Black Panther is an imperfect film that falls into some of the same trappings that Marvel tends to have while making a significant improvement on the one of the largest issues that Marvel has: making a compelling villian.
Killmonger reminds me of Magneto in a lot of ways. He has a very rational anger that one could even say is justified, but his methods are too extreme. The hurt that he has from knowing there was a civilization that could have interveined in the suffering of Africans has turned into hate and his narrative is so compelling that in the end, he actually wins on the strength of his argument, convincing Black Panther to bring his nation out of the isolationist mentality that protected his people but allowed many many more to be harmed. Killmonger might have lost the battle, but he also won the moral argument. He pretty much rules every scene he is in.
The bad? Marvel resorts to it's worse trope of having the hero fight the villian in an evil version of the heroes suit once again leading to a really anti-climatic final fight. Seriously. It's a CGI slugfest that just feels tired. Also, Vibranium seems rediculous as a miracle metal that can do whatever the plot needs at the moment. It seems to be hapazardly thrown in everything. I'm surprised they don't put it in their cereal.
i sincerely hope that you blog. That was one of the best things I have read in a long time. I'm following you and I hope you write stuff. Your analysis of the film was infinitely better than my own.
Appreciate the compliment. I posted a long comment like this to sort of test if I wanted to branch out into writing about movies as well as the music I currently largely write about. Glad to see it resonated with you. Thank you for the follow. I'm going to try and do a movie of the week review here in the upcoming weeks.