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Feb. 19th, 2018 03:44 pm1. This Review which contains massive spoilers, actually says what I thought about the Black Panther movie in a nutshell and why I fell in love with it. I may have to go see it again. (And I don't go see movies again in theaters, I consider it a waste of time.)
It has a few flaws...which you can basically see in the trailers, and was the reason that I was less than enthused about the film at the outset. I doubt I would have seen it or even gone to the preview performance, if I didn't have people asking me to do so.
The action sequences are a bit blurred. And well, we have the whole "you must kill these three ships or the world is doomed" subplot, which is a Marvel plot-point that I've grown weary of. Also, the villain does fall into some convenient tropes, but he is by far the most sympathetic and charismatic of the villains to date -- and makes a huge statement about how American views race and handles race.
And, unlike the other Marvel films or other films "Daddy issues", T'Challa isn't dealing with his issues of what he's done for his father's respect, but what his father did as King and how he feels about it -- or rather the legacy his father left him -- which has a much broader and more significant resonance, both in regards to Africa and other countries around the globe. Do we continue to honor that legacy we've been left by following in its footsteps, or do we question it, change it, and do something different?
Overall, I agree with the two critics -- it's a bloody miracle this film exists.
[ETA: I keep finding articles on this. This movie is close to passing the box office records for the Star Wars films. Black Panther Box Office Results. It already passed Justice League, (which admittedly wouldn't have been hard, I skipped Justice League), and all of the Marvel Superhero Films. To date? It is the highest rated superhero film ever on Rotten Tomatoes. And in the box office? It is right behind and close to Star Wars Force Awakens and Star Wars Last Jedi, in regards to numbers. And in Feb, which is considered a slow month at the box office. Not a huge holiday weekend. What this means? More diverse films at the box office!!! More films similar to it! Less films geared slowly to white males between ages 18-35. Yes!! Finally. After years and years of waiting, finally. That's why I'm being so annoying about this and fannish.]
2. Been watching the figure skating, snowboarding, skiing (boring as all get out), sledding or snowbogging (?) -- where they speed down a snow tunnel in a tiny car, aerial skiing, speed skating (also boring), and ice dancing. My favorite is the ice dancing. That's bloody hard and beautiful.
And yes, it's a sport. It's athletic, it requires lots of training, you have to be fit, it's competitive, and unlike fighting over a ball, actually has a purpose -- of joy.
(Fought with someone once regarding whether it was a sport. Sigh. The things we fight over. Right?)
Anyhow -- I'm rooting for the Canadians. The Americans aren't that interesting in the ice dancing.
In the figure skating? I rooted for the Japanese, same reason.
3. I'm writing a story about an Iraq/Afghanistan female veteran, who dismantled bombs. And is currently working as a mechanic in upstate New York. I've no idea why I'm writing this or why it's grabbed a hold of me. My muse appears to have a mind of its own. Instead of finishing the sci-fi novel, it wants to write this.
This is why I can't write creatively on demand. My muse picks the material. Nothing else. It makes no sense to me.
It has a few flaws...which you can basically see in the trailers, and was the reason that I was less than enthused about the film at the outset. I doubt I would have seen it or even gone to the preview performance, if I didn't have people asking me to do so.
The action sequences are a bit blurred. And well, we have the whole "you must kill these three ships or the world is doomed" subplot, which is a Marvel plot-point that I've grown weary of. Also, the villain does fall into some convenient tropes, but he is by far the most sympathetic and charismatic of the villains to date -- and makes a huge statement about how American views race and handles race.
And, unlike the other Marvel films or other films "Daddy issues", T'Challa isn't dealing with his issues of what he's done for his father's respect, but what his father did as King and how he feels about it -- or rather the legacy his father left him -- which has a much broader and more significant resonance, both in regards to Africa and other countries around the globe. Do we continue to honor that legacy we've been left by following in its footsteps, or do we question it, change it, and do something different?
Overall, I agree with the two critics -- it's a bloody miracle this film exists.
[ETA: I keep finding articles on this. This movie is close to passing the box office records for the Star Wars films. Black Panther Box Office Results. It already passed Justice League, (which admittedly wouldn't have been hard, I skipped Justice League), and all of the Marvel Superhero Films. To date? It is the highest rated superhero film ever on Rotten Tomatoes. And in the box office? It is right behind and close to Star Wars Force Awakens and Star Wars Last Jedi, in regards to numbers. And in Feb, which is considered a slow month at the box office. Not a huge holiday weekend. What this means? More diverse films at the box office!!! More films similar to it! Less films geared slowly to white males between ages 18-35. Yes!! Finally. After years and years of waiting, finally. That's why I'm being so annoying about this and fannish.]
2. Been watching the figure skating, snowboarding, skiing (boring as all get out), sledding or snowbogging (?) -- where they speed down a snow tunnel in a tiny car, aerial skiing, speed skating (also boring), and ice dancing. My favorite is the ice dancing. That's bloody hard and beautiful.
And yes, it's a sport. It's athletic, it requires lots of training, you have to be fit, it's competitive, and unlike fighting over a ball, actually has a purpose -- of joy.
(Fought with someone once regarding whether it was a sport. Sigh. The things we fight over. Right?)
Anyhow -- I'm rooting for the Canadians. The Americans aren't that interesting in the ice dancing.
In the figure skating? I rooted for the Japanese, same reason.
3. I'm writing a story about an Iraq/Afghanistan female veteran, who dismantled bombs. And is currently working as a mechanic in upstate New York. I've no idea why I'm writing this or why it's grabbed a hold of me. My muse appears to have a mind of its own. Instead of finishing the sci-fi novel, it wants to write this.
This is why I can't write creatively on demand. My muse picks the material. Nothing else. It makes no sense to me.