Ashlyn Brady Author: Movie - "Black Panther"

Hello Friends,

The Black Panther movie is superb. It’s an adventure, a fantasy with Sci-Fi. I liked the African story, characters, cinematography, costumes and lively soundtrack of drum beats.

T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) is a good man and he returns home to become King of a special African nation, and also the next Black Panther in the line of succession. His straight forward plans are interrupted when two different men challenge him for the kingship. One of the men has deliberate intentions to start the next world war.

T’Challa must fight for his legacy and protect his country from harm. He’s going down. And there were heart-stopping moments when his enemies got the better of him.

The challenge for kingship.

Fortunately, T’Challa has a group of amazing women in his life. His mother, sister, the woman he loves, the greatest warrior of the nation, and a team of all-female body guards. They surround him, support him, think and act independently of him, and ultimately save him so he can fulfil his destiny.

From L to R, Shuri (Sister), Nakia (Love Interest), Ramonda (Mother) & CIA agent

Ramonda (Angela Bassett) is the matriarch and mother in pain who doesn’t give up on her son, T’Challa. She has a dignified presence on screen as she collaborates with the other women.

Shuri (Letitia Wright), sister of T’Challa, is a Geeky Boss of Technology. Adorable, funny, lights up the movie screen, I want to hang out with her and learn all about the nation’s technology that’s housed in a tower headquarters.

A mind-blowing moment for me featuring Shuri was when they projected a hologram of a pilot into a fight scene with spaceships for him to shoot them down. It was multi-dimensional science and reality.

I liked that Shuri could use technology to heal people completely, rather than the familiar use for the destruction of people.

Entrance to Black Panther Cave with Technology Tower HQ above it & spaceships.

Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) is a fierce warrior, spy, a woman with a mission to fight for the oppressed. She is the woman T’Challa loves and wants to make her his queen. Lupita Nyong’o was radiant in this role, her beauty glowed and her skills and independence was a triumph.

Okoye, Nakia & Dora Milaje Warrior.

Okoye (Danai Gurira), is the General, the greatest warrior of the nation, and member of the Dora Milaje, the all-female protection squad.

Okoye seemed to me, to be principled, well-trained, and her reflexes were lightning fast. She was athletic and graceful. Her rich red costumes were glorious. I laughed when she threw her uncomfortable wig of brown hair at a bad guy in a South Korean casino. Another high point for me was Okoye clinging to the top of a car during a chase scene through the streets of South Korea, and refusing to give up a fight. Her loyalty was beyond question.

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Official Synopsis

Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” follows T’Challa who, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king.

But when a powerful old enemy reappears, T’Challa’s mettle as king—and Black Panther—is tested when he is drawn into a formidable conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk. Faced with treachery and danger, the young king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people and their way of life.

source: https://marvel.com/

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