1. I really like this movie. Black Panther is more original than any other Marvel movie I’ve seen. Chadwicks’ character is very interesting because he agrees with the bad guy(beautiful Michael B. Jordan) that Wakanda cannot be silent but disagrees in the mode at which that should happen. One thing I did not like about this film is that in order to be king someone of royal blood needs to fight to the death. For a country that is so advanced it surprises me that the way they challenge their sovereignty is trial by combat(which they do in GOT which takes place in a fictional world hundreds of years before Black Panther). Why does the whole country start listening to the bad guy just because they think he killed their king? Seems weird. If you don’t agree with this outsider then don’t follow him. I don’t even know why they gave him the opportunity to fight. I understand tradition is important but he threatens everything Wakanda is about so why would anyone let him rule?
2. I really liked all three of these critiques. I always thought of only good things in regard to Black Panther. It was so popular when it came out and before it even came out too. I guess I have a hard time understanding some of the arguments made in the articles. In “Black Panther is Not the Movie we Deserve” the author says that after viewing the ending of the movie when Killmonger dies they got the impression that the Oakland merican black boys life did not matter compared to the elite black people of Wakonda. To defend this argument they compare the flaws of Loki in Thor to Killmonger in Black Panther. He says that Loki is basically a worse villain yet gets multiple chances and opportunities to live. I do agree that when you compare Killmonger to Loki it seems like they just killed off the black guy but he had the opportunity to live and turned it down. He had the history of white supremacy and american black on his back. It is an interesting argument and I would love to know what my other classmates think of this comparison.
3. In the movie Black Panther 98% of the actors are of african american descent. Also the director is African American. I think it is important that the whole cast was black because of the location of the movie. Also most actors were very dark skinned too which implied that they hadn’t been mixed with white colonialism.
A lot of memes developed after this movie. In a Cardi B song she says Wakanda forever and that makes people proud even though it’s a fake place.
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Hi claire
Love reading your post. You definitely got me thinking about why they needed to fight in combat for the through when they were so developed as a country. Maybe tradition just stayed strong and blood really means a lot. that being said i don’t think it is the right way. With you saying that 98% of the cast and the director are African American i wonder how many of these things where on purpose trying to make a point.
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Hey Claire!
I definitely agree that Black Panther has created a sense of power and inspiration towards people of color. Even though I’m not African American, I feel the power emerging. In a way, Wakanda is a real place feeling people are proud to be themselves. Like what you said, it’s even being expressed through the media. Personally, I didn’t know Black Panther existed until the movie came out because I was never a comic book reader. I’m just disappointed that the movie didn’t come out earlier when there are tons of Marvel movies coming out a year.
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