I'm not going to lie: the scenes involving Chadwick Boseman were somber and heartfelt and I really appreciated them. He was a wonderful actor and a great 'Black Panther'; I don't think anyone can replace him as the defacto idea of that character now. That being said: the film, due to his untimely death, had to be rewritten and had reshoots apparently left and right to complete. You can feel it in the writing and in the story of the film. Plot points that either don't make sense or don't go anywhere. There is an actual point in the film where characters argue about not having time to do something that could have stopped the entire final act of the film, but they spend more time arguing about NOT having time than just simply DOING the thing and moving on. It was utterly pointless and stupid. There's so much fluff in the film too. Little scenes and dialogue that isn't needed and so many scenes of a character simply so they can introduce her on her own show (and she's not even that likeable of a character; they could have done better on all fronts there). All in all: it wasn't better than the first (I knew that going in) but it wasn't even just a good stand-alone film with a new "star" to focus on. It was just...disappointing.
Review of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
