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Film: Black Panther

Took me three sit downs to finish. Puzzling film. Action sequences inferior to Game of Thrones and I use this reference because they overtly ripped off Battle of the Bastards. Plotting entirely predictable. The racial politics...felt a bit strange. Even the premise of the film is actually a bit odd - that there's a country in Africa light years ahead in terms of technology, etc, and yet they remain invisible to the world. Why? They are worried about being colonized? But they have weapons far beyond what other countries possess. In fact, the bad guy plot is essentially Wakanda ought to arm oppressed black people from around the entire world. So which is it? Does Wakanda need to hide? Or use their might to empower the diaspora? Costumes were unique, but something about the visual effects combined with the performances -- it didn't quite add up.