Highly enjoyed this. Around the 8-8.5 Marvel movies containing Doctor Strange, Iron Man 1 and Thor, in that order. I think Black Panther topped all of them.
I still noticed bad Green Screen effects that plagued Thor: Ragnarok, but it's not nearly as bad as that movie.
What pleasantly surprised me about this was the superbly done social commentary. Which also leads me to the villain, Killmonger. Everybody, after the 2017 improvements of Ego, Vulture, and even Hela but to a lesser extent, the Marvel Villain Curse is officially
BROKEN! Killmonger is easily the best villain of the MCU since Loki, maybe even better.
The action sequences were great, with one chase scene in particular that was absolutely spectacular.
One would guess that these "origin" stories would get generic, predictable and boring after a while, which was some of the criticism towards Ant-Man and Doctor Strange, for basically being Iron Man 1 all over again. But the thing is, Marvel usually approaches these movies as character studies, and however similar they may be, they work great.
While Black Panther is far from perfect and is definitely not the most original movie ever made (@"Zamros" is correct in that it gets predictable with the classic superhero formula being used), the character development of T'Challa is unique and engaging, the story is fantastic and raises relevant social questions, and most of all, is a ton of fun.
Highly recommended. And as always, here's my current MCU list for context:
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Captain America: Civil War
- Iron Man 3
- The Avengers
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 & 2
- Black Panther
- Thor
- Iron Man
- Doctor Strange
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- Ant-Man
- The Incredible Hulk
- Thor: The Dark World
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Iron Man 2