MBAR said:
dreyOO said:
Wth are you talking about? The "man" was called killmongerer for a reason. I'm not shoehorning a damn thing. To equate his situation as a mass killer to that of an innocent person that chose death over a lifetime of suffering and cruelty? Laughable.
The big takeaway here is mass murderers don't want to live in bondage after they finally get caught. Wow, that's deep.
The only one doing that is you.
Then agree to disagree. You see it as a powerful metaphor, and I say it was really poor. Sure, they both had the same bloodlines and chose death over chains. But there are so many fundamental differences between he and his ancestors. I can almost see his ancestors looking down while he's saying that nonsense and replying back: "No son, you are a killer. Don't associate yourself with us when you've acted the way you have. In fact, be a real man and go face the consequences."
And I would have changed that ending in a heartbeat. He should have gotten healed, faced a jail sentence, cozied up to his cousin...and then in an upcoming Black Panther break out and backstab T'Challa.
Minor segue: I thought the more powerful metaphor in this movie was the abandonment of an American kid to fend for himself on the streets. Strong family ties back in the homeland where his cousin was loved and brought up right. You can almost imagine how he could have turned out, but KM is completely neglected and turned bad. Kinda reminds me of Magua in Last of the Mohicans. That really struck a chord with me. But by the time he had done all his hell raising in this movie, I was ready for him to be dealt with. Maybe that's why I have such a bone to pick with his line there.
