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The Comic Book Film Thread *** SPOILERS ***

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Frederick said:
Black Panther had it's debut earlier today, and early reactions are very, very positive, with most saying it's one of the best movies in the MCU to date, and that it's unlike most of the other MCU entries, a very political entry. Praise has been heaped on the entire cast, with Michael B. Jordan regularly singled out as being the best villain since Loki
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Lord help the reviewer who tries to give Black Panther anything but 5 stars...


It does actually look pretty awesome though.
 
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Lemon Squash said:
Anyone who isn't black that is..
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GENTRIFICATION!
 
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Danish said:
Lord help the reviewer who tries to give Black Panther anything but 5 stars...


It does actually look pretty awesome though.
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You’d hope people aren’t that stupid... it won’t be perfect...

If the criticisms of it are consistent across numerous reviews then you just gotta cop that...

I think it looks really interesting... I didn’t know much about the character before his appearance in Civil War but after reading some background on it I’m pretty excited to see how it plays out.

The whole idea of Wakanda being this hidden technological empire in the middle of Africa is pretty interesting.

Trailers look promising but you never really know until you see it...
 
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shiznit said:
You’d hope people aren’t that stupid... it won’t be perfect...

If the criticisms of it are consistent across numerous reviews then you just gotta cop that...

I think it looks really interesting... I didn’t know much about the character before his appearance in Civil War but after reading some background on it I’m pretty excited to see how it plays out.

The whole idea of Wakanda being this hidden technological empire in the middle of Africa is pretty interesting.

Trailers look promising but you never really know until you see it...
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I'm in the same boat. Had no idea who black panther was, and after the first trailer I was thoroughly confused with it jumping between what looked like people in tribal dress, then suddenly in a futuristic techno city.

After doing some reading about Wakanda and the back story of the character it sounds like a pretty awesome world to build on.

I usually ignore all previews and reading about any movie I'm interested in seeing (completely ruins it IMO), but I broke my rule for this movie so I'm hoping it doesn't backfire on me.
 
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https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/en...efining-cinematic-moment-20180131-h0qztd.html

Quotes that jumped out at me in that article...

She also lauded how the film forcefully depicts issues of representation and identity.

Natasha Alford, deputy editor of the Grio, called the film "dope on so many levels," and singled out the Wakandan women played by Lupita Nyong'o, Letitia Wright and Danai Gurira as overdue symbols of diverse superhero representation.

Similarly, Entertainment Weekly contributor ReBecca Theodore-Vachon said that the film's representation of black women "made me feel seen."

And there are the exhortations from celebrities, with perhaps no compliment surpassing that of Jill Scott, who tweeted that Black Panther surpassed another Disney franchise, Star Wars.

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I might just wait to hear what the fans have to say about unimportant things like plot and character development before seeing this movie. As a regular Joe I'm not really that keen on seeing a film that (potentially) is going to ram political messages down my throat. I just want to be entertained, not told how to think.
 
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Black Panther has a very good writer/director and a great cast to execute his vision, I can believe the hype.
 
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I am a person of colour... well polynesian... which I assume is considered colour... :joy::joy:

But I’ve never watched movies caring all that much about diversity... I really care more about the performance than about the ethnicity.

I could care less if a white woman in Tilda Swinton played an ancient Asian monk in Dr. Strange... as I thought she did a good job.

Same with Idris Elba as Heimdall or Tessa Thompson as Valkrye.

I’ll judge this film on its merits.
 
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Facebook strikes back against the group sabotaging Black Panther’s Rotten Tomatoes rating
The group claimed responsibility for The Last Jedi’s low score on the site

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Facebook has reportedly removed a group that claimed to have sabotaged the score of The Last Jedi on Rotten Tomatoes, and also planned to review-bomb Disney’s upcoming film Black Panther, according to Marvel Studio News.


With Black Panther coming to theaters this month, a member of the group “Down With Disney’s Treatment of Franchises and its Fanboys” created an event to leave low ratings and negative reviews for the film as well as Solo: A Star Wars Story. The group also indicated they would set up additional events for Avengers: Infinity War and the company’s Marvel Netflix shows. Following reports of the plan, Rotten Tomatoes issued a comment saying it welcomes passionate fans who want to debate a film’s merits, but it doesn’t condone hate speech. It also indicated that its employees were preparing to monitor and address spam reviews. Here’s the full statement:

We at Rotten Tomatoes are proud to have become a platform for passionate fans to debate and discuss entertainment and we take that responsibility seriously. While we respect our fans’ diverse opinions, we do not condone hate speech. Our team of security, network and social experts continue to closely monitor our platforms and any users who engage in such activities will be blocked from our site and their comments removed as quickly as possible.
Facebook appears to have removed the group. Marvel Studio News posted a screenshot of a notification saying the group has been removed and that it violated the company’s community standards.

The group described itself as a pro-DC Expanded Universe fan page that opposes Disney’s Marvel and Star Wars franchises. It’s the same group that claimed responsibility for lowering the score of Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi in December 2017, complaining that the film included “SJW” concepts by featuring prominent female characters that spoke down to the film’s male characters. They also claimed that the poor reviews for Warner Bros.’ DC films were due to Disney manipulating the press. Users claimed they were using bots to further lower the Marvel projects’ ratings, and they directed other like-minded fans to the page to post negative reviews. Following the December reports, Rotten Tomatoes issued a statement saying that while there was an uptick in reviews, they hadn’t “determined there to be any problems.”


The Verge has reached out to Facebook for comment and will update with any response.


https://www.theverge.com/platform/a...panther-rotten-tomatoes-last-jedi-review-bomb

Stay classy, DC fans
 
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Embargo lifted. Currently at 100% on RT after 49 reviews, and 88 on metacritic after 21 reviews.
 
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