[Music]
welcome to mojo at the movies I’m Eric
and joining me today very special guest
is actually a man who’s usually behind
the camera
it’s our esteemed director Mani he’s
here with us he’s a huge huge comic book
fan and a huge fan of superhero movies
and well we’re talking about what movie
today I’m talking about Black Panther
movie I forced you to take me to I
pretty much gave you kicking and
screaming hands and the movie pretty
good birthday pretty good it was pretty
amazing actually
so I mean you as a huge fan of comics
and a huge fan of superheroes what did
you think
one thing I love when a you go into a
comic book movie like this is when they
get the lore and the world right and
walking into this not knowing much about
Black Panther I was completely immersed
in a world and I kind of believed
everything I loved him when he showed up
in Civil War and I loved him in this I
thought everything was really will
handle Chadwick Boseman
amazing performance is it my Panther and
everybody in the overall movie all their
characters everything was just spot-on
amazing well credit has to go to Ryan
Coogler the directors so here’s a guy
who started he kind of came out of
nowhere in Fruitvale station and then
really cemented his you know his
reputation as a go-to guy with Creed
which was a great movie which was a
great movie and also I’m pretty sure
helped Michael B Jordan get the spot in
this one
yeah well Michael B Jordan has been in
all those movies at this point yes yeah
and so Ryan Coogler really created this
this world that existed on paper in the
comics but to you know to then translate
that to the big screen and to work it
such that it’s it works as a standalone
movie but it also fits in the grander
University in the Marvel Cinematic
Universe and giving us like iconic
locations from that world like warriors
Falls which is where the King kind of
does his trials and his challenges and
just that was something really like
really nice to see the way was set up
the color palette in this movement was
beautiful so different from like this
all out of the Phase two Marvel movies
had
this dark gray kind of like depressive
color palette and the first one was very
comic book ii you know every movie had
like a theme like we had a North’s
mythology theme with the Thor we had the
techy kind of like blue and teal color
palette with Iron Man then we got this
vibrant world war two epic with Captain
America and then the guardians of the
galaxy then guardians of the galaxy was
just like attack on the senses with the
music and in this movie too the music in
this movie is well Kendrick Lamar I
think was responsible for it’s not all
his music but he kind of executive
produced the the soundtrack great job
and you know you mentioned the the look
of the movie and especially that scene
when they’re on the falls and yeah just
you know you’re totally immersed in it I
gotta also talk about the cast I mean
not only chadwick boseman who does you
know in my mind he is black panther
nobody else could have ever been or will
be a better black panther but I mean
you’ve got a great cast you’ve got
Angela Bassett you’ve got Michael B
Jordan who we named who people are
saying are or is the you know the the
Ultimate Marvel villain yeah he plays a
character called kill monger which is
very important in the black panther lore
and I find what they did with that
character obviously like in all movies
they took a few liberties with him but
they really made him one of the most
memorable characters and he’s kind of
like all his actions are justified for
him from his perspective and the way
they do his character arc kind of really
opens up this door that where you
question is he really wrong or is he
really right or is this the way it’s
gotta go right there’s a lot of nuance
there’s a lot of nuances in this movie
it makes you think one thing is for sure
this is a very important movie in that
it’s empowering it’s a positive
representation you know I came out of
there feeling empowered and I felt good
about it but I can only imagine what
it’s like for for the black community to
have this superhero character we’re not
talking about blade who was a you know
he was a vampire or spawn or espana
these dark haired Lorne from hell this
guy is basically you know he’s the king
of an unconquered African nation and
he’s more more skilled than Batman
probably more technologically advanced
than Iron Man and you know I I’m reading
tweets by people who were saying finally
I feel like I can identify with this
character so this movie resonated very
deeply with me and I’m sure it will with
a general audience but for the black
community I mean this is a huge moment
because it’s it’s inspiring
yeah and it’s it’s you know it’s it’s
it’s a new wave of positive and it’s not
banging you over the head with it I’m
kind of like trying to get it in there
it’s like it just exists and everything
is and it’s amazing it’s the way the
whole the holy the whole film was
depicted in the way they interact with
the rest of the world like Wakanda as a
as such an amazing superpower as it the
way it really interacts with everything
else around it is pretty it’s very well
executed
