Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Black Panther - Trouble in Wakanda

An okay mini film, I liked it because of the whole Black Panther plot!

Lego Black Panther Trouble in Wakanda is the Lego short film about Black Panther. The story seems to be a combination of the live action Black Panther and Avengers Infinity War but it's wrapped up in around 20 minutes and is for young audiences. Oftentimes, I feel like Lego animated films based on superheroes would be better as more traditional hand drawn or computer animation. Just seems like it'll be better for the action. I prefer Lego projects to be like the Lego movie, the world is aware that it's made up of Legos, or Mixels of which the series is about hand drawn animated counterparts of the Lego, though for Superheroes, it would be known for an adaptation of comics than Legos. I would still think these films alright as it is more meant for younger audiences than my age group and don't believe it should be treated too harshly because of the first. That's pretty much it for this short film: a Lego film made for young audiences centered around Black Panther.

Basically a couple minutes of Thanos being a bad guy before being taken down. Then it's all Black Panther in Wakanda. Then it becomes Infinity War again before ending on a happy note. All the children who were bawling by the end of Infinity War would probably have wanted this to happen instead. After all, Black Panther was a huge hit, so rinse and repeat only adding a tiny bit of Avengers.

Merging Lego with superheroes yay we get it, it's now been done to death and this most recent effort demonstrates that enough is most certainly enough.

After being defeated by the Avengers, Thanos teams up with Killmonger and Ulysses Klaue in a plot to take over Wakanda. Cue the Avengers again and a mindless plot.

Deviating heavily from the existing Marvel Universe but keeping the updated appearances this is one of those animations that IS aimed at the younger generation. Most of the other Lego animated films still had qualities that would appeal to parents, this doesn't.

To make matters worse this shorter than usual movie does not have the usual standard of animation. It looks more like an early 2000's video game cutscene.

One for hardcore fans and hardcore fans only

The Good:

A couple of chuckles

The Bad:

Animation isn't on point

Juvenile

Poor voice acting alongside weird accents

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Being "Hangry" is a thing now?

I recently saw this airing on the Disney XD channel in the U.S., and from what I've seen, I was impressed. While the scene with Thanos as the opening villain and the newswoman making a report with the Black Panther in the beginning felt a little rushed with an off-putting pace, I found myself indulging in the scenes with Black Panther confronting Killmonger, with most of the story taking place in Wakanda. The humour was a bit wholesome, although I found the wholesomeness to be apart of its charm. I was entertained and laughing all the way through. Although, my main criticism with this special is that the scenes with the Avengers in them felt kind-of too wholesome, and I didn't find the parts of the special that took place in the city to be remarkable, just cheesy. Some of the scenes, typically ones with the Avengers in them, felt way too wholesome for my tastes. Overall, I think that this is a great example of a solid LEGO Marvel cartoon, with astonishing animation, quick and snappy editing, a pleasant tone, and a compelling narrative. I wouldn't call this one of their best, however, I do appreciate the step that LEGO is taking with their animations. This is another curve in the right direction for Disney XD, and something that's easy on the parents, and excellent for the children.

Final rating : 7.5/10 Solid, snappy, vibrant, fairly light-hearted and compelling LEGO cartoon covered in a thick layer of cheesiness.

This is just my opinion, you may judge for yourself~

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