Cinema Night – Black Panther

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Black Panther is the most recent movie given to us from amazing Marvel; I didn't know anything about the character to be honest, so I was very curious when I went to the cinema. Having seen the trailer of what it is meant to be the king of the Marvel movies, Avengers: Infinity War, I think an introduction to this character was a bit due, as Black Panther will feature in it (together with a million other character, but we're talking about it in a minute).

So, what is Black Panther about?
It tells us the story of how, centuries ago, five African tribes came in discovered vibranium, the most powerful metal on earth, after the impact of an alien meteorite. A member of one of the five tribes was affected by the metal and gained amazing superpowers, becoming the first Black Panther. He united all the tribes together, and created the state of Wakanda. Only one of the five tribes didn't recognize the new king, and decided to live by themselves in the mountains.

Thanks to vibranium the Wakandans were able to develop some great technology, but also decided to stay isolated from the rest of the world, worried about what could happen if the power of vibranium falls into wrong hands. They hide to the rest of the world then, and pretend to be a poor Country.

Nowadays, the current king of Wakanda, king T'Chaka, dies after an attack, and his son T'Challa has to become the new king. He attends his coronation ceremony, and becomes the new Black Panther.

T'Challa is a good man, kind and faithful to good values, and wants to pursue the same policy as his father. The past though hides secret that for too long have been uncovered, and very soon T'Challa will need to face not only an enemy who wants to steal the vibranium and sell it to the black market, but also he will need to face somebody coming from the past.
Also, Nakia challenges him to stop hide in a corner and share the vibranium technology with all the poor countries which might need it to develop, but T'Challa wants to maintain the past traditions of his ancestors, even if he starts to be not too sure about them.

The movie is very beautiful, I absolutely loved it. The characters are maybe a bit stereotyped (T'Challa is the right and good guy, Nakia is the love of his life, a stubborn yet brave woman, and so on), but they all work well within the plot. Obviously the combat scenes, the landscapes, the colours are just fantastic.

As I was saying at the beginning, Black Panther will feature in the next Avengers movie, which is amazing... but its trailer just left me a bit dubious; there will be soooo many characters in that movie, will they all have the right space? Are we actually going to be able to see them all in action, and not just making an appearance and disappear in a corner? Well, we need to wait, and see what Marvel and Disney came up with. Until then, take care and talk to you soon!
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