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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Movie Review (Opinion)

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By Allison Ricketts (Opinion)
December 22, 2022

The third and final Marvel movie coming out in 2022 “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” is directed by Ryan Coogler, he directed the first film of Black Panther released in 2018. It looked to be a very promising and interesting movie since the death of Chadwick Boseman.

     

The way Coogler directed the first Black Panther was visually stunning and overall sent a message to many people. People loved the film because of Coogler being the first black director for the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe), along with having an almost entirely black cast with many black women being in powerful and engaging roles within Wakanda. 

     

Although, as exciting as the first movie was, fans were confused as to how the future movies and the MCU would continue on without Boseman.

With T’Challa being the former king and Black Panther the audience knew Ramonda was going to become the queen again after his death, but didn’t know how the kingdom would regain power especially after revealing their secret of vibranium to the world in the last film. 

     

However, as always Marvel exceeded people's expectations. 

The new moving and entertaining superhero action movie forges a bright new path for the Black Panther legacy, and is a follow up many fans needed.

One of the most impressive things about this new engaging movie is the way Coogler centers righteous rage. 

Ramonda’s first big scene is her refuting the United Nations, her booming voice and unforgiving attitude towards the Nations sends them a message to not mess with Wakanda. Accompanying Shuri, who is still building her dangerous weapons in her lab, burying herself in her work, wants to see the world burn. 

Coogler centers their shared rage and eventually forces short-sighted decisions to come out, leading to the appearance of a new character Namor, and of a new world in the MCU called Talokan. 

Trying to get people to see the different stages of grief, and the types of rage the three characters feel within the film. This is definitely on the more emotional side of movies and you can feel the character's grief towards losing their homes, and their family.