Can't say I've ever felt that good about a poster, but then I don't really identify with most of the people in movies. They may be white, but they're usually REALLY good looking and that's practically another species

That said, I can totally understand where these guys are coming from, and I sincerely hope they get to feel that way again.

Why are people over reacting about this movie? This isn't the first black superhero movie, nor the first movie with a mostly all black cast.

I've never felt empowered by a Harry Potter movie poster.

jimnms, having seen the movie, I can see why people are reacting this positively to it. Have you seen it? Where you have or havent, consider the following.

You are right that this isn't the first black superhero movie. If you ignore comedies starring goofy concept heros, the list of movies narrows. Then, consider movies with black super heros who are not anti-heroes (Spawn, Blade). Why this distinction? Anti-heroes are great, but they aren't characters for a general young audience to aspire to. To notice that the majority of main character superheroes in movies are either partially a joke or a dark/brooding/scary/threatening/antisocial hero might be a drag. especially when you compare it to the pool of white super heroes who aren't (most of them). That's important.

First movie with a mostly black cast? No, but how many such movies arent about slavery, inner city gangs, extreme poverty, surviving racism, genocide or third world conflict. How many are almost purely optimistic blend of science fiction and the beauty of African culture? How many imagine what an African country unmolested by colonialism might look like in the future, where its citizens were allowed to reach their highest potential in terms of culture, government and technology? This is in part what the Afro-futurism science fiction genre is about and its a very rare genre to make it to film.

Especially a film that has a budget of $ 200 million dollars. That budget is important. It says that at this point in history, the largest (maybe?) movie studio recognizes that the public wants to see black characters in this light. That's a big deal too.

And considering how well this movie is doing at the box office, Black Panther is a signal of whats to come. More stories about inspirational black characters told at this kind of block buster scale.

Does that make a bit more sense? I'm sure there are other reasons; one being its a really good movie! Hope this helps.

I saw it, it was good. I thought Thor: Ragnarok was more fun, but that was also meant to be humorous. This is up there with Captain America: Civil War for me (among Marvel movies).

The dumbest thing in Black Panther were the armored rhinos. Totally unnecessary.

I hear it is often said that people tend to imagine themselves in the role of the hero in movies or other kinds of media, and that in turn becomes a justification for why heroes are mostly white. Personally though I find I rarely if ever do this and so race, gender, sexuality never matter to me as a result, I can almost always find some way to relate to the character on a human level.
So I have never felt the need to be culturally validated through my entertainment, but I have never lived as a cultural minority either so I am not sure if I would feel the same way if I were in their shoes or not.
At any rate I enjoyed the movie and they enjoyed the movie, so it's a win win as I see it.

Maybe it's just my old ass, but I haven't seen a "dope ass poster" since the early 80's. I'm not impressed by floating head advertisements.

Props to the choice to go vertical video.

"empowered"? Did the rules of English change, where every sentence now needs a verb, a noun and a cliché?

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