The Black Panther is a super hero movie produced by Marvel which despite several ongoing arguments, is not a movie about black liberation. It is simply an action/fantasy movie with a predominantly black cast, showcasing an African community that was never colonized. It however does contribute to the feeling of liberation as the movie has successfully defeated the long standing Hollywood myth that movies featuring black leading actors do not do well at the box office both domestically and internationally.
Highest rated Marvel movie of all time and that includes all Marvel films, not just ones from Marvel studios. ROTTEN TOMATOES
The story line was simplistic yet brilliant. It was basically about T’Challa sacrificing everything to right a wrong that his Father T'Chaka had committed and eventually saving his kingdom from a tyrant who was hell bent on proving the strength of Wakanda to other nations (out of hate and definitely not out of love or out of a wish to help other people). T’Challa’s father had made a mistake in the past that birthed a monster and T’Challa corrected it. He also chose to learn from his father’s errors and at the end we saw T'Challa begin a movement to provide the much needed aid to other nations.
It was a movie that was shamelessly African and rich in several aspects and nuances of the African culture. My best line was a statement in the movie where the late King T’Chaka told his son, the new King T’Challa
The world is changing. Soon there will only be the conquered and the conquerors. You are a good man with a good heart. And it's hard for a good man to be a king.
This is the truth in reality. Good men rarely make good kings/politicians because when the time comes to make tough decisions, they often choose to do what’s right rather than do what’s best. This was eventually what happened when T'Challa chose to take the injured Agent Ross back to Wakanda to save his life as well as when he accepted the challenge by Killmonger. He chose to let his powers be stripped away, to fight a man who was obviously wicked and hell bent on destroying everything. As the king, he could have simply ordered him killed or detained and his orders would have been obeyed. But he chose to fight fair and lost it all, thereby proving his father right.
However the fates smiled on him and gave him a second chance and he was helped by N’Baku whom he had shown mercy in the beginning by not killing him in the challenge for the right to the throne. He used both his strength and his good sense to defeat Killmonger and despite all of killmonger’s atrocities, he still showed him kindness by helping him fulfil his childhood longing to see the beautiful sunset his father had promised him. What better leader could a people ask for? Some say Killmonger would have been a better king but that’s almost as treasonous as saying Adolf Hitler was a good leader! lol.
Wakanda is a fantasy country and they patterned their language and accent after several African countries most especially Nigeria. In fact the major language in the movie was inspired by Nsibidi, an ancient Nigerian Language. Check 'source' for more details. Source For those who took their time to really watch this movie, you would have noticed that they patterned the accents of the different tribes in Wakanda after different African countries like South Africa, Ghana, Nigerian and several others. As Nigerians, we identified a great deal with names like Okoye, N’Baku and N’jobu. I’m sure the names Suri, Nakia, T’Challa & T’Chaka were patterned after some other African countries too especially South Africa.
The movie may have had issues that some people disagree with but ultimately it was a fantastic one and I must declare that I LOVED IT!
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