I think you mentioned an interesting
point that you know this was this was
entertaining it was it didn’t hit you
over the head
it wasn’t cloaking its message in some
kind of overwrought overdramatic thing
it’s a blockbuster it’s fun and the
message is the movie itself yes the fact
that we can have fun and we can be
positive and and everybody can feel
represented and and you also you know
when we were talking before you
mentioned women and and the women are
badass in this movie my favorite
character is actually Ocoee who is the
general of the dorinha lodge which is
like Black Panthers personal bodyguard
which he doesn’t need but it’s cool that
he has it and she just every scene she’s
in she owns it and I was blown away I
think I was telling in the theater Mike
that’s my favorite character he’s my
favorite and Lupita Nyong’o she also I
mean I’ll motion in this movie it’s
almost like they were cooler than the
guys that they actually were waiters
sister Cherie was so smart which in my
books I think she’s smarter than Tony
Stark which I think I would love to see
maybe in infinity war if we could see
those two characters kind of talk tech
compare the technology from Wakanda and
what Steve Rogers Steve Rogers that’s
Captain America Tony Stark has been
doing I’m pretty excited for that
well that’s the thing is that we don’t
want to give away any spoilers right
this is yes so there’s so much that we
want to say this is so much boat again
but I’m wondering how you think this
fits into the larger Marvel Cinematic
Universe because I mean essentially
Black Panther was one of the original
Avengers he’s one of the early
not one of the originals but he’s one of
the earlier ones and I just love the
fact that now in Marvel were seeing
Phase three and we’re kind of seeing
which heroes will kind of like head and
be in charge of Phase three and have
bigger roles obviously phase one was the
Iron Man Thor in Captain America and in
this one we see that they’re putting a
lot of concentration on ant-man is
playing a bigger role obviously Black
Panther is playing a bigger role the
guardians are playing a bigger role and
we’re getting Captain Marvel soon so I
think that they’re they’re just
expanding the universe and they’ve built
us up these characters but they’ve given
us such satisfying character arcs with
the other ones that it’s not necessary
for us to try to like hold on like I
think we’re DC is kind of weak in that
aspect is that Batman everything Batman
has to be in everything if there’s no
Batman there’s no DC Universe right
right which I find is a bit silly and
here it’s like here’s an amazing
character here’s us taking care and
giving this character what he deserves
and he’s just as relatable as a Captain
America or a Tony Stark or a Thor you
know like it’s amazing and it fits into
the Cinematic Universe perfectly it
doesn’t bounce back in time it’s such a
perfect little chapter and even if you
cut out everything that we learned in
Civil War and everything else the movie
on its own it’s a standalone yes a very
solid and it opens up to a sequel
everything you know like obviously these
movies are done in three it’s not a big
surprise that oh there might be another
one there’s gonna be another one yeah so
you know if you think about it Marvel
husband have been very smart because
they could have as you said just gone
with they’re a listers but they’ve
managed to with guardians of the galaxy
with ant-man with this movie they’ve
created as as entertaining if not more
entertaining you know these offshoots
that I think are gonna expand the
universe that much more yeah big-time I
mean this is the next step than Marvel’s
taking that is they’re pretty much
saying like we understand our characters
we believe in our characters and we
believe in giving good stories good
adventures just like when you pick up a
comic book and you can connect with
anyone that these movies and they’re
gonna be just as entertaining as the
last movie sometimes we’ll get a Thor
the second Thor but I mean
it’s forgivable because right they come
back and then you get sore ragnarok and
then we get neurotic or we get a Winter
Soldier which is my favorite movie of
every Marvel movie that was made is that
one so where does this fit into Kida can
I ask you that of Chef of all the Marvel
movies where does Black Panther fit in
for you I think it’s a strong like I
think it’s like a second whoa I think
it’s like a second as much as I enjoyed
the entire like the whole I think it’s
like a balance between this and age of
Ultron for me was one of my favorites
because Ultron is one of my favorite
type of Marvel villains cuz he’s kind of
like a mistake villain who just realized
he’s better than everybody and he’s like
you know what I’m just gonna take over
you guys seem to be doing a horrible job
at being mankind some take over I’m
still waiting for them to get the Hulk
right but listen there’s there’s so much
stuff that we want to say but we don’t
want to spoil anything so you know go
check out the movie let us know what you
think in the comments and we’ll be back
with more thanks many thanks Eric thank
you
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welcome to mojo at the movies I’m Eric
