Black Panther is a solid superhero movie with an antagonist that actually has some depth
And Black Panther already has the same movie-goer score as Justice League on Rotten Tomatoes.
There's nothing special about Black Panther other than people who only care about race.
Except it is going to out gross it. A super hero stand alone film is going to out perform a TEAM UP MOVIE. The first every big screen imagining of arguably comics greatest team of super heroes.
Because it was hyped into oblivion. There's people going to see this movie that have no interest in super hero movies just because of it's "status"
And JL wasn't hyped into oblivion? WB spent close to 100 million on the marketing. Had BvS not been so maligned it might have done better. But don't blame just that, WW came after and was universally praised and was more successful than JL with only a fraction of the budget.
People don't want dark and gritty super hero movies.
You may have a point, but for someone who doesn't watch many movies.. I can say "Black Panther" is one of the few movies I've heard about that were supposedly going to be really big hits, or must sees. The last one I heard about was "IT" ---
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