https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/movies/best-movies-21st-century.html

96. Black Panther (Ryan Coogler, 2018)

There’s so much to love. It’s a superhero spectacle that actually has something important to say, about how identity, history and responsibility intersect. Wakanda, the Afrofuturistic world where the story takes place, is a visual wonder. The women (played by Angela Bassett, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong’o and Letitia Wright — all excellent) aren’t just sidekicks or love interests. Michael B. Jordan, as the tragically villainous Killmonger, has never been more swoon worthy. And, of course, Chadwick Boseman shines in the title role, sadly one of his last before dying of cancer.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    Guardians 2 is the only one of the three that falls back on the typical Marvel formula where the hero and the villain have a shared origin only the villain is bigger and badder than the hero.

    In this case, Peter’s literal father. As a result, I think it’s the weakest of the three. 3>1>2.