Wakanda Forever is brilliant, from the cold, emotional open to the calm, surprise ending.

This isn't just the best superhero movie I've ever seen, but it can stand on its own against straight dramatic films of depth and quality.

It may not appeal to douchebros, et. al, because it's emotionally deep, beyond the death of Chadwick Boseman, but people who don't like superhero/action flicks could really love this.

It's a good superhero movie and strengthens and expands the #MCU.

#WakandaForever

Emotionally it's like the snap, Avengers Assemble/On your left, No Way Home (including that ending) all in one, times 100.

Ryan Coogler created a great story and delivered an amazing full, rich, movie-going experience unlike anything I've seen.

I procrastinate, and I'm glad I forced myself to see this today before the long holiday week starts tomorrow.

There were only 3 other people at the 3:15 3D show, which is great for my still isolating/masking/paranoid because I've spent weeks in the hospital and had a breathing tube self.

But I hope it pulls in massive crowds here on out and smashes records, it deserves that 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

Yes, I will brave crowds because I will see it in the theater again, soon 👍🏿

I forgot to mention here that #WakandaForever is a massive budget movie led by and centered on Black women. Truly historic.

And the antagonists are Indigenous, with a long history and rich storyline driving that antagonism.

This movie is very deep, with many layers and yes, it's Oscar-worthy as Best Picture.

And Angela Basset's hair!!! 😍

She's a force in this, as are Letitia, Lupita, Danai, Winston, and Tenoch.

Superb all around 👏🏿👍🏿⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I've read reviews and comments with variations on #WakandaForever being a love letter to Chadwick Boseman.

It's a tribute and homage to Chadwick, but it's a love letter to Black women, *especially* dark skinned Black women.

I think there's less than 10 minutes where a Black woman wasn't central to the scene, and present on screen.

It's also feels like a deeply respectful acknowledgment of the oppression and trauma we share with Indigenous peoples in this hemisphere.

Passes #BechdelTest, too

I saw it again last night, and my count is close: There are no (main) Black (women) characters on screen for about 10 minutes of #WakandaForever

Anyone who's ever called for Black #representation in Hollywood, #Black female representation in particular, really needs to see this in the theater while it's still in first run, if you can, as many times as you can.

This is what we've been waiting for, even if you *hate* the genre, this will help fill you.

I swear.

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter

I saw a couple of #YouTube titles with variations on, "where are the Black men?" and the answer is, "Black Panther".

#WakandaForever is centered on our most oppressed group: Black Women.

At the very bottom of our social hierarchy, Black women deserve to *finally* be celebrated and centered in their full, complex, rich and unappreciated glory.

No one movie is enough, but the #BlackPanther universe is for ALL Black people.

And it's now honoring #Indigenous peoples, too.

#ProgressNotPerfection

@ricardoharvin One of the things that struck me was the *complexity* of the women. Each one a distinct character with their own strengths, weaknesses, pain, joy, motivations, goals, secrets. They weren't stereotypes, they weren't placeholders, no angels, no demons, just humans with a full range of emotions.

Shuri's arc in particular....whew!