Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 2022

If I’m being perfectly honest, I had no interest in seeing a black panther film without black panther in it, I was curious to how they would handle it, which is why I saw it 12:30 opening day, but I didn’t expect the film to be good at all. It was. They handled it better than I could have imagined, the opening and ending scenes where both incredibly moving and I loved them. The first mcu film (maybe second coz of guardians of the galaxy 2) to make me full on cry in the cinema. Like hood up hiding my face cry. The end scene was actually beautiful. The perfect tribute. I’ve never really liked Shuri, that’s one of the reasons I didn’t care for this film, I knew it was about her, but she was incredible. Her and the queen gave some of the best and most emotional performances throughout the entire mcu.  I don’t wanna give anything at all away but the campfire scene at the end was actually amazing, the credits rolled and no one spoke, it was silence, we all just sat there and processed it and it was something I’ve never experienced before at the cinema.  Martin freeman is in this again, I love that guy, was good to see him. The thunderbolts lady was also in it, as always, not good to see her, she kinda sucks.  Action scenes are great, soundtrack, cinematography, acting, all was done very well. The chillis even played at one point. The villain was also quite good, I love namor, I’ve been really excited to see him come to the mcu and I think they adapted him into quite a well thought out villain. Even though Chadwick is gone, the whole film is still really about him, but the grief just all feels so real simply because, it is. When the characters grieve him, they aren’t just grieving the character, they are grieving the actor, and so are we, which makes it one of the most impactful deaths I have ever seen.  It does get a bit slow and it is a little longer than it needs to be, but overall I found it very enjoyable and I would recommend it.  8.2/10