I'm sorry but I have not seen so much rubbish in one post before. I'm wondering if you actually fell asleep through the movie or everything went over your head.
"Nothing goes over my head. My reflexes are too fast... I would catch it."
1. Its a comicbook movie about a technologically advanced african nation. That right there stops any sort of parallels with real life african nations. Yes there are some homages paid to some african cultures through the costume designs, production sets and soundtrack but that's where it ends. It's mostly an adaptation of a character who's comics has 50+ years of history so them fighting in ritual combat is not perpetuating any stereotypes but rather an adaptation from the comics as a way to earn the superhero title of the black panther and in turn grant special abilities. Outside of W'kabi who is shown to be intent on raging some kind of war as implied with his first conversation with T'Challa, wakanda is presented to be mostly civilised people who believe in their country and respects its culture and traditions. Besisdes the rituals for the throne, the only time they engage in violence is if someone steals their vibranium or kills one of them or the end when Killmonger decided not to continue the challenge.
I didn't say anything against this, I understand the homage that BP does to african culture in general (Wakanda being a collage of several cultures), and love its designs and its costumes. I wasn't saying about how tradition was represented, nor anything like it. I wasn't talking about those stereotypes, and I understand too that the movie has a limited runtime to go more in depth with the story.
I really likes how Wakanda capital was done, didn't like the unbelievable level of technology they had, but nevertheless. Didn't understand the reasoning behind the graffitties (yes, there are graffity tags in the capital) in the city.
And as for your point about them living in huts outside of the capital, again I'm gonna assume you missed part of the movie as its clearly explained that is what they use as a faux to show the outside world and help them stay hidden. It's explained that W'kabi is the leader of the boarder tribe who parade themselves as what western society views african countries to help maintain wakandas secrecy. There's a news channel at the start that mentions it aswel as ross in the interrogation room so yes the hut and stuff are all intentionally done by them.
I get what you say about W'Kabi, but why in huts and raising rhinos? (the rhino's is only part joke)
Wakanda is a COUNTRY, but it got only one city? And what about the gorilla tribe? Was a façade how they lived too? (in the middle of a snowy mountain, with caveman technology and clothing) All wakandians live like kings in the capital and no one else lives outside? How many wakandians are there?
And also yes, I know wakanda is surrounded by mountains, but my point it's still true.
2. You don't get why an african american kid with no father figure growing up in the 90's in oakland will grow up with a strong sense of racial identity and ideology? And you're saying you didn't get that aspect fully when during one of the flashback scenes his father clearly states injustices he felt african americans had been facing in the states and killmonger himself states that to the wakandans several times when he goes there and how they've watched and done nothing. He explicitly states it himself so how you can say you didn't get that aspect of the character is besides me. Hell the first and last sentences killmonger says in the movie has him referring in some manner to things that happened to his ancestors. (the museum scene with the lady and before his death) So clearly the movie went out of its way to make it known this is a character who has a huge chip on his shoulder when it comes to what he deems as racial injustices.
I don't understand how N'jobu selling magical metal to an arms dealer was furthering the african-american social agenda.
I get the PERSONAL motivations of Killmonger, his hate and lack of hugs, like I can understand by extrapolation how an american young blackman in the 90's was not going to have a good time.
Was Killmonger final plot a racial war? In america? In the world?
3. Now on the last point on the movie being cowardly and not embracing its themes I'm really struggling to see how you got there but here we are. A disney marvel movie where these sentences are said with no irony by the characters, 'don't scare me like that colonizer', 'oh another broken white boy for us to fix', 'do you think your ancestors paid a fair price when they stole it', 'bury me in the ocean with my ancestors who jumped from the ships as they knew death was better than bondage', I'm paraphrasing some of these but do you seriously think a marvel movie with these sentences is them being cowardly. Hell they even imply at some stage though ross that the US government have operations through their black ops where they look to destabilise other governments. The major theme of the movie was with Identity. The racial identity of killmonger vs the national identity of T'challa and the wakandans(besides nakia) and they explored it very well with all the characters involved.
I got no quarrell here, except that some of those are lacking in depth, because the narrative and the characters don't sustain those words. (there were a few highlights, and liked how characters were portrayed, i'm not bashing the whole film).
I repeat yet again, I understand Killmonger obtuse world-view and his blind rage, but there it ends. His father's agenda was senseless just the same, but at least I understand were does Killmonger comes from. But, again, slavery existed in Africa since always, and still exist in some form. African men kept warring with each other and selling each other to the highest bidder all the time.
I mean some of these are clearly shown or explained in the movie so outside of some personal projections on the movies supposed view of africa you are just flat out wrong in many of your statements.
For me are not that clearly shown or explained, and relay on people not paying enough attention (and when pointed out they say "hey its a CBM!") or a really biased crowd.
I ask yet again (but maybe answer me in PM so we don't keep derailing offtopic), what was the plan? Fuel insurgency of all black men? all exploited black men? All exploited men?
These movies keep getting so bad I'm not going to the cinema any longer to watch them. Gonna torrent the hell out of these CBMs, just like a did with T:R.