Posted on 02/19/2018 6:58:23 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The Ryan Coogler-directed "Black Panther" has set a new box office record with an estimated $192 million for its three-day debut in North America.
Disney and Marvel Studios' "Black Panther," starring Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan, earned the highest debut ever for a February film and the fifth biggest opening of all time among other box office records, according to CNN Money, which added that it's also the largest opening for an African-American director.
The February opening record previously belonged to "Deadpool," which brought in $132 million in 2016.
Media measurement and analytics company comScore called the film an "important milestone."
"'Black Panther' exceeded even the grandest box office expectations while simultaneously breaking down cinematic barriers and marking a turning point in the evolution of the genre," comScore senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian was quoted as saying.
The film challenges the Hollywood notion that "actors and directors of color are less bankable than their white male counterparts," notes Forbes.
Rotten Tomatoes has given it a rating of 97 percent. "'Black Panther' elevates superhero cinema to thrilling new heights while telling one of the MCU's most absorbing stories and introducing some of its most fully realized characters," it says.
The superhero movie "proved surprisingly religious," PJ Media's Tyler O'Neil wrote in an op-ed. "'Black Panther' showed main characters praying to religious beings who remained offscreen, or invoking their aid against one another," he explained.
Focus on the Family's Plugged In review noted that while some of the film's themes "echo Christian ideas and values, the movie's explicit spiritual framework is rooted in another mythos" (people pray to ancestors and praise the panther god, Bast).
Still, some Christians, including gospel music veteran Kirk Franklin, expressed support for the film, saying it represents hope for a community of people.
The film is about five African tribes warring over a meteorite of the alien metal vibranium centuries ago.
A warrior consumes a "heart-shaped herb" affected by the metal and receives superhuman abilities, becoming the first "Black Panther." The superhero then unites the tribes as one nation, Wakanda. However, the Jabari Tribe refuses to follow. The Wakandans exploit the vibranium for technological advancements and isolate themselves from the rest of the world by posing as a Third World country, as the film progresses.
One word. That’s all it takes. See if you can tell which word I changed.
But back to racism. According to the BostonReview, the movie is realistic in two ways. First, because it seems to focus only on American blacks as being mistreated, and second, because a) the spys dont do anything to help blacks, they just spy and b) the nobility wins over the guy who wanted to arm blacks worldwide to liberate them - it places African nobility self-interest above the portrayed plight of American blacks.
“You’re the one who made the accusation against FreeRepublic.”
Wrong. It was not an accusation against Free Republic. It was an observation about posts that were made by a minority of FReepers.
So, it’s not a biopic about Stokely Carmichael and Huey P. Newton?
I can, and do :)
Nothing personal against black folks I just don’t care to share or participate in the tribal aspects of their culture.
Angry? Naw, I don’t get emotional here. You’re insignificant.
Not nice to call someone insignificant. All rational voices should be heard. Disagreements can be had without making it personal. You guys need to lighten up stop trying to be tough guys. Sarcasm and put downs are over used these days.
An additional $169 million over the weekend. Huge hit.
Oh shut up.
Youre no better than us
Just a virtue signaling coward
Same freepers who like this likely thought The Help was accurate as was Mississippi Burning
And Betrayed really happened
And Deliverance was a documentary
I mean think about it..
Are hillbillies really the most likely in your demographic recal catalog anyone thinks most likely to be queers
More than West village dandies or Montrose cruisers or Castro street revelers or Wes Hollywood vampires...
I hate media and entertainment driven culture its a damn cancer..
What are you..a racist?
Who dare you recount your empirical observation involving people of color here
Folks are going to think you are racist and preen obnoxiously how much better than are than you and the other racists here are
And they will pearl clutch at the mere utterance of our evil and their virtue and. righteousness
Little John Browns in the making right here before us...
Arent we lucky?
Stay strong......in our favor many times less race baiters here than in the old days when they ruled here
God bless u
Very popular with women, so I hear.
“Youre no better than us”
Of course not. I never claimed to be. “Virtue signaling coward”? You’re wrong on that count.
“Youre no better than us”
Who is this “us” you’re referring to?
Blacks dressed in African garb <=> Whites dressed in Klan regalia.
It’s a quiet movie. It shows the lives of the heroes, and that they are regular, decent guys and good Americans. It can be boring to those who need CGI and grandiose characters to enjoy movies. My wife and I enjoyed seeing the snippets of their lives that were recreated by themselves and by the kid actors who portrayed them as they were as youngsters.
My son is a huge comic book fan. He saw it and said it was good, but way overhyped.
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