Saturday, February 17, 2018

Black Panther (2018)

Director: Ryan Coogler. Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Andy Serkis. 134 min. Rated PG-13. Action/Sci-fi.

There's no doubt the new Marvel superhero has elements that entirely separates it from others - my favorite being how it imagines those weird looking African tribes we used to see as kids in National Geographic were actually high-tech civilizations of dizzying magnitude in disguise, hiding their powers from the world. And while story-wise, it's independent from other Marvel movies, independent per se it is not: the style copies from James Bond (there's even a "Q weapon introduction" scene), and the African story follows, nonetheless, The Lion King (evil outcast relative taking the throne). Summarily, it's over-hyped, but still good.

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