b"14 DECEMBER 2, 2022 The Great Eastern Mailmovie reviews www.waldowatches.comA TRIBUTE NOT ENOUGH TO WAKE MARVEL UPShuri, T'Chala's sister who isWakanda retains its afro- unfortunately, reflects what battling with the grief of thefuturism aesthetic that wasthe post End Game Marvel passing of the King. Lupitaso well done from the first.experience has been to this Nyong'o, Winston Duke andThe Okoye, M'Baku and Shuripoint. I'm yet to see Eternals or Danai Gurira return along withcharacters are great with ShuriDr Strange but the rest are kind the rest of the cast from thein particular wrangling withof bleh except for Black Widow. original. T'Chala has passedgrief, as many of us can relateThere's an underlying narrative away and Wakanda is goingto. The soundtrack, while aregarding processing grief and through its grieving processstep down from the original, isthe concept of vengeance but as a new, unknown enemystill pretty banging and filmsoutside of this, the film simply Movie Review byappears from nowhere. Thelike Black Panther are madeexists. It's fun, it has some cool Michael Waldron world already wants to plunderspecifically for the cinemafight scenes, but the lack of that Wakanda for its resources andexperience. Big sound and bigmulti-layer narrative leaves BLACK PANTHER:this new entitythe Talokanaction are what I expected andyou wanting in a serious way.WAKANDA FOREVER is up for some action. what I received. Marvel films generally (2022)The film allows MarvelWhere the first filmsucceed or fail based on the IN CINEMAS NOW fans to grieve for Bosemansucceeded was creating aquality of the antagonistaup with. No spoilers here but itasking for that inspires.not as his passing had not beenreally complex narrativequality enemy usually deliversdid leave me a little flat. a lot.T HE passing of Chadwickproperly addressed by theregarding the black experiencea quality movie. The baddieMarvel has a problem onScanning through Marvel's Bosemanaside fromfranchise until now. They dothat was easily digestible.this time around is played byits handsit caught lightningplanned releases, Guardians the tragedy of a talentedthis in several tasteful andMany others and I missedTenoch Huerta Meja and thein a bottle with the Infinity3 is the only exciting flick on young man losing his life sincere ways from the openinga lot of the commentarycharacter has some brightSaga and produced a Gamethe 2023 schedule. The most posed some serious questionsnarrative to the Marvel logointerwoven throughout thepoints. The Mayan-themedOf Thrones type culturalanticipated entry in the next for the Black Panther franchise.reveal featuring nothing butfilm and this makes the filmaesthetic is quite cool and it'sphenomenon while makingMarvel phase is Blade in Q3 The original film was a culturalBoseman. On this front, theyan enduring piece of art thatsomething different than we'vea bucket of cash at the same2024 which is an eternity phenomenon and not for thedo the man justiceRest Inwill be celebrated for yearsseen before. Unfortunately,time. This is the 3rd or 4thaway. The fun but ultimately reasons that the Infinity SagaPeace Chadwick, you are stillto come. Wakanda Foreverthe narrative around himtime, depending on who youdisappointing Black Panther: was. Black Panther gave themissed. unfortunately lacks mostdoesn't feel organic which isask, that they've struck outWakanda Forever isn't enough black community presenceThe film has a bunch ofof what made the first onefrustrating. There are momentssince Avengers: End Game andto wake the Marvel Cinematic and recognition that had beenpositives, and these are allmemorableyou can see thein the film where the WestI can't see much light at theUniverse up; it remains on sorely missedwhat couldstandard expectations frommakings of it there, but the filmcriticises Wakanda and forend of the tunnel. The trailerslife support for another few they do without Boseman atMarvel at this point. The filmnever really hits on that front. me, that would be a far betterbefore the flick featured themonths.the helm? is shiny and well-constructedThe movie itself feelstheme to work around rathernew Ant Man movie slated for Letitia Wright returns asfrom a set design standpoint,incredibly forced which,than introducing what we endFebruary which nobody wasRATINGSLOW FILM BECOMES REWARDING JOURNEY people face. While heavy ataccent, the mannerisms or thewhat truly matters. technical perspective as wellfelt rushed and as a result, times, the film delivers oncadence but Fiennes has a realFrom a cast perspective, Writer and Director JohnChastain didn't have the room forcing the viewer to look atpresence about him on screen.the producers and castersMichael McDonagh does ato move and really deliver on two vastly different ways of lifeChastain delivers a soliddid a stellar job with severalgreat job implementing histhat performance. It's a shame and humanity of the people atperformance, albeit not asgood performances comingvision through effective scenesas she can be a powerhouse the centre of the story. great as I struggled at times toin from some of the minorat the right time. Shiftingwhen given the opportunity Loosely based on a truebelieve her character and traits.players. Matt Smith and Calebbetween the two-story arcsand I really wanted to see more story, Fiennes plays David,She's a fine actress howeverLandry Jones play their partsemphasises the slow shiftsof that here. Annoyingly, it's husband to Jo (Chastain), whothe speed at which heras the hosts of the soireebetween the two and this isalso unclear just how much of are on their way to a friend'scharacter changes throughoutwith aplomb, riding thatemphasised through somethe film is trueit's based on villa in Morocco. On their way,felt rushed, a result of the scriptline between smarmy andreally great shots and locales.a book from 2012 by Lawrence a young boy is struck by theirinstead of her. eccentric well. ChristopherThe excess of the villa and theOsborne however there's no car and dies, causing a rippleI really enjoyed theAbbott as Tom is on point assimplicity of the local villagesreal commentary regarding its Movie Review byeffect across their lives and thenarratives in the film,wellhe's delivered someadd extra contrast visually,accuracy.Michael Waldron family of the boy.particularly the dichotomygood-to-great performanceskeeping instep with the storyThe Forgiven may be a David is a hostile character,between David and Jo'srecently and is one to watchthe film tells. little slow for some but it's a THE FORGIVENlooking down on everythingexperiences. It's extremely wellfor the future. Lastly, SadThe main negative relates togreat example of what can be and everyone in Moroccowritten and depicts a sharpTaghmaoui as Anouar andthe rushed nature of Chastain'sdone with quality, thoughtful (2022)contrast between the two, oneIsmael Kanater as the boyscharacter mentioned earlier.writing. Some good casting AVAILABLE TO RENT ON AMAZON,as lesser than. Jo is a little YOUTUBE AND APPLETV better, recognising that peoplediscovering humanity andfather, Adbellah, play pivotalI'm unsure whether it's a resultand confronting situations are just people, albeit frommeaning while the other getsroles well, pulling at yourof overzealous editing orcombine to give you a film R ALPH Fiennes anddifferent backgrounds. Fienneslost in a haze of decadence.emotions at several stages.intentional from McDonaghthat makes you consider what Jessica Chastain star inis great as David, really makingThis contrast extends from theReally solid performances allbut there was room to flesh outyou'd do in the same situation The Forgiven, a dramayou dislike the character whichparty at the villa to the life ofaround from nearly the entirethe Jo character a little further.which is never a bad thing.that looks at consequenceshe has a real knack for doing.locals, making you look andcast. 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