and joining me today very special guest
is actually a man who’s usually behind
the camera
it’s our esteemed director Mani he’s
here with us he’s a huge huge comic book
fan and a huge fan of superhero movies
and well we’re talking about what movie
today I’m talking about Black Panther
movie I forced you to take me to I
pretty much gave you kicking and
screaming hands and the movie pretty
good birthday pretty good it was pretty
amazing actually
so I mean you as a huge fan of comics
and a huge fan of superheroes what did
you think
one thing I love when a you go into a
comic book movie like this is when they
get the lore and the world right and
walking into this not knowing much about
Black Panther I was completely immersed
in a world and I kind of believed
everything I loved him when he showed up
in Civil War and I loved him in this I
thought everything was really will
handle Chadwick Boseman
amazing performance is it my Panther and
everybody in the overall movie all their
characters everything was just spot-on
amazing well credit has to go to Ryan
Coogler the directors so here’s a guy
who started he kind of came out of
nowhere in Fruitvale station and then
really cemented his you know his
reputation as a go-to guy with Creed
which was a great movie which was a
great movie and also I’m pretty sure
helped Michael B Jordan get the spot in
this one
yeah well Michael B Jordan has been in
all those movies at this point yes yeah
and so Ryan Coogler really created this
this world that existed on paper in the
comics but to you know to then translate
that to the big screen and to work it
such that it’s it works as a standalone
movie but it also fits in the grander
University in the Marvel Cinematic
Universe and giving us like iconic
locations from that world like warriors
Falls which is where the King kind of
does his trials and his challenges and
just that was something really like
really nice to see the way was set up
the color palette in this movement was
beautiful so different from like this
all out of the Phase two Marvel movies
had
this dark gray kind of like depressive
color palette and the first one was very
comic book ii you know every movie had
like a theme like we had a North’s
mythology theme with the Thor we had the
techy kind of like blue and teal color
palette with Iron Man then we got this
vibrant world war two epic with Captain
America and then the guardians of the
galaxy then guardians of the galaxy was
just like attack on the senses with the
music and in this movie too the music in
this movie is well Kendrick Lamar I
think was responsible for it’s not all
his music but he kind of executive
produced the the soundtrack great job
and you know you mentioned the the look
of the movie and especially that scene
when they’re on the falls and yeah just
you know you’re totally immersed in it I
gotta also talk about the cast I mean
not only chadwick boseman who does you
know in my mind he is black panther
nobody else could have ever been or will
be a better black panther but I mean
you’ve got a great cast you’ve got
Angela Bassett you’ve got Michael B
Jordan who we named who people are
saying are or is the you know the the
Ultimate Marvel villain yeah he plays a
character called kill monger which is
very important in the black panther lore
and I find what they did with that
character obviously like in all movies
they took a few liberties with him but
they really made him one of the most
memorable characters and he’s kind of
like all his actions are justified for
him from his perspective and the way
they do his character arc kind of really
opens up this door that where you
question is he really wrong or is he
really right or is this the way it’s
gotta go right there’s a lot of nuance
there’s a lot of nuances in this movie
it makes you think one thing is for sure
this is a very important movie in that
it’s empowering it’s a positive
representation you know I came out of
there feeling empowered and I felt good
about it but I can only imagine what
it’s like for for the black community to
have this superhero character we’re not
talking about blade who was a you know
he was a vampire or spawn or espana
these dark haired Lorne from hell this
guy is basically you know he’s the king
of an unconquered African nation and
he’s more more skilled than Batman
probably more technologically advanced
than Iron Man and you know I I’m reading
tweets by people who were saying finally
I feel like I can identify with this
character so this movie resonated very
deeply with me and I’m sure it will with
a general audience but for the black
community I mean this is a huge moment
because it’s it’s inspiring
yeah and it’s it’s you know it’s it’s
it’s a new wave of positive and it’s not
banging you over the head with it I’m
kind of like trying to get it in there
it’s like it just exists and everything
is and it’s amazing it’s the way the
whole the holy the whole film was
depicted in the way they interact with
the rest of the world like Wakanda as a
as such an amazing superpower as it the
way it really interacts with everything
else around it is pretty it’s very well
executed
