At first there was silence, then metalanguage.
As expected, several tributes to actor Chadwick Boseman, who died in 2020, appear in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”, starting with the prologue.
Making a parallel with life outside the movie screens, the feature begins with Shuri (Letitia Wright) totally restless, worried about her brother who, from what the viewer understands, is sick. Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), appears on the scene and says that King T’Challa is gone, that he is with his ancestors now.
A grand procession begins, with music, dancing and graffiti with Chadwick’s face appearing in the middle of the ceremony.
The film remembers its protagonist taking the viewer through a sequence of exciting scenes, filled with devotion to the actor who silently suffered from colon cancer, a disease that killed him in August 2020, at the age of 43.
The prologue of “Black Panther” ends with the classic Marvel Studios logo, silent, composed only of images of Chadwick Boseman embodying one of the most relevant roles for the black community in recent years.
Now, the movie actually begins.
The main issue is soon brought up: without its protector, Wakanda is vulnerable to many threats from the outside world.
The element Vibranium, a highly resistant metal with high energy absorption, has become the target of many nations around the world who, through mercenaries, try to steal it from Wakanda.
Its queen, however, defends herself, accusing such countries of violating international conduct.
There, an interesting discussion of colonialism arises, but unfortunately it is abandoned as the film progresses.
The villains of the moment are not Europe or the United States, but the Talokan people, an underwater nation that, with the fragility of Wakanda, sees its own country threatened, since, there, Vinarium is also abundant.
Namor (Tenoch Huerta) is the leader of these people and one of the first mutants to be introduced in this new phase of the MCU.
In the comics, the same struggle exists, however, in the film, the presentation of the Talokan people takes a lot of time, a time, even, that would explore more of the journey of the people of Wakanda trying to reconnect with their own roots.
The problem, however, is that this reconnection never comes. Both in the movie and in real life, the “Black Panther” franchise is walking at an ant-step to try to bring all the frenzy delivered in the first feature.
Yes, the attempt exists.
The action scenes are dynamic (with better computer graphics than those we see in the first film), the soundtrack is impeccable and the performances convince, especially with humorous insertions: there are very well made jokes that deal with the diversity of the cast, for example.
The big problem, however, is when we attend Wakanda council meetings that are too long, bringing in bureaucratic sides that add very little to the story. This causes a highly imaginative feature to lose pace, something very similar to what was seen in “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace”, from 1999, for example, a film with a very big responsibility, which carries the future of a worldwide successful franchise.
The climax of the film, therefore, is not a climax. It’s more of a negotiation, like so many we’ve seen over the course of more than two and a half hours.
The new Black Panther, however, is chosen, and the post-credits scene brings more cloth to the sleeve in the paths that the franchise will follow from now on. At the end of the film, one last tribute. We hear Rihanna’s return to music, after a six-year hiatus, with two songs: “Lift Me Up” and “Born Again.”
The first is a lullaby that evokes all the affection that fans feel for Chadwick Boseman, the second, already more powerful, works as a message regarding what is to come in this new phase of the MCU: battles, union and lots of action. . At least, we hope so.
Source: CNN Brasil
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