Based on 8498 votes and 1633 reviews
First off, I went into this film entirely objective (I didn't even watch the trailer). I am a huge fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and was hoping this film would be good. The story is like any other superhero film story. The Wakanda aspect of the film is great. The technology used in the film is good. But there are a lot of clichés that kinda ruin the film.
I really wanted this film to be good, but it felt like an overlong, bogged down film unlike anything I had seen before. that said, it had its moments. I wish there was more of them.
It has no special story, and the plot is totally predictable. Colors and visuals are the only gorgeous parts of this film. I felt cheated after how amazingly Black Panther was shown in Civil War. It has been released in 3D but there are merely a few shots that felt good in 3D. Overall acting is okay; no actor leaves their mark on your mind. And as always, this Marvel movie too suffers with the villain deficiency syndrome.
Chadwick Boseman performs the best. Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Freeman, Danai Gurira, and Forest Whitaker perform below standard. Michael B. Jordan plays a generic and clichéd villain. He performs the worst. The action is very good, but the films pacing is terrible. The film starts off fast but comes to a halt halfway through. The runtime is very overlong as well.
My feeling after the movie - bored, something I won't watch again. Here is why I didn't like it (during the movie I felt like leaving, and thats a bad sign for someone who goes to the cinema every week): 1. All action scenes are blurred (you get a headache) and mostly dark (you can hardly see anything). 2. While the movie is long in length the story feels short. Quite a few scenes are over stretched to add minutes but they don't add any content etc.
One almost forgets that this is a comic book flick for kids due to the almost hysterical reactions of the media and fans. It's entertaining enough on a rainy afternoon, but hardly worthy of the nearly messianic significance it has assumed. Once exposed it's no more or less than other Marvel movie, though maybe less since it lacks the exceptional action we're accustomed to in favor of dialogue. That would be fine if it was needed and significant, but it isn't.
Based in 'Wakanda', which is an African fantasy location. The source of the population vast wealth, and advanced technology is an ancient cosmic metal called 'nonsenseanium'. The plot is poor, the acting is wooden, with no humour and hardly any action. We see how the 'Lion King Simba' rip-off becomes king and is challenged by the 'Scar' rip-off for his throne. The film has been over-hyped and not as good as the reviews lead you to believe, it appears that reviews are being cautious of giving honest criticism in fear of being called racist! I didn't much like Wonder Woman either, but this isn't even as good as that. Overly long (134 minutes), very disappointing and boring.
Subpar to say the least. Political partisanship has now cemented its ugly head into almost every movie being delivered for mass consumption. Most moviegoers such as myself take in a flick to escape today's overt political nonsense and everybody's got an agenda world we live in........even if only for a couple hours. Forget about it. Not going to happen. For me there is so much effort to preach (as that's what it is) a particular political viewpoint that it totally interferes with story and character development. Because of this I found Black Panther almost unbearable and struggled to make it to the end. Besides that, technically the CGI was wayyy off and character development severely compromised. Just awful. Possibly the most undeserving over-hyped movie of all time.
Where I thought the film fell short was in character development and the screenplay. The actors weren't given a wide range of emotions to display. Most of the characters are either emotionally very stern and stoic, or angry. I felt the lack of variety in emotions got in the way of making the characters more human and approachable. Michael Jordan's American accent and demeanor sticks out like a sore thumb in a cast of well spoken and articulate African character. But physically, Jordan physique does look incredibly badass and tough in the film -- so that's a plus. I'm still wondering if the skin bumps on his torso were CGI or prosthetics.
What I didn't like was the infighting between the tribes and the blame game with western cultures. The film depicts a technically advanced society but with backward tribal strifes between each other. It just seem contradictory, but that's just my opinion. I do look forward to a sequel. But I hope the sequel has an external villain were the nation of Wakanda join together to fight a common enemy instead of more infighting between tribes. Next time, make a solid story first, then build the special effects around it instead of the other way around.
My spidey BS sensors went off on high alert during the days before this film was released to theaters. The news and entertainment media began praising the movie, over and over and over. A 97% Rotten Tomatoes score was quoted often before the film had been released to general audiences. A really good film doesn't need to be praised by the entertainment community when it really is good. Word of mouth among general audiences will ramp up interest in the film. So I went to the theater to see for myself. My spidey senses were right. The professional critics overhyped this film exactly like they did The Last Jedi. Very likely for political reasons which really damages the credibility of review sites every time they over-hype a movie they want to push on to the public.
This movie lacked a decent storyline, instead it was rather dull. I couldn't connect with any of the characters and as such cared little for their success or failure. Much of the hype I believe is due to the dominant African American cast. That's fine, when I watch a movie I don't care what colour people are, but in this case the hyper seems to have heavily depended on that fact and ignored more important aspects of a movie like storyline etc. The lead character was rather bland.
