Black Panther (2018)

USA
directed by: Ryan Coogler
written by: Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole + Stan Lee, Jack Kirby (comic book)
starring: Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira
seen on 9th November, 2018

If I didn't already wish to be Gina Carano and after her Noomi Rapace, I would definitely wish to be Danai Gurira. 

Enormous hype always makes me kind of scared to watch a movie and I did put off watching Black Panther quite a few times to lose all expectations, so my oh my, wasn't I pleasantly surprised almost at every turn. I was a little bit dissapointed by some of that "generic hero music" compared to the rest of the soundtrack and the film could be a bit shorter to be more impactful, but that's as critical as I will get.

The screenplay seems to be a lot more thought-through than your usual billion blockbuster these days, I especially like the skilful way it tells an origin story as well as a stand-alone current story at the same time. The antagonist's got some excellent motivation, but he sort of turns into the standard "I will destroy the world and reign over the remnants" kid of villain after he manages to win his first fight, so that's a tiny amount of shame. But oh my goodness, I really relished that all-female commando. Yes yes yes. 

P.S.: After some time passed and some thinking was done, I can now declare Black Panther (along with The Winter Soldier) to be my favourite MCU movie.