I Saw Black Panther Today - It is Marvel's Best Film Yet! 10/10

I saw the Black Panther today! Wow. This is by far the greatest film Marvel has ever made. When this film was first announced I was so excited. I used to collect Black Panther comic books when I was a kid and l love the character. He is regal and proud and always in control. He is also fair and benevolent. He must always balance the needs of his people with the needs of the Avengers Often his loyalties get confused and one side pays the price. Also he is a fearless fighter who never backs down.

Ok, being a Black American I waited nervously for this film. Hollywood has a way of getting Black stories wrong and making us look like fools or idiots on screen. When I saw the director who was picked I got really encouraged Ryan Coogler is the bomb. What he did with the last Rocky film was amazing and he is so smart and down with the cause too. And Chadwick Boseman is an Oscar level caliber actor having played Jackie Robinson and Thurgood Marshall. When the ast rounded out withe great Black actors I asked myself does this film actually have a chance to break out of the Hollywood Black story mold?

As I saw the trailers come out and how good they were, I grew more excited and the last trailer seals it for me. This movie has to be good. Then the racist stuff began and people were posting racist memes on Facebook and saying to boycott it because it is a Black film. Discouraging but the positive from both White and Black was just too strong.

Then the reviews: The first Marvel film to get a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes! Yaay! It is still at 98% after 206 professional reviews.

When I got to the theater I was so nervous. I went to the second showing which was about 1pm and the theater was half-full. Keep in mind I live in Thailand so I was the only Black person in the theater. I was literally sweating by the time the previews ended and the film started.

I am not going to review the film except to say. the story, acting, action, drama and direction make it the best Marvel film yet. It is fantastic and is now the one to beat. You get a positive view of Africa and get a glimpse of their look at family and respect. You see strong characters who are rich and complicated.

If you like Marvel films and wished for more of a story and layers of stories that all tie in and at the same time deal with today's social issues in a productive way, you will love this movie.

And if you are Black like me and want to see us treated in the type of light we deserve, you will feel like they made this film for you. Because that is exactly how I feel about it.

I hope you go and take your friends and kids because there is something for everyone. Enjoy. And no I am not being paid to write this. I am not connected to the film in any way, just a fan of good movies.

Here is the description of the film:
"Black Panther" follows T'Challa who, after the events of "Captain America: Civil War," returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to take his place as King. However, when an old enemy reappears on the radar, T'Challa's mettle as King and Black Panther is tested when he is drawn into a conflict that puts the entire fate of Wakanda and the world at risk.