>And the plot didn't work for me....
>
>I knew Black Panther couldn't have really died of course so
>that whole section where Michael was trying to take over felt
>like it really dragged to me.

I felt the exact opposite. I could have used more of that.
It was important for us to see what Killmonger's exact agenda was.
He wasn't just a non-specific, angry power hungry monarch.
The Killmonger "takeover" scenes spelled that out. We needed
that clearly mapped out, because its the the central part of
his role as antagonist.

>Also Michael went out in a very anti climatic fashion...I get
>they were trying to drive home how sympathetic BP is but
>"maybe we can heal you after you tried to kill me twice and
>almost kill my sister" don't work for me.

Uh. BP is still devastated by learning that his father killed
his uncle, didn't give him a proper burial (a HUGE sin in
that culture) and ABANDONED A PERFECTLY INNOCENT BOY. No, that
isn't too much or too sympathetic. And you're missing a super
important point: Killmonger would have been in Wakandan jail
forever (Killmonger makes this point before he dies). He wouldn't
have been chilling with a cabinet position. So BP is basically spelling out an anti capital punishment position:

If you do wrong, you should be punished, but you don't need to
die. It's a pretty fair and reasonable stance, that fits the
sequence of events. And it's represents a change in how HE
will carry out his role as Black Panther, relative to other
ones.


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