I saw the trailer for it and was appalled by the so-called African accents: no one in Africa speaks English like that. Typical BS.
Trevor, there are very few actors, black or white, who can do an acceptable English accent.
Poor Dick Van Dyke. When they asked a number of British actors, who had the worst English accent they ever heard, the majority picked Dick Van Dyke as Bert in Mary Poppins. And believe me, Americans doing an English accent have not improved since then. Though Van Dyke gets a 2nd shot at doing a proper English accent as he stars in this year's Mary Poppins Returns, not as Dawes, sr., which he played in the original film, but as Dawes, jr.
Black Panther, questions ere I see it.
Why is it considered a milestone in black filmmaking, as some see it?
From yesterday's silent films to today's Tyler Perry, there has been a market for black films and both black and white filmmakers who catered to black audiences who wanted to see them. Of all those, why is this considered a milestone in black filmmaking?
If I delved deeper, I'd probably find the answer. Though, it does seem to be one of those black films that transcends race. Which may be why it is doing so well outside of the U.S. Which brings up the next question.
Why is it doing so well overseas? Where the overseas box office is actually larger than the American box office. $427 million to $242 million or 63.8% to 36.2%
What might have been? Most of the opposition to the film, that I have seen to date, is from other blacks. Will Smith not being one of them, as he sent out over social media, congratulatory messages to several of the people involved in it. Yet if things had been different, he might have been the one receiving the congratulations. As several years ago, he wanted to do a film version of Black Panther, but ran into problems with the script, the director, and especially the CGI needed to tell the story.
Is it a success with critics? Yes, if one looks at the critical reviews on rottentomatoes.com. Where, the last time I looked, it had a rating of 96% fresh, which is an extremely high critical ranking for a film.
Are any more films similar to this coming? Likely, yes. The President of Marvel Studios said the Studios would be making more films similar to this, and even before the success of this film, there were plans to make a stand-alone Black Adam film from Shazam with mixed race actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, and a stand-alone Cyborg film from Justice League with Afro-American actor Ray Fisher. Which films are more likely to be made now with the success of Black Panther.
Why should one see it? A number of reasons, if none other than the last scene after the credits, apparently is the set-up for the upcoming Avengers : Infinity War.
Hopeful to see it this weekend. Now that I have recovered from the flu.