First, let me start off
by saying that Black Panther is a great movie in its own right. If Black
Panther had the freedom to be judged like any other movie that didn't feature a
predominately all-black cast and a black director it'd probably be rated much higher.
Unfortunately, even though Black Panther will receive its due praise for it’s
an incredible storyline and fleshed out characters some will still have an
opinion that there's more to be desired. Black Panther is expected to stand for
something bigger than itself and while a black directed film is most likely to
face this challenge regardless it's unfair, but Black people as a whole have
always had to go the extra mile.
Ed Powers a writer for
the Irish Independent like all editors, reviewers and bloggers have an opinion.
Reading through his review his opinion on the movie seems rather forced; he
proposes that Chadwick Boseman the leading man is visibly straining through the
movie. Being a king is no small role don't you think? Governing a whole nation
secluded from the world while facing internal threats is rather taxing on the
back, and you may wake up on the wrong side of the bed don't you think?
Following his rather short explanation, Ed goes into detail about how Black
Panther, in short, becomes dull after the combat scenes in Black Panther.
"What he doesn't get
to do much of is jump around beating up bad guys. That’s a shame. Marvel has
finally given us an African superhero. The hope surely was that he would be allowed
do superheroic things."
Now I don't know really
see the problem with a black man who has a great responsibility, and a nation
to uphold doing less fighting. The basis of the only negative review for Black
Panther so far is the main character and the only Black Superhero in the Marvel
universe not doing enough fighting. It's interesting because like I said
earlier Black Panther is supposed to stand for something more than any typical
movie considering the cast, director and the history of Black people in
general. So why in fact is the passiveness of a Black King who is willing to
fight but won't resort to that strategy unless pushed a problem? I can tell you
exactly why Black Panther is supposed to stand for more, but only if there's
plenty of jumping around and the Black man is doing plenty of ass kicking.
