Black Panther Shines

Marvel has done it again. They have released another original standalone movie that rocks.

Black Panther takes us to Africa to the country of Wakanda, site of an ancient meteor strike that left a material so strong, it could be used to build amazing technology.

Prince T'Challa, first introduced in Civil War two years ago, returns to save his country from new threats while working to protect their secrets.

The result is an action-packed adventure, good plot lines, and even a few emotional moments mixed with some fun African music.

And my favorite part: the other Avengers do not show up at all throughout the whole movie! They're only mentioned in passing. So, I was able to enjoy this standalone in its entirety without annoying cameo appearances.

What was there not to like? Perhaps there are a couple of large plot holes, but that should be expected. The CGI was pretty awesome, though I may have noticed a few flaws. My 12-year-old daughter reports that the bit rate was slow enough to catch. I thought I noticed the same in a couple of scenes where a moving object seemed to skip across the screen, but then again, it could have been a not-so-great projector at our theater. And there was one scene where I could have sworn T'Challa's necklace was floating over/in front of his outfit. (Was his outfit largely green-screened? Or green-suited?)

Yeah, that was the most I could come up with. Go catch this movie while it's in the theater. We went to go see it the 2nd Saturday and it was still packed. There was a lot of clapping at the end of the movie.