First off the good stuff: - Everything Namor and the Queen - Riri was hilarious and it was a fine debut overall for her - The mid-credit scene was fitting and made total sense. Here’s to a new T’Challa.
Bad stuff: - I didn’t buy it for a second Shuri as BP, her performance were stiff as hell and pale in comparision to basically everyone else in the movie. When she shouted and basically forced M’Baku to go to war was so cringe I didnt feel an ounce of charisma there. Bad bad choice making her the main character, I understand it made sense narratively on paper but the performance really left much to be desired. The difference is clear when you contrast that with Killmonger’s short appearance which was mesmerizing to watch. - And I thought the PS2-esque BP costume in the first movie was bad, Shuri’s suit gave that one a run for its money in the bad CGI department. The other suits didn’t fare any better either. - Please tell me you didn’t kill off Queen Ramonda just to be a plot device to give Shuri the reign, that was cheap as hell. - What’s with the lighting in this movie? Many scenes were so dark I could barely see anything.
Probably a top 4 MCU for me in Phase 4, behind NWH, Shang-chi and DS2.
Review by Long NguyenBlockedParentSpoilers2022-11-20T13:09:31Z
First off the good stuff:
- Everything Namor and the Queen
- Riri was hilarious and it was a fine debut overall for her
- The mid-credit scene was fitting and made total sense. Here’s to a new T’Challa.
Bad stuff:
- I didn’t buy it for a second Shuri as BP, her performance were stiff as hell and pale in comparision to basically everyone else in the movie. When she shouted and basically forced M’Baku to go to war was so cringe I didnt feel an ounce of charisma there. Bad bad choice making her the main character, I understand it made sense narratively on paper but the performance really left much to be desired. The difference is clear when you contrast that with Killmonger’s short appearance which was mesmerizing to watch.
- And I thought the PS2-esque BP costume in the first movie was bad, Shuri’s suit gave that one a run for its money in the bad CGI department. The other suits didn’t fare any better either.
- Please tell me you didn’t kill off Queen Ramonda just to be a plot device to give Shuri the reign, that was cheap as hell.
- What’s with the lighting in this movie? Many scenes were so dark I could barely see anything.
Probably a top 4 MCU for me in Phase 4, behind NWH, Shang-chi and DS2.