A Movie Date Day

If you happen to live on earth, you must have heard about a certain movie that has been blowing up the box office lately.  A movie about a place called Wakanda with a king named T'Challa who happens to have panther powers?  I am referring to THAT movie, a marvel of a movie (pun intended), titled Black Panther!  Such an amazing movie with amazing graphics, storyline and characters.  And of course, one of my now all time favorite superheroes.

I finally took the kids to see Black Panther in theaters and it was an afternoon to remember.  The hype was pretty spot on and the movie proved to be  one for the history books.  Finally, a movie with a predominantly black cast and black director shattering box office numbers.  And no coincidence that Black Panther was released in February, a month dedicated to the celebration of black history.

Even though Black Panther is just a movie, it has reignited black pride in so many and given renewed hope to a people still fighting for equality in a time that seems rife with turmoil. Movies are usually meant to entertain us and allow us to escape from our real world problems.  Super hero movies, especially, are meant to be nothing more than a good time, 2 hours of cinematic adventure where the good guys win. 

We should just sit back and enjoy a fictional character in a fictional city fighting fictional bad guys.  But for so many, Black Panther hits too close to home so that the line between fiction and reality seem blurred.  Movies can change the way we see the world, change the way we think, even how we act.  And with Back panther, lets just say black people can start taking their pride back and who knows where that can eventually lead.  Anyway, with all that said, we had a blast at the movies and cannot wait to see Black Panther again.