I think it’s more like flipping the lights on while wearing night-vision goggles.

I don’t think it’s so much that he can strain to hear better. I think he’s usually sort of casually focused on hearing worse. He’s focusing on something he barely hears instead of ignoring the millions of things he barely hears. But I have never given a foamy shit about Superman, so that’s just speculation.

Killmonger’s actions made no sense. his motivations, however, were interesting and Jordan is a much more dynamic actor than Boseman.

Did you just defend the monarchy in the movie by saying it’s open to challenge, when the ONLY form of challenge is a literally fight to the death, for ONLY those of royal blood? So it’s not only a vastly unjust system, for who can even challenge, but on top of that, it’s literally decided by physical might—and this…

I do not get the hype over Killmonger. He seemed like a one note character and some of his story seems a little flimsy. He killed hundreds of people all over the world just to gain access to a country that he knew the location and existence of twenty-five years ago so that he could exact revenge for his father’s…

Well, a dictatorship/ monarchy isn’t automatically a bad form of government, and in Wakanda it is open to challenge, largely without the need for coup/ civil war. The only reason democracy is considered better is the system in place for peacefully removing bad rulers.

You’re assuming they’d unite. Part of the downfall of the Native American tribes was their inability to do this very thing. And they were clearly facing a common enemy.

I find it interesting that people just handwave the fact that he is a king. He isn’t a UK king who is basically a tourist attraction, he is an actual King. I think we have a slightly blurry notion of what a King is because we have not had a real King in over a century. T’challa is the dictator of Wakanda he might be a…

Yeah, it seems like you could definitely paint T’Challa as being like those who opposed US entry into WWII. It’s almost like the “burden” of intervention depends on context and methods.

While I think what T’Chaka did to Killmonger was horrible and mainly to serve the plot (bringing Erik to Wankanda only to have him eventually leave as the bitter shunned son of a traitor would have worked just as well if not better). I do agree that to reveal Wakanda’s vibranium secrets would have led to their…

Don’t feel like you have to read the book first - the film is so loose an adaptation it barely counts as an adaptation. Comparing it to the book will not help your experience of the film.

Totally brilliant, and I think its detractors are overlooking the emotional detail in the body language and shot compositions.

*spoilers, I guess* I saw the movie again last night, and Letitia Wright just steals every scene she’s in. Also the little boy behind me was having a BLAST, but nothing got a bigger reaction than when Shuri and Nakia come around the corner at the end with their battle armor and cool weapons - he literally stood up out…

I don’t think Millar means it’s about secret identities as in the plot device of keeping secret. He means we’re more engaged with them as people we get to know than the powers and identities they do heroism in. The MCU got its momentum from absolutely nailing Steve Rogers and Tony Stark and pulling off a miracle with…

I think I understand what Millar meant but may have articulated poorly. The movie characters may not have “secret” identities, but they do have dual identities. Millar is, I believe, asserting that DCEU puts the hero first and the human second, whereas MCU either puts the human first, or shoves the conflict between…

I’m honestly still upset Logan didn’t get a Best Picture nomination. That movie tore me open.

Don’t buy this. While it’s a fair point, Marvel’s characters are more complex, there’s no reason the teams behind these projects can’t change the characters and add the depth they might be lacking.

I worry that they’ doing the “dads can’t parent” trope but it’s The Incredibles and Pixar so they get the benefit of the doubt for now.

“he also seems to have some sort of anger in him”