{"id":149908,"date":"2018-01-30T05:21:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T10:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=149908"},"modified":"2018-01-30T05:21:24","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T10:21:24","slug":"black-panther-receives-high-praise-after-first-screenings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/30\/black-panther-receives-high-praise-after-first-screenings\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Black Panther’ receives high praise after first screenings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“”Black Panther” is incredible, kinetic, purposeful,” Yamato wrote(Photo<\/a>: Black Panther\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES — \u201cIncredible\u201d and \u201ckinetic\u201d are just a few of the loving words that people are using to describe and praise Marvel’s \u201cBlack Panther.\u201d<\/p>\n

The film from director Ryan Coogler had its first screenings Monday night and a premiere in Los Angeles. Official reviews won’t go out until Feb. 6, but audiences at the select screenings were able to share non-spoiler reactions on social media.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Times writer Jen Yamato wrote that it is the first Marvel movie about something real.<\/p>\n

\u201c’Black Panther’ is incredible, kinetic, purposeful,\u201d Yamato wrote. \u201cA superhero movie about why representation & identity matters, and how tragic it is when those things are denied to people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The film features a largely black cast including Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan and Lupita Nyong’o. It follows T’Challa (Boseman) after the death of his father, the king of the fictional African nation of Wakanda, and his ascension to the throne.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never wanted this movie to end, and as soon as it did I wanted to go back,\u201d tweeted Mashable critic Angie Han. \u201cSolid action, smart story, tons of personality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Han and Vulture editor Kyle Buchanan both singled out Letitia Wright for her character Shuri, T’Challa’s inventor sister. Many spoke highly of Jordan’s Erik Killmonger, a villain, and Danai Gurira’s warrior character Okoye too.<\/p>\n

A few called it Marvel’s most political film to date.<\/p>\n

Others were more tempered like writer Dave Schilling who says, \u201c’Black Panther’ is not the best Marvel movie. It’s not the worst Marvel movie. It’s an entertaining movie.\u201d IndieWire critic David Ehrlich wrote that it’s, \u201cLike a Marvel movie but better. The action is predictably awful, but this is the first MCU film that has an actual sense of identity & history & musicality.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBlack Panther\u201d hits the multiplex on Feb. 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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