The lighting can be unnatural, and sometimes the acting is awkward; the concentration on process seems numbing. But those very defects give the film a special mood, lucid in its nastiness, but not too far from black surrealism.

Director Ian Merrick appears to have just given his cast stilted words to recite, with little instruction on how to perform them with any semblance of credulity, and only the most basic research seems to have gone into real-life events.

In terms of slide-o-mation (motion comic) as a format, 2011's _Black Panther_ is some of the highest quality you will find. Whether that's saying much or not will depend on your own personal tastes. In either case, it's the story that really matters and on that front, _Black Panther_ is... Okay. It's pretty good honestly, but it could probably have told its story in less time (or told more story in the same time). Nothing on the live action movie we got this year, but I don't exactly think director Jon Schnepp would be offended to hear people having that reaction. A must watch for Black Panther fans and Marvel completionists. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._

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