I agree no more black superhero movies with any racial talk at all. I also cannot wait until more white superhero movies to come out. Wonder Woman, Flash. Batman. Superman, Justice League, Thor and many more. None absolutely none have any talk at all about racial stuff. That's the kind of super hero movie I want to go see. Wonder Woman and Man of Steel should make a movie together. They so hot and have such great personalities and a wonderful actors and live such wonderful private lives.
The racial comments about about how we black people have been treated and so on ruined the movie. I thought it was going to be a great movie but it appears that racial overtones and comments have to be in too many black moves. All we have been through is in the past. We are tired of hearing about our past. Lets move on ! Don't even think about a part 2. I can't wait untill the next Superman, Batman
I had high hopes for this movie after the stellar reviews started rolling in, but to be perfectly honest, this movie is EXTREMELY boring... One of the only action scenes in the movie is the air flip over the car you see in the trailer. The other is the awkwardly short "climax" at the end. Seriously, it's over so fast you won't believe it's really over. It felt like the director just wanted to call it a day and be done with this movie. Ultimately I feel really cheated after how amazing BP was in Civil War. Take a pass on this one, the critics are lying.
The movie picks up a week after the events of 'Captain America: Civil War' as Prince T'Challa returns to his homeland of Wakanda and ascends to the throne as King. The plot on the surface is fine and delivers as expected, but the events that follow isn't anything new. Not saying that's a bad thing, but there was nothing that happened I wasn't surprised about so was disappointed.
Don't understand all the hype.
It was so great to see so many satisfied and smiling faces after this movie. In today's political climate, it's refreshing watching a movie that gives people hope and positive energy. Great film - can't wait to see it again!
The script was very robotic - This ties into the poor acting, but perhaps as a result of the script, some of the actors never really had a chance to bring their characters to life.
The villains are shown as such but the lack of character from the protagonists leaves a sour taste is one's mouth, especially since black panther is such a great character in the marvel franchise.
He didn't grow into a King instead he simply changed his political view which is a shame because why couldn't he do both. Worth a watch, but make your own opinion I mean I'm only a film student. Oh and who the hell cared when Forest Whitaker's character died because I certainly didn't, trying to make it like an important characters death, when actually we'd only seen him twice before. That's why this film is mediocre at best but doesn't even rate that high by my standards.
Miracle healing and Panther suits concealed within necklace teeth is VERY hard to swallow indeed. Vibranium was an indestructible Alien metal that could absorb sound. Fair enough. Great material for weapons and armor. But spaceships and miracle healing? Really? Couldn't we have toned it down just a little?
What is most disappointing, is that it doesn't seem to tie into the Marvel continuity at all (apart from the unremarkable Everett Ross, who appeared from nowhere in Civil War and is a poor attempt to replace Agent Coulson). Like Wonder Woman, this is simply a "Black Panther tale" and you can take it or leave it when embarking on your next Marvel marathon.
The film looks great (some dodgy CGI aside) - I liked the armor, weaponry and cultural aesthetics. I also felt a lot of the performances were quite compelling. Unfortunately, it is all rather dull. And doesn't feature anything we haven't seen before.
This movie is great of all the tribal people's of the world. Seeing hi tech combined with tribal royalty is interesting to say the least. Is this where we're headed? Forward to the past? Who can say..but the movie fails us.
The plot was pretty stock standard. Plenty of stuff I'd seen before.
The movie was awesome the technology was the best
Time to stop nit picking. It was a good movie and entertaining.When you over analyze it starts sounding like you are looking for a needle in a haystack.
Can we go back to when we didn't use CGI for ever single scene. Soon you won't even need actors. 1 star movie and that is me being generous.
Oh please what a waste of money. How has this recived so many positive reviews. Honestly I hated it.
Loved this movie
one of the best movies I have ever seen.
This is a Great movie. easy to watch don't have to be a big marvel fan to enjoy it. good story line, can't wait to see where they take this story to next!
Excellent movie. It's unfortunate that people are missing the point and ultimate message of the movie - past mistakes can be amended and that you can learn from the mistakes of others. As a white male - it was great to see a movie with the perspective that isn't from another white male. Great acting, costumes, story line and visuals. Can't wait for a sequel - maybe with an appearance from the X-men's Storm, who was married to Black Panther.
Movie was awesome, if you are a fan of Marvel, can't go wrong, this explains the story of Black Panther as its first movie. Those are continue ratings movies 1 star will never be satisfy in life and will keep rating all the movies in the world 1 star so shove it.
AWESOME MOVIE
I see why it is the number one movie in the world. It is great.
Absolutely outstanding!
Riveting!
The music in the movie was really good.
I saw this movie 3x so far. Will be repeating.
I was looking forward to this movie and it did not disappoint.
Go see this movie...it is amazing!
Seeing Black Panther on my birthday made my day!
Took my girlfriend, who does not like action films, to see Black Panther and she loved it.
Superb!
I went with seven of my buddies and we all thought the movie was the best.
Ensure that you don't leave when the credits start rolling because the movie continues after the credits.
I highly recommend this movie!
I was completely astonished by this movie! The special effects, the scenery, the costumes are amazing!