Episode 61 - Black Panther Movie Review
After a fun week reading the comics origins of characters such as T’Challa and Killmonger we now turn to the blockbuster movie that brought them to a worldwide audience – Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther!
This Week In Comics
Jonathan Hickman Reveals He's Working on Another Book at Marvel
New on Marvel Unlimited this Week
- https://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/week/2023-09-03
- No number 1s this week. X-23, Thing, Doctor Strange, Venom, Silver Surfer, Captain Britian, Spider-Man 2099, Deadpool, Punisher and Carnage among those with new books available this week.
Recommendation: Nic Stone’s history of Black Panther podcast.
Film Facts
Tagline: Long Live the King
Released: February 16, 2018
Runtime: 134 minutes
Box Office: worldwide: $1,346,913,161 / domestic: $700,059,566
Budget: $200,000,000
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Letitia Wright, Danial Kaluuya, Winston Duke, Andy Serkis, Forest Whitaker and Angela Bassett
Directed: Ryan Coogler
Screenplay: Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole
2ish Minute Recap and Discussion Topics
Chadwick Boseman is electric
Michael B. Jordan is fantastic
Ryan Coogler was the right one to direct this story
The Power of Women
Powerful Storytelling
Tangent about Black Beetle
Good CGI throughout. Better than in theaters?
Tidbits
From the comics
Face Off!
- Which Did it better? The Comics or the Movie
Correspondence
- Bluesky message from Amanda
What's Next: Avengers: Infinity War Comics
- Infinity Gauntlet (1991) #1-6
- Thanos Rising (2013) #1-5
Signoff
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