Black Panther is super special for a number of reasons. At a time when minorities are facing vilification from their own leaders and barriers between different ethnic groups continue to grow across the world, it’s awesome that we can point to this movie as an example of a hero.
Also, because it looks really fkn good.
Well, Disney and Marvel Studios treated the media to an advance screening of the film before it debuts next month and the press were absolutely frothing it.
#marvel does it again with ‘Black Panther’. Very impressed with the story and filmmaking. @michaelb4jordan absolutely kills it as the villain and is the best one since Loki. Also @DanaiGurira kicks so much ass and I loved every second of it. Going to make serious $. pic.twitter.com/YBrg2x3Nnz
— Steven Weintraub (@colliderfrosty) January 30, 2018
Black Panther looks, feels and sounds unlike any Marvel film to date. A visual feast. Wakanda is amazingly realized, the antagonist actually has an arc with emotional motivations. Marvels most political movie. So good. #BlackPanther
— /Film (@slashfilm) January 30, 2018
BLACK PANTHER is incredible, kinetic, purposeful. A superhero movie about why representation & identity matters, and how tragic it is when those things are denied to people. The 1st MCU movie about something real; Michael B. Jordan’s Killmonger had me weeping and he’s the VILLAIN
— jen yamato (@jenyamato) January 30, 2018
#BlackPanther is exceptional – the James Bond of the MCU. You’ve seen nothing like this in a superhero movie – it’s bold, beautiful & intense, but there’s a depth & spiritualness that is unlike anything Marvel has ever done. It’s 100% African & it is dope af. pic.twitter.com/Z77IjnIjf2
— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) January 30, 2018
BLACK PANTHER is not screwing around. By far the most political Marvel chapter, to the point I had to remind myself this is a Marvel movie. BLACK PANTHER is a movie with a lot to say.
Also, Michael B. Jordan … damn
— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) January 30, 2018
Soooo I went to an early screening, and #BlackPanther IS A MASTERPIECE. Period. End of story. Excuse me while I gather my thoughts and feelings… 😩😪😭🙌🏾👑 pic.twitter.com/BNRccAh1HZ
— Natasha S. Alford (@NatashaSAlford) January 30, 2018
Black Panther is the best MCU movie ever. I was blown away from start to finish and I’m not even being biased. This was by far the best marvel movie to date. Thank you, Ryan Coogler! #BlackPanther pic.twitter.com/8Qh0hlOYAb
— Geeks of Color (@GeeksOfColor) January 30, 2018
You guys aren’t ready for #BlackPanther. It may be the strongest film in the MCU since The Winter Soldier. Ryan Coogler has made something so firmly fresh and new within the confines of the Marvel universe. Boseman and Jordan are just phenomenal, and I need more Wakanda now. pic.twitter.com/Xj8gJGdMUU
— PJ Campbell (@pj_campbell) January 30, 2018
#BlackPanther is everything we all wanted it to be. A smart, emotional, well-told story. And just f’ing beautiful. pic.twitter.com/dvNDgEH7k0
— Roth Cornet (@RothCornet) January 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/TrevellAnderson/status/958234209100812289
If the movie can live up to expectation (and it’s pretty likely that it will) then it would be Marvel’s fourth consecutive film that opens to at least $100 million. Not too shabby at all.
And here’s what the celebs who attended the premiere are saying*:
[*At one point, I could have sworn it even prompted Donald Glover to get back on Twitter, but checking again this morning and he’s deleted everything. Again.]
https://twitter.com/TessaThompson_x/status/958304769986015233
https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/958264381434880000
Ryan Coogler and @ava are heroes. I feel lucky to be alive to witness what they’re doing. 🐾⏱🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
— Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) January 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/958244355940130816
LOVED #BlackPanther. All congrats to Ryan Coogler. Cast is 🔥 the ladies stole the show. I see u @Lupita_Nyongo and @letitiawright and @DanaiGurira and incomparable #AngelaBassett
— Elizabeth Banks ❄️ (@ElizabethBanks) January 30, 2018
The movie comes out on the 15th of Feb in ‘Straya, so get bloody keen.