Originally Posted by
Blind Wedjat
I don't think the new suit is really the problem. I've looked at both the trailers for BP and the actual movie, and it's quite clear a large percentage of the final fight is reshot. Everything from the colour grading, the shots used, and the CGI are different, and sadly it doesn't always look as great in the movie. Even the ship battles look more dynamically shot in the trailers. The fight jets also used missiles as seen in the trailer but that's changed to the energy blasts things for the movie. My point is a lot of the shots of T'Challa physically fighting were taking out of the final cut sadly. Someone posted a clip of the stunt team rehearsing some fight choreography and it looks like it was for the final fight but didn't make the cut.
Honestly I think the new suit looks better on Chadwick's frame. I think it's also a better designed suit that's sleeker and cooler looking. I'm not sure how I feel about the new mask/helmet or whether it's better than the old one, but I do think it looks great. The kinetic energy thing is a neat idea as well that just constantly needs to be shown as useful and not necessary if you get my drift. It shouldn't be overused and it should be done creatively. I think the BP movie did a fine job with this, especially during the Busan car chase. T'Challa takes out three cars but he only uses it to take out one. The others he throws the driver out and the other he rips out the car tire.
I also think if the CGI is good enough, it wouldn't be that much of a problem.
Generally this kind of stuff that unfortunately does bother me, but honestly I'm just convinced a lot of people who find BP overrated or whatever buzz words they love to use really just missed the point of the movie. For me, BP does not present some unique narrative in cinema or comic book movies, nor does it have such stellar plot twists or whatever, but it is extremely deep and layered thematically. A whole lot of MCU movies are not. That's a honest fact. Only the Russos and Gunn have films as layered, and even their efforts aren't even as layered. Everything about it from the acting performances, script and dialogue, music, costumes, and cinematography is very, very well thought out. Quite frankly I don't think a lot of MCU fans are used to that sort of thing.
Exactly, and even though I did like BP using the pulse to add to his strikes in IW, it's exactly the same thing he did in the bolded.
BP in Civil War also looked extremely cartoony as well (that triple kick comes to mind). Not only that, but there are multiple shots where his body proportions look different. Sometimes he's got really broad shoulders, long arms and a tiny waist. Others he looks like a rectangle. He's got a floating head when he's talking to Zemo at the end. Seems like everyone has forgotten that though.
Honestly, the CGI technology to pull of superheroes in skin tight suits is not really there yet. Sometimes it looks good, other times it doesn't. Also, regarding the whole film: If MCU "fans" criticised BP the way they criticised other MCU films, they'll honestly be shocked how bad they'll look to them. Nitpicking is always gonna make a non-perfect film look bad.