I think you mentioned an interesting
point that you know this was this was
entertaining it was it didn’t hit you
over the head
it wasn’t cloaking its message in some
kind of overwrought overdramatic thing
it’s a blockbuster it’s fun and the
message is the movie itself yes the fact
that we can have fun and we can be
positive and and everybody can feel
represented and and you also you know
when we were talking before you
mentioned women and and the women are
badass in this movie my favorite
character is actually Ocoee who is the
general of the dorinha lodge which is
like Black Panthers personal bodyguard
which he doesn’t need but it’s cool that
he has it and she just every scene she’s
in she owns it and I was blown away I
think I was telling in the theater Mike
that’s my favorite character he’s my
favorite and Lupita Nyong’o she also I
mean I’ll motion in this movie it’s
almost like they were cooler than the
guys that they actually were waiters
sister Cherie was so smart which in my
books I think she’s smarter than Tony
Stark which I think I would love to see
maybe in infinity war if we could see
those two characters kind of talk tech
compare the technology from Wakanda and
what Steve Rogers Steve Rogers that’s
Captain America Tony Stark has been
doing I’m pretty excited for that
well that’s the thing is that we don’t
want to give away any spoilers right
this is yes so there’s so much that we
want to say this is so much boat again
but I’m wondering how you think this
fits into the larger Marvel Cinematic
Universe because I mean essentially
Black Panther was one of the original
Avengers he’s one of the early
not one of the originals but he’s one of
the earlier ones and I just love the
fact that now in Marvel were seeing
Phase three and we’re kind of seeing
which heroes will kind of like head and
be in charge of Phase three and have
bigger roles obviously phase one was the
Iron Man Thor in Captain America and in
this one we see that they’re putting a
lot of concentration on ant-man is
playing a bigger role obviously Black
Panther is playing a bigger role the
guardians are playing a bigger role and
we’re getting Captain Marvel soon so I
think that they’re they’re just
expanding the universe and they’ve built
us up these characters but they’ve given
us such satisfying character arcs with
the other ones that it’s not necessary
for us to try to like hold on like I
think we’re DC is kind of weak in that
aspect is that Batman everything Batman
has to be in everything if there’s no
Batman there’s no DC Universe right
right which I find is a bit silly and
here it’s like here’s an amazing
character here’s us taking care and
giving this character what he deserves
and he’s just as relatable as a Captain
America or a Tony Stark or a Thor you
know like it’s amazing and it fits into
the Cinematic Universe perfectly it
doesn’t bounce back in time it’s such a
perfect little chapter and even if you
cut out everything that we learned in
Civil War and everything else the movie
on its own it’s a standalone yes a very
solid and it opens up to a sequel
everything you know like obviously these
movies are done in three it’s not a big
surprise that oh there might be another
one there’s gonna be another one yeah so
you know if you think about it Marvel
husband have been very smart because
they could have as you said just gone
with they’re a listers but they’ve
managed to with guardians of the galaxy
with ant-man with this movie they’ve
created as as entertaining if not more
entertaining you know these offshoots
that I think are gonna expand the
universe that much more yeah big-time I
mean this is the next step than Marvel’s
taking that is they’re pretty much
saying like we understand our characters
we believe in our characters and we
believe in giving good stories good
adventures just like when you pick up a
comic book and you can connect with
anyone that these movies and they’re
gonna be just as entertaining as the
last movie sometimes we’ll get a Thor
the second Thor but I mean
it’s forgivable because right they come
back and then you get sore ragnarok and
then we get neurotic or we get a Winter
Soldier which is my favorite movie of
every Marvel movie that was made is that
one so where does this fit into Kida can
I ask you that of Chef of all the Marvel
movies where does Black Panther fit in
for you I think it’s a strong like I
think it’s like a second whoa I think
it’s like a second as much as I enjoyed
the entire like the whole I think it’s
like a balance between this and age of
Ultron for me was one of my favorites
because Ultron is one of my favorite
type of Marvel villains cuz he’s kind of
like a mistake villain who just realized
he’s better than everybody and he’s like
you know what I’m just gonna take over
you guys seem to be doing a horrible job
at being mankind some take over I’m
still waiting for them to get the Hulk
right but listen there’s there’s so much
stuff that we want to say but we don’t
want to spoil anything so you know go
check out the movie let us know what you
think in the comments and we’ll be back
with more thanks many thanks Eric thank
you
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