OT: Just saw Black Panther...
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So because your OT thread was moved you want all OT threads removed?
"If I can't have nice things, then no one else can either!!"
No, Steven. Unless the board is totally clogged up with them, I don't think any should be moved. They die immediately when they are. I simply stated some consistency would be nice. That's all.
My biggest issue was killing off Erik Killmonger. As you mentioned the movie seem to be rush at the end. By killing off the two villains you take away a great sequel and the ability to tell the story over 2 movies.
For me this is tied for #1 with Winter Solider.
I hate to enter into this discussion but 13% of population is black, 18% Hispanic and 61% white. That is 93% of the population.
Further, times are changing and other ethnicities continue to improve there positions in society by their talents and skill sets. So you need to take a look at the growth. Are things changing toward those percentages? If people have expectations that "representation" should be greater than those population averages, then they are not being realistic.
Women have a much greater argument than ethnicity based on the data but you can easily see how in many areas of society, the aging people in these positions retire and are filled with a more mixed group of people - everywhere. These things just do not happen overnight.
With that said ... I watched the movie, thought it was good and I like the action. I did think that the acting was good (except for the white guy haha) and that Jordan's character did overshadow the main character a bit. I liked some of the other Marvels better but this one was pretty good.
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Maybe they are confusing the movie with the band.
Also your free will to be an eternal juvenile, I guess.
Sit the next few plays out amy. Most of us here are discussing the movie itself, not race.
Wow. I don't think this movie touches Winter Soldier, but that's JMO. Winter Soldier is the best MCU movie by a mile, but I'd put Black Panther easily in the top 5 or 6, depending on who you talk to. I wouldn't have a problem putting it in the 3-5 range.....and keep in mind this is coming from a guy who loves the MCU, so being in the top 3-5 is VERY good.
I wasn't trying to say that Jordan ruined the movie for me or anything, cause that's not true. He was fine, just a little flat and not at all extraordinary. Again, that's JMO. Even with a slightly better villain this movie wouldn't have been a 10 out of 10. Not for me at least.
Yeah because a thread about fictitious superheroes is much more important and has much more validity than discussing the slaughtering of innocent children at school. Oh ok.
It probably has more to do with the fact that this thread was initially a well intentioned discussion about a movie. The other thread, regardless of its intentions, was certain to inflame people not sharing your views on a topic that everyone is emotional about right now. Start less political OT threads, and you will probably see them moved less. Make an overtly controversial political thread, and you should probably expect to see it moved. That is the pattern I am seeing.
Agree with Winter Soldier. That was a fantastic movie and is up there with Iron Man 1 and GOTG. Also agree that Black Panther could be somewhere between 4-6 on my list.
Shocked at the heresy in this thread. Avengers is the best marvel movie with probably winter soldier a close second. Though from a personal standpoint I think that I liked black panther second overall. Very real emotion and not quite as comedic as the others. Acting was maybe the best out of all them which is why I like it so much. GOTG is up there but to me great comedy doesn’t match great drama or action.
Those of you discussing race have done a good job of opining without the ******* (for the most part). This is how it's done and it's needed.
I've got Winter Soldier, Civil War, Iron Man, Guardians, and Black Panther ahead of the first Avengers for sure.
LOL, typically when a detail is discussed it is prefaced with a little bit of warning. Specifically deaths of characters. Not shocked when a villain dies, but when you yourself mentioned you were a little thrown by the deaths of two characters, it seems like a good time to use the spoiler. The OP just talked about general thoughts on the movie which is very different.
I suppose there can be room for difference of opinion. But the pacing was great, epic in scope, acting was great and introduced the universe feel while at that point Loki was a very dynamic and great villain, and felt like it threatened unlike many marvel movies (like ultron, IM2/3, Thors 1/2, 1st Cap)
And winter soldier as a stand alone was outstanding. But as a superhero movie I like avengers more than all the others
Underrated post
Remember it was not long ago when black actors were actually given a chance at the major oscars
Hollywood makes movies to make money and they cast who they think will make the most money. I would wager that hollywood is not racist and only cares for the color green.
Dont worry. The whole movie was pretty predictable. You would have known what was going to happen anyways.
You don't understand and have no desire to understand. So I'll stop wasting my energy.
I'm not going now. Given you blowing the ending for me and the let down from the lack of whitey and due to this thread overall, I refuse to go.
Has anyone mentioned that the Black Panther actor, Chadwick Boseman, was born in Anderson, SC and graduated TL Hanna?
My bad. Fwiw, I won't read anything that is lengthy (more than a sentence or two) knowing it could include a spoiler if I haven't seen it yet.
I'll make sure I do that in the future.
I didnt give away the ending. That was someone else. I just said you were probably smart enough to figure it out.
The pattern I see is that just about any OT thread eventually turns into a political shouting match. I’m following/contributing to a Biathlon thread- I guarantee even that could go political and end up at three pages with just a spark.
I’m with Amy on this one, some OT threads are good discussions.....if you can filter through some of the Flamethrower posts some folks will make just for fun.
I was mostly kidding. I was just glad to get to a post that was not about race that I went on reading.
