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hmmmm, a bit lame?

posted 7 years ago by HAL 9010 (907)
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Did not care that much for it. Too little Panther and too much Wakanda perhaps. Not sure what it was, but I was not feeling the characters that much. Even their betrayals felt kind of flat to me. And a few things annoyed me:

1: We are introduced to these amazing sneakers.... and then they newer use them? I don’t know, I was just waiting for some cool ninja stuff, and gut snuffed.

2: the "deactivating the vibranium” setup on the magnetic railway, was dumb to me? Part of the comics? To me this opens a whole new can of worms… Cap’s shield can be deactivated now, I guess.

3: The bad guy helped Gollum and even helped him escape the prison - and being seen doing it - and then he kills him to have a trophy to get into Wakanda (yet the King has seen him help Gollum)???.... he was of royal blood line already which was enough, and we learn the true reason he get to challenge the king… why was all this pregame necessary and why not just kill Gollum, as he anyway had been an enemy of the state for decades? Weak filler plotline, imo.

4: So the get-out actor betrayed his king and best friend because he felt the need of some more action? Perhaps, but it felt flat on me, not believable characterization...

5: CGI was at times unnecessary bad. The flying "spaceship" could be taken out of an Australian tv movie – especially notice its shadow.

Allright I liked stuff too. I like that is was an all African story and I liked how it for once did not diss on the Africans... that was a cool change of pace, but not enough to make the movie through and through solid.

PS: The final scene is the Panther about to say something, cut to credits …. The first post credit scene is the Panther about to say something, cut to credits….. the last post credit scene is the Winter Soldier about to say something, cut to credits. I smell a lack of imagination.

PPS: The praise it gets made me make this post, I think. The movie is okay…. but not much more.

[–] ufc3548 (171) 7 years ago

Hey! That's racist even though i didn't read the post.

[–] AP (5295) 7 years ago

Bucky said everything he wanted to say. They didn't cut him off.

[–] DracTarashV2 (4497) 7 years ago

The furthest thing from lame to me. So very far from it. Aside from the CGI not being as consistent as it is in other Marvel films (the spaceship not being one of them), I disagree entirely with your post. The many shots of Wakanda and the majority of the effects were second to none. Too little Panther? Granted I would have loved to see some more action scenes with him. But ultimately, I didn’t find this to be an issue because all the focus on Wakanda and T’Challa trying to prove himself as king (not just a warrior) essentially made the story imo. All the supporting cast was so good and the action we did get was super memorable, too.

And the way Killmonger operated made him more interesting, in my view. He could’ve just killed KLAUE early in the movie and instead he lets the guy go to South Korea with the goods. I mean what’s the point, right? Well, call it filler if you must but I can accept him as a villain who likes to be unpredictable and do unnecessary things. I mean, he killed his girl later on just to get Klaue without giving it a second thought! I don’t need this guy’s motives explained to me. He was a helluva villain.

T’Challa being cut off? Funny, this is something I personally got a kick out of. Especially when the kid asked the King who he was at the end. I don’t see it as a lack of imagination. And as for Bucky, what more could have he said in the end? He’s a man of a few words after all, and like any Marvel post-credits scene the scene cuts off just at the right moment.

All in all, I gotta say to each his own. Perhaps some things in it can leave you asking questions but, I for one, don’t need everything answered or filled. I echoe the sentiments of those saying it was unlike any Marvel or superhero film ever made. It was marvelously put together, beyond cool, delightfully funny, and rather poetic. It deserves every bit of praise it’s getting.

[–] HAL 9010 (907) 7 years ago

Albeit we are of different experience or opinion, your post is well written. It was a pleasure to read.