ok, so we went off to watch that Black Panther film, look you see. the one what is the 357th "Marvel Universe" film to be made in the last decade or so. of the 472 or so they have made this one has, to be sure, been one of the most successful in terms of the important, business end of movies which is money, as well as with critics and fans of all 875 super hero films made to date.
with that in mind there is, i suppose, little or no point whatsoever me trying to offer a review of it here. it's a month or so since it came out, and with takings north of one billion dollars of the united states variety, i am pretty sure the world has made a decision on the film sans my verdict.
the reason for us going off to see it was partially why not; mostly as the 75% of my family who is not me really wanted to watch the movie. and so off we went, then.
no, i wasn't too interested or all that interested. at the least, not in terms of seeing it at the cinema. leaving aside the great cost of such a venture, i really tend to find all these Marvel films far, far too busy to watch on a massive screen. it, to me at the least, is far more enjoyable to wait for the disc to come along and lazily watch them whilst sat or laid on the couch.
as it turned out, yes the visuals were most impressive and that in the film, but the action sequences all just seemed far, far, far too busy to keep up with. i was uncertain as to who was twatting who, exactly, at several key points of plot developments explored via the medium of violence.
but yes, it's a pretty good film, this Black Panther. i am not sure it is the best of the recent batch. not that i could pick a "best", but it would be either Ant Man, Captain America Civil War, Guardians Of The Galaxy or maybe even that first Avengers one. or Thor Ragnarok or whatever it was called.
much of what Black Panther gets right is avoiding the colour by numbers plot which has dominated, if not prevailed, over the last 289 Disney / Marvel / Star Wars films made by pretty much the same people. far too many of the films have been "there is something bad / let us put a team or crew together and beat them", really. wisely, then, Disney appear to have directed the writers to other sources of inspiration. the result is a plot which "pays homage" to The Lion King mostly and Braveheart slightly. it turns out very well indeed.
there has been much said, mooted, discussed and celebrated about the fact that this is a huge, big budget film featuring predominantly black characters and a black hero. as a honky, albeit one flatteringly christened as an albino zulu by the elder of a gentle race, there is not much i can say, really. for what it is worth, i was not "aware" of watching black dudes or white dudes at any point, just really good characters in a decent story. the moments in which race were mentioned or referred to were relevant to the plot and not shoe horned in for the sake of it, or at least that is how it seemed to me.
yeah, cinemas seem to think it is perfectly normal and acceptable to charge 25p south of £3 for a bottle of water. no wonder so many sneak their own food and drink in with them. should you exclude lunch, the entire trip to the cinema for a family of four was just south of £60 in total. a great experience and that, but on a fiscal level the £15 blu ray disc of a film makes more sense. especially, but not exclusively, when you bear in mind you can pause the disc as and when you wish to make a bathroom visit.
so yes, if for some reason you have been wondering if Black Panther is worth a watch but thought you'd wait for my comments and review, yes it is worth watching.
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