Wakanda Forever: Shuri’s Amazing Transformation
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
- In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Shuri's evolution shows us the power of grief. Grief is one of the most powerful catalysts for change - with the ability to immobilize, destroy or deepen a person - it can be transmuted for better or for worse. And in the case of Shuri, we aren’t sure if she’ll experience the former or the latter throughout Wakanda Forever. As Shuri’s losses compound, one on top of another, she’s forced to make a choice between what will feel good and what will be good.
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00:00 Grief fuels the Black Panther franchise
01:38 How Shuri's Wakanda Forever arc plays out
03:48 Will grief destroy Shuri, or motivate her?
07:56 The true leader Shuri will be 
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Shuri acts not just out of grief for her family, but out of love for her people. Her grief makes her fight, but her love makes her heal.
Very well said. Grief and love are two sides of the same coin and we definitely see her struggling, coping with and integrating that complexity.
@@mygoodeyeclosedCC "what is grief if not love persevering?"-
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@@jaxsetbertoncarlism8873 ding, ding, ding, diiiiiiiiiiing!👏🏻
I love how Shuri became stronger through grieving her brother, and they paid a Fantastic tribute to the late, great, Chadwick Boseman. Letitia played Shuri superbly well, Wakanda Forever! 🖤😍
Letitia Wright did such an amazing job as Shuri. She deserves more credit for her work. ❤
People were so harsh on the actress, when many actors have done worse things. They purposefully misunderstand her. She's a staunch Christian
@@suzygirl1843 Exactly
8:41 “Show him who you are” is exactly what Ramonda said to T’Challa when he was fighting M’Baku for the throne. It’s like poetry, it rhymes.
Shuri has the greatest superpower of them all
Being raised into adulthood by a loving and supporting family
Letitia Wright as Shuri did phenomenal in this role. She deserves more credit honestly.
Agreed. Just watched the movie again and she is definitely a standout. Her arc is incredibly powerful
My cousin who was like my younger brother passed away a month before this movie came out. With that on top of Chadwick’s death, this movie really resonated with me in a way I can’t put into words. I related to all the main character’s grief in some way, this movie really is something special and I appreciate it giving me the support I needed
My deepest condolences, I'm glad that this movie helped you during a difficult time in your life.♥️
So many people, including myself were crying by the end of the film.
That last moment Shuri had, no music, just remembering a Noble King and a great Actor. That. Was felt.
As someone who lost my grandfather who I was really close with, I appreciate how Black Panther Wakanda forever handled grief. She doesn’t get over his death within the first 10 minutes like how most movie characters do when they handle grief. I really appreciate how Marvel paid homage to Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther and how they developed Shuri as a character.
M'Baku's character arc is AMAZING! To go from mocking her in the 1st movie to guiding her and looking to her as an elder in the 2nd movie!
I love his arc so much. Some people are sleeping on it, but it made his character so much more than it was in the first film.
My most awaited video essay yet, and man this movie as well as Shuri's journey hit me so hard because not only is she coming of age in a very weird time post-blip, she's also dealing with the death of basically everyone in her blood family and coming to terms with how she handles her grief and rage. Also I know everyone is still distraught over our loss of Chadwick but man rewatching the beginning and especially the end credit scene MAN LET ME TELL YOU I SOBBED SO MANY TIMES IN THE THEATERS MAN
As Barry Allen once said in the flash show
Having Power doesn’t change who a person is it just amplifies what’s already there
the movie made me cry, laugh, angry and cry some more. it was really executed well
Oh it broke me 100%. When my father passed I turned to alcohol and taking my anger out on others. 5 months in rehab made me see where I went wrong and how to value what I still had around me
Movie made me tear up sure at the ending with the burning
The only reason she saw Killmonger is because she wanted to see somebody who wasn’t gonna stop her from going scorched earth
I think you're right. Her anger and pain was all she could see, so she saw the one person who saw the world through that lens.
Namor in many ways is the ideal all powerful leader. Sheri realizing that Namor isn’t as noble and T Challa but is also not as insane as killmonger means that Shuri can actually reason with Namor as a true leader. Namor has also been in power for centuries - he knows how to play the game and unlike many other characters in the MCU, patient. Who really won the final battle? Both in a way.
I couldn't help but think that an extended war between Wakanda and Talocan would make the Endgame battle look like a schoolyard fight. The only way Talocan could win would be if they eliminated Wakanda right off. Wakanda was unprepared in the first battle, but once they have the chance to adapt? Neither would be able to completely overwhelm the other. M'Baku was right, it would be eternal war.
I think Wakanda Forever is a phenomenal movie because it leans into Shuri's and Namor's grief. The conflict, the character development, and the story progression are all about coping with grief and how it shapes us.
After watching Wakanda Forever, I realized how Love and Thunder botched its opportunity to explore grief. Thor, Jane, and Gorr are both experiencing and reacting to immense grief. But their grief never really gets a chance to play out. The movie could have been so much better if it leaned into grief just a little bit at least.
Even after all of this character depth which shuri has gotten there are still people out there who call her a Mary Sue like wtf 😭
Nerds just want to control everything. They don't care about nuance.
They’re mad she’s a Black woman written with intelligence and complexity. That’s all it is
I love Shuri! She's amazing!
I love this movie! You actually get to see Shuri develop as a character, the movie doesn’t gloss over her grief and it shows her struggles and doubts about becoming the next Black Panther. It took three tries but Marvel finally figured out how to get a movie starring a superhero who happens to be a woman right.
