Black Panther

Marvel's newest super hero movie: Black Panther. I had never heard about Black Panther prior to his arrival in the Avengers movies, so it was nice to learn his story. He comes from the nation of Wakanda where they have an abundance of this material called Vibranium. The black panthers are able to use this vibranium (not only in the creation of their weapons and armor) but it is also how they become the black panther. The vibranium is found in a Heart-shaped Herb that grows around regions of Wakanda. The black panther ingests this flower to become the leader of his nation.

Overall, the Black Panther was very well done. The actors were phenomenal. Chadwick Boseman is THE Black Panther and Lupita Nyong'o can do no wrong in my book. The main complaints I have about the movie have to do with CGI and the music choices. There were a couple moments where I thought the CGI left something to be desired, specifically when Klaue (Andy Serkis) was involved. Klaue only has one (real) arm, and the CGI used to cover Andy Serkis's second arm was really bad. It was obvious that there was a real arm there and it was blurred out. Come on Marvel, you can do better...

The music director seemed to choose certain people to have certain music themes. Almost like a character theme entrance if that makes sense. But, he chose music that included everything from authentic African music, to a full symphonic orchestra, to hip hop/rap music. The music was so weird and so often changing from one theme to another that I found it to be very distracting. Music is used to emphasize big moments, but here it simply seemed thrown in for no reason. The worst was when two characters with different themed music came together, and then there was a mash-up of classical music with hip hop. If done right, that could possibly work....it didn't work here.

If you are a Marvel fan, this was not my favorite, but it is a good film in its own right. Other people may love the music choices and not care about the CGI, but I notice those things. You don't spend 8 years in band and then not notice when classical music is playing in the background.

P.s. There are 2 cut scenes at the end of the movie. Don't miss them!