Originally Posted by
Beaddle
I was very disappointed in the politics of Black Panther because it was hardly there and never explored in great details.one of two vague references and that was it. Very Disney.
The movie made little reference to race or prejudice relations. Its not even the main story of the movie compared to X2, where that is the main plot of the film, even sub plots. bobby parents abandoned him for being a mutant, to the vague reference of Pyro, who was also abandoned by his parents for being a mutant, nightcrawler's talking about the racism he experienced and how he uses faith to deal with it, the Revelation of what became of jason stryker's son and a possible mutant cure, Stryker just been Adolf Hitler at this point using the exact same military approach to wipe out a particular group of people , the president taking rash decisions out of fear until xavier confronts him about the politics of mutants and humans in the end, one of the things that sticks out is when Xavier says .''there has been looses on both sides'' but he the president can make a better future of both mutants and humans, this was before the president addressed the nation after almost everyone on the planet was killed. More about more magneto and xavier fighting with eachother on the salvation of the mutant race and mutant rights, X2 was very layered on the political and social commentary as that is the main plot. Black panther wasn't it all. its a generic mcu movie that follows the same script of thor.
From the very first scene of X2, the main political point was there, after nightcrawler attacks the white house, he leaves a message for the president called ''mutant freedom now''. that is what defines the story to the end, that is not the same story in black panther, the story in black panther is about a king and a throne and him getting his thrown back so that puts black panther more similar to thor than xmen despite michael b jordan comments about black panther been more like xmen in politics. it isn't because Disney would never allow that type of comic book story. X2 is not a disney film. It is beyond a disney movie.
No. black panther does not have 1/10th the amount of politics or social commentary of X2. very disappointing for a movie that got so much hype. X2 is still more lenient to other xmen movies. First class alone taking place in the 60s, cold war, civil rights moments, nazi hunting, nucelaer weapons feminism, mutant and proud, and perhaps the best movie that expands upon the xavier vs magneto philosophy , I cant even put it in the same sentence as black panther as a political movie.