Absolutely. I would add Cottonmouth and Mariah Dillard to that list, too.And if you want to throw the non-movie villains in there too, add Fisk, Kilgrave and probably about half a dozen more from AoS.
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Ironic that N'Jobu, who had been pro-isolationist, learns altruism from Eric's mom. She gives birth to Eric who attempts to take over the throne from pro-isolationist T'Challa, end Wakanda's isolationism, expand it's influence, and use violence to help black people around the world (though it sounds like what he really wants is to take over the world).
Eric's plan actually eventually leads to T'Challa coming around to Eric and N'Jobu (and Nakia's) thinking on the subject of Wakanda's isolationist policies, and we see T'Challa end Wakanda's anonymity and begin to help others.
Oakland California has always been a hotbed of social activism, so I just wonder if Coogler is saying that that was the reason Eric's mom was in prison. Regardless, this family just could not catch a break.
Marvel needs to be careful that they don't trip over the bar set by Steppenwolf in Justice League.Not a very high bar...
Coogler is from Oakland so I'm pretty sure that's precisely his point.
And yet never achieves any heights.
Fantastic as always!
Watched BP for a second time tonight. Even though I thought it was a very good movie during the first viewing, I have to say I enjoyed it more the second time around.
I still have a problem with Killmonger defeating T'Challa in combat. I would expect Killmonger to be proficient in a wide variety of weapons (pistols, rifles, explosives and knives), but not combat with swords, spears and shields. I realize that Killmonger may have has some knowledge of this type of combat from his research into Wakandan customs and the like, but he still should be nowhere near T'Challa's level of expertise.
Regardless of my little peeve, it's still an excellent film. To quote Bucky about Wakanda, "I love this place".
I still have a problem with Killmonger defeating T'Challa in combat. I would expect Killmonger to be proficient in a wide variety of weapons (pistols, rifles, explosives and knives), but not combat with swords, spears and shields. I realize that Killmonger may have has some knowledge of this type of combat from his research into Wakandan customs and the like, but he still should be nowhere near T'Challa's level of expertise.
Regardless of my little peeve, it's still an excellent film. To quote Bucky about Wakanda, "I love this place".
Loki is the only half-way decent villain in the Marvel cinematic universe other than Killmonger, and that's 90% Hiddleston's performance. They've all been lame on the page other than Killmonger.
Honest Trailers is hilarious and on point, HISHE is a one-joke premise on offer way past its sell-by date...as usual.
Honest Trailers is hilarious and on point, HISHE is a one-joke premise on offer way past its sell-by date...as usual.
Every word of what you just said was... you know the drill.
,,,completely correct and possibly unwelcome, yes. The usual.
The guy probably had this whole scheme planned for years. He would have known to train in swords, spears, and shields.
Probably? He said right then and there at the challenge that he had been planning his whole life for this.
Yeah, I didn't remember the exact wording, so I wasn't sure it was directly stated or just implied. Regardless, the guy clearly planned ahead enough to be just as competent with such tools as T'Challa.
Movie magic. According to Cinefex, the Warrior Falls waterfall was a 100-foot-wide set built in Atlanta, fed by an artificial waterfall (though the shallow water they were actually fighting in was deemed insufficiently rapid, so it was painted out and replaced). The wide shots were based on a configuration of cliffs in Africa (unnamed in the article, sorry) that were waterfalls in the distant past, but have now run dry. To get an idea of what they'd look like wet, they referred to photography of Jim Jim Falls in Australia, which are made of a similar type of rock, as well as Victoria Falls and Iguazú Falls.
Yeah, I could tell the challenge fights took place on a set. I was wondering more about the huge waterfalls we see when they first fly into Wakanda.
Ah. That isn't discussed in the article (aside from a mention that Wakanda is located around the real-world Bwindi Impenetrable Forest). Maybe the art of book? I don't remember the view well enough to try and track it down.