Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is another Marvel movie that ended up cutting fan opinions. While some loved and praised it, others thought it was just an okay movie. The filmmakers involved in the film found themselves in a very difficult situation when Chadwick Bosemann unexpectedly disappeared. This came with a lot of pressure to make a film that would respectfully salute Boseman, but also a great film that fans would embrace and love. It’s a difficult situation and they did their best under the circumstances.
Director Ryan Coogler recently spoke about the sequel and explained that there are two scenes in the film that made it work. He said that if those two scenes had been removed, it would have been “the worst movie ever”.
The crucial scenes were the United Nations sequence with that powerful interpretation of Angela Bassetto and the fantastic action scene involving the Dora Milaje catching intruders. In the audio commentary for the Marvel release (via The Direct) Cogler explained:
“I’ll tell you a secret that’s funny. We were experimenting with all kinds of things with this movie. And at one point, we tried to take these two scenes out of the movie, like [the U.N. scene and the opening Dora Milaje action scene] Here. And we were just talking, ‘Yeah, this will work without it, because X, Y and Z.’
“And I remember I got in early at 6 in the morning to watch it, because I just wanted to watch it before trying it with the scenes out. And we hit play on it, and I was watching it, and it was just the worst movie ever, you know what am I saying? I was like, ‘Oh, this is awful.’ At one point, I was standing in the screening room all alone, like 6:45, and I’m just calling on my phone, calling Nate [Moore], I’m calling everyone like, ‘Yo, this is a mistake. We have to solve this problem.’ But it’s a journey to understand how important these two scenes are to the functioning of the film.”
That’s interesting to hear, because technically if the movie was a great movie, removing those scenes shouldn’t have made it the “worst movie ever.” Two scenes really shouldn’t make or break a good movie. When I read that quote from the director, I feel like those are the only two good scenes in the movie that are worth watching and the rest sucks, and it just seems like a weird thing for the director to share.
What do you think of the comments Coogler made here?
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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