/em>\u00a0that make it feel like a cut above the rest. From the set design and aesthetic of Wakanda to the well-developed characters (including women warriors and women scientists),\u00a0Black Panther<\/em>\u00a0shows how a superhero movie\u00a0should<\/em>\u00a0be made.<\/p>\n

Despite its strengths, there are still a few, minor weaknesses in this film. First, some of the CGI felt a little off in the sense that my mind rejected it when I saw it. These moments were usually pretty rare but were unquestionably obvious. Secondly, one of the tenets of the superhero genre is the action\/fight sequences. While these sequences were present and exciting in\u00a0Black Panther<\/em>, often they seemed to be jittery and confusing to watch. Perhaps films like\u00a0John Wick<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2014) have spoiled me to the steady camera of a well-choreographed action sequence.<\/p>\n

One of the best performances in Black Panther, which is why I think it should come so highly recommended, was that of Michael B. Jordan\u2019s antagonist, Erik \u201cKillmonger\u201d Stevens. The strength of the African accouterments in this film was a cultural foundation that was offset by the oppression of African-Americans. This was made all the more evident by the antagonist\u2019s somewhat noble goal. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ve seen a more sympathetic villain, and it just made the conclusion feel like a richer sense of justice instead of just vanquishing an evil foe.<\/p>\n

A breath of fresh air in a stagnant genre of superhero films, I give\u00a0Black Panther\u00a0<\/em>4.5 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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Black Panther Year: 2018 Rating: PG-13 Length: 134 minutes \/ 2.23 hours Anymore, superhero films are a dime a dozen. I get that they\u2019re adding up to a greater narrative for\u00a0Avengers: Infinity War\u00a0(2018), but a lot of them seem almost indistinguishable from each other. Enter\u00a0Black Panther\u00a0(2018). Not only is this superhero not white, but almost […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2,370,369],"tags":[1020,1272,1273,501,1271,84,779,780,13,8,39,1274],"class_list":["post-1087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4-5-stars","category-movie","category-nominee","category-oscar","tag-1020","tag-african","tag-african-american","tag-black","tag-black-panther","tag-marvel","tag-marvel-cinematic-universe","tag-mcu","tag-movie","tag-review","tag-superhero","tag-sympathetic-villain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1087"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2667,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions\/2667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}