Black
Panther (2018)
In
Black Panther a meteorite made of vibranium, which is a nearly indestructible
element crash landed from outer space. In the African region where it landed, would
soon become Wakanda. Vibranium gives Wakanda advanced technological advantages.
Fearing of what would happen if vibranium were to get into the wrong hands, they
opted to keep it a secret from the rest of the world. Vibranium gives average
people strength and super human powers, and that’s how the Black Panther came
to be.
Some
might say that the movie also wasn’t your typical super hero film which might
bother others. There wasn’t enough fighting or big romantic scenes as most
marvel movies have.
I
think this movie is good because it exposed the need to use resources to help
others and to never leave family behind. Also the super hero’s have super
powers but also show emotion and compassion as humans do. An example is the
deep hurt and remorse King T’Challa shows to Killmonger for the actions of his
late father King T’Chaka.
King
T’Chaka’s brother N’Jobu gets a thief for hire named Ulysses Klaue to help
steal the vibranium. When King T’Chaka found out his brother helped steal the
vibranium, he had no choice but to kill his brother for betraying the country
of Wakanda. By killing his brother he also decided to leave N’Jobu’s young son
Erik Killmonger behind to cover up the story of how his brother had died.
T’Challa
becomes king and the Black Panther after his father King T’Chaka is killed in
an attack. King T’Challa soon finds out that he has a cousin. He wants everyone
to know in the kingdom, who he is and how his father was murdered by their late
King T’Chaka. Erik wants to take the throne and all the weapons made of
vibranium to arm all other oppressed Africans. He wants to make war and rise up
and take over the world with Wakanda leading the way and controlling
everything.
T’Challa
really wrestled with the fact that his dad murdered his uncle and left his
cousin behind. King T’Challa starts to question himself and what kind of king he
is going to be for the people, and how to learn from his father’s mistakes.
The
only way for Erik to take over the throne is to fight in a Wakandan ritual
battle where the powers of the Black Panther are stripped away from the current
king. The only way for one to lose is either one taps out and submits or is
killed. Erik overpowers T’Challa and throws him off a cliff and is crowned the
new king and Black Panther of Wakanda. Eric immediately takes his power and
gets everyone to load all the weapons out to arm the Africans to take over the
world.
When
the time comes to battle, T’Challa who is actually alive doesn’t believe
killing his cousin is the answer and offers him another way out. The cousin
decides it is better to die than be in bondage for the rest of his life,
knowing his beliefs and views will never change on the issue of his people
being oppressed. T’Challa kills Erik and all of Wakanda was restored.
King
T’Challa uses the bad decisions of his late father, and experience to do
something about the oppressed. He buys the building and the buildings
surrounding where his father killed his uncle and turns it into a science lab.
The knowledge that Wakanda has to offer will now be shared with the rest of the
world through that purchase.
The
movie exposed the need to use resources to help others and to never leave
family behind. Sometimes what we believe is right in the present time, isn’t
always right and we may end up creating far more problems in the future.
“Good
movies get us on board quickly.” “Within the first ten minutes, a well written
movie will teach the audience how to watch it.” (Hornaday 4). Within the first
ten minutes of Black Panther, there was a very interesting story and a cloud of
emotional heaviness. When Erik’s dad was telling him about Wakanda, you could
tell in his eyes he missed home but couldn’t go back for a reason. He was not
welcomed there and neither was his son. “When you look into the eyes of a great
performer, you can see the depth of their whole life, their history and their
desires.” (Hornaday 44). With great actors you can almost see their heart
beating and sense unconscious conflicts even they don’t sense. A good actor
should be expressive like T’Challa was with his concerns for what his father
did and how he left his cousin behind in a world without anything. The concern
to try and find another way to help Erik without killing him was what T’Challa
was trying so hard to do. T’Challa has to do what is best for Wakanda but also
wants to do right by his cousin.
When
the late N’Jobu was telling his son Erik about his hometown, he feared what
might happen if the two were to return to Wakanda one day. Their ideas of
helping other oppressed people were not
welcomed, and therefore they were pretty much exiled. “It’s the detail, depth,
emotion and the sincereness of the screenplay that turn movies into amazingly
crafted stories.” (Hornaday 8)
I
think Black Panther tackles so many issues that we have going on daily in the
world. Racial divide, oppression on races, and religious groups of people is
what today’s world is really struggling with. By helping one another and
reevaluating how we’ve chosen to do things might result in a different outcome.
People aren’t perfect and we should never idolize them too much. We should learn
from them and our mistakes to use our best judgement on what it the best course
of action. Keeping that in mind, every decision that we make will affect us and
all the relationships around us for the rest of our lives good or bad. Leaving
no man behind is something we should strive to do. We should always be open
minded with everything we do, because there might just be a better way of
handling the situation that arises.
Works
Cited
HORNADAY, ANN. TALKING PICTURES: How to Watch Movies. BASIC BOOKS, 2018.
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