r/movies Feb 17 '18

YMS - Black Panther

https://youtu.be/urBtAEObqoQ
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u/SsurebreC Feb 17 '18

For those of us who watched other Marvel movies - does this movie do anything but more of the same? Any growth of any kind or are we all in agreement that these movies are going to be the same ole formula with a creeping amount of humor to break up any dramatic scenes?

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u/mattXIX Feb 17 '18

This movie had very little humor compared to other Marvel movies. One or two jokes and maybe one or two wisecracks.

If you’re worried that it’s like Thor where every serious scene is undercut by a joke, then don’t worry.

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u/Bamres Feb 18 '18

Yeah that really pissed me off about Ragnarok even though I enjoyed it, I'm glad that they placed the jokes in better spots in this movie to not ruin the tone of scenes

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u/kacperp Feb 18 '18

You do understand that Thor was an action comedy? It didnt undercut the tone of the movie. It was the tone of the movie

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u/Bamres Feb 18 '18

Not the movie as a whole but certian scenes, asgard gets destroyed and while it's being processed, Joke! It happened a few times for me at least

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u/SsurebreC Feb 17 '18

Thank you for the info!!!

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '18

It's the same basic plot setup and story beats but I thought there was enough interesting stuff layered on top of that to make it enjoyable.

The humour is much lower compared to something like Thor 3, still jokes every now and then but not distracting. The serious moments are allowed breathing room.

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u/LRedditor15 Feb 17 '18

There is a lot of focus on the villain (which is good because the Marvel villains are usually lacking). There are some political undertones and interesting themes. It's definitely less "cookie-cutter" than other Marvel films, IMO.

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u/SsurebreC Feb 18 '18

Thank you!

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u/LRedditor15 Feb 18 '18

Enjoy the film. :)

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u/Morningsun92 Feb 18 '18

It’s not as bland as captain America 1, Thor 1,2. But certainly not guardians of the galaxy , Winter soldier level. I’d say it’s on the lower end.

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u/SsurebreC Feb 18 '18

I'm confused now lol.

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u/Morningsun92 Feb 18 '18

A solid 6/10

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u/theshutterbat Feb 17 '18

Eh? There is a decent amount of growth in the characters, and I really appreciated how compelling the antagonist was, but I wasn't really blown away by this movie. It's a great marvel movie, but just simply a good one by actual film standards outside of the superhero bubble. It's nothing super special.

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u/MikeArrow Feb 18 '18

The seriousness of the tone is very much kept intact. Overall it feels more like an attempt at making a drama with strong focus on the characters as people and giving them lots of three dimensionality and internal life.