Everyone certainly feels grief, especially when someone is very dear to them. However, we can’t always be restrained in deep sorrow and still have to move on living the life we still have today. At least that’s what ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘ wants to bring up, the closing feature film in the fourth phase of the ‘Marvel Cinematic Universe’.
‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘ is another Marvel Studios film directed by Ryan Coogler. Starring Letitia Wright, Danai Gurira, and Lupita Nyong’o, the film focuses on the people of Wakanda grieving the loss of T’Challa.
Not only that, the presence of an underwater civilization led by Namor makes the residents have to work hand in hand to defend their hometown from these external threats.
Political and Human Encouragement
Throughout its duration, ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘ will focus a lot on its characters who experience grief and are forced to move on with the death of the king. This makes the premise of the latest film directed by Ryan Coogler seem similar to ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home‘ three years ago. However, the execution that is offered feels more make sense through the political and human encouragement in it.
Unlike ‘Far From Home’, which presented the main character with an established background, ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ appears to build a line-up of characters related to T’Challa. This is what makes this superhero film seem to be playing a lot with the legacy of T’Challa, which feels very difficult to absorb considering that his appearance is still relatively young when compared to other titular characters.
Even so, the various casts in the sequel to ‘Black Panther‘ still appear charming. The main focus is on Angela Bassett and Letitia Wright who are the central characters. Not to mention the various new additions such as Tenoch Huerta and Dominique Thorne which make the film more meaningful and provide a deeper layer to the conflict that Ryan Coogler wants to raise in this film.
Like a row of other ‘Marvel Cinematic Universe’ films, ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘ still injects various action scenes in it. However, the level of action offered in it tends to be minimal even though in terms of quality it is still no less captivating when compared to various previous MCU films.
Technically, ‘Black Panther‘ seems to have experienced a slight downgrade in its execution. Still with good cinematography and scoring, the use of CGI and the color tone that is carried feels less consistent. It’s no wonder that there are a lot of different CGIs that aren’t smooth and the scene colors look too dark, so it has the potential to be embarrassing when watched on a big screen.
Various Epic Plots
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever execute the loss of black panther very well in which it doesn’t fall into the trap as if this film is just a ‘goodbye’ to it main character ‘Black Panther’.
Be it the enormity of the world of Wakanda, the newly introduced underwater world, the upcoming new destiny that Wakanda is facing.
Everything continues about this glorious nation and its struggle to save themselves and exposure to vibranium. The action sequences inspired by the legendary James Cameron are definitely the inspiration for director Ryan Coogler.
The introduction of Namor and the Talokan tribe as a group of new natives who don’t actually want to fight Wakanda but end up being one of the battles. The plot is epically made, fantastically led by actor Tenoch Huerta, who plays Namor.
Emotion, Passion, and Anger
This film very much shows Angela Bassett as Queen Ramonda whose passion, emotion and anger almost feels through the screen in the best possible way. She becomes one of the pillars of this film and the other pillar is Letitia Wright as Shuri.
Shuri is trying, struggling and overcoming the loss of her older brother T’challa, regret for not being able to save her even with her skills. The responsibility of protecting Wakanda as the new Black Panther is too much to handle.
Fantastic touches along with modern instruments blend together to give the film a very impressive feel.
In the end, ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘ is a tribute to the charming actor who plays a character with a minimal existence in the Marvel cinematic universe. Coming with a representation that looks more human and political, its runtime of nearly 180 minutes can be tedious for the action-hungry audience of the ‘Marvel Cinematic Universe’.