This is an excellent take,i'm gonna share this with everyone i know who's been complaining about Shuri taking the mantle instead of MBaku or other characters.
Mbaku does take the mantle at the end of the film though
@@thaik.8774 he just rules Wakanda now, he’s not black Panther Shuri still is.
When I saw this movie the first time, I loved it and how the movie depicted grief amazingly. I went to see the movie again and literally was depressed for a whole month because I was still dealing with my grandpa’s death. That month was definitely scary, but I got to open up more about having died with him. I had nothing left. So Shuri saying that her heart left when her mom died hit me the most.
This movie made me cry too much, rest in peace king
Also, thank you for making this video. I don't see that many videos on RUclips about Shuri as a character but rather...other things.
Shuri is a wonderful polymath.
Yes but T'Challa offered to heal Killmonger, but he refused.
I suspect they'll have the son take up the mantle, instead of continuing with Shuri, unless they decide to go for a duo. It seems Shuri's character would prefer to remain in the lab though, so I doubt she'll remain Black Panther.
I think the son having the exact same name was their way of recasting T'Challa while still honoring Chadwick Boseman.
I can not watch the second movie of BP. I wish I could but the death of Chadwick really pains me. As a lover of Afrofuturism, I immediately loved when I watched Black Panther for the first time. It is such a masterpiece. I remember saying "woo finally I am watching a movie where I feel connected to its cultural meanings !"
Hopefully, soon I will recover from Chadwick's death and what he represents in Black Panther and fully embrace Shuri's character.
Shuri/Letitia Wright is a lot better than I feared after some of the stories coming from behind the scenes, particularly in the serious scenes.
Great video! I would be very interested in seeing a video on Namor and his people
First 10 years of Marvel movies: Explosions and punching!
Marvel projects 2018 to present: Coping with the inevitable traumatic deaths of everyone you love.
if you really look at this phase it truly has been the phase of mourning and grief, took me aminute but then I saw it.
This was a brilliant analysis of Shuri's evolution during her grief.
Until this video, I didn't realize how Namor and KIllmonger pose the same thought to Shuri: "How is less important than 'Why?'"
* Namor says this to explain why his Mayan ancestors has to become water breathers to escape oppression and death by Spanish conquistadors.
* Killmonger uses the line to force Shuri to admit that, like himself, her desire to be Black Panther was motivated by vengeance. Unlike Killmonger, Shuri ultimately rejects going down the same path as Killmonger thanks to support from friends and family, especially her mother.
I look forward to more insightful commentaries from you in the future.
"When one door closes, another one open."
Grief is MASSIVE LOVE with NO PLACE TO GO!
Unlike her father and brother, she doesn’t shut down and invalidate the feelings and motivations of the obvious neurotic and megalomaniac
I lost my boyfriend/ soulmate two years ago and grief changed me so much that I don’t think he would recognize me.
The take. Ur doing a good job
Great analysis. Made me appreciate the film even more than I already did.
Brilliant, the film was easy to identify with after having dealt with my own family loss. What a great catharsis for the frustrating emotions that overwhelm you, especially when they are compounded with personal and political complications. "Wakanda Forever" transcends its intention because of its real life tragedy that directly connects it to the audience.
I can relate to this when my dad passed away in a car wreck I decided I wanted to workout as a last wish for him
But my brother has been lazy and depressed and doesn't have any goals
I was really happy to see that the Movie has not been torn apart by male Marvel fans. At least not that I’m involuntarily aware of like with She-Hulk or Captain Marvel, where you can’t watch any video without coming across loads of hate comments. Now Wakanda Forever really is full of women with very few male characters. I used to think that Wonder Woman has been spared because Gal Gadot is still your traditional comic book fan kind of eye candy. Captain Marvel and She-Hulk are obviously not. Not that they’re not attractive, but they simply aren’t presented for the male gaze. I still cringe at the way Black Widow has been introduced in an Iron Man Movie. It’s really cool to see that Wakanda Forever doesn’t get hate. It might be because it’s more than respectful towards Chadwick Boseman‘s legacy. Also it’s not political about sex. While it’s Shuri against Namor it’s never female against male. No gender is celebrated nor critisized. It’s all about it’s characters. The movie features strong female characters and it works for everyone. Great to see that a female lead superhero movie works without putting the heroine in revealing clothes or have her flirt with someone.
Am I crazy, or was there chemistry between Shuri and Namor??
the latter..
Mad chemistry
I could say that him and Shuri are pretty intense and while they're showing respect for another nation's representative and then Shuri has a good reason to never like this guy...but no, I am sensing sparks. 🥵
There was. Early drafts considered a romantic link between them. But Namor killed her mother. That will never happen
Sensed it too. It would be the most insane enemy to lovers trope ever. After he killed her mother, I can’t see it happening but the chemistry was definitely there.
She wasn't marketed as the star of the film cause of her stance on vaccines. The second she said that she disappeared from all the films pre release marketing
People were so harsh on the actress, when many actors have done worse things. They purposefully misunderstand her. She's a staunch Christian.
This Movie was incredible
Aw I've always loved Shuri❤
Still love the videos on this channel! But I can't help but miss when they were a bit longer. Even though you were releasing less videos a week, the ones you did went much more in-depth and were so rich.
Not even 5 minutes in and me and my wife are f****** tearing up at this movie the Marvel logo didn't even show up yet
This is I believe the first marvel focused episode from the take and deserving imo. Wakanda Forever isn’t perfect but it heightens itself above most mcu entries in that it prioritizes emotion and themes over everything else.
Shuri’s the fictional character I never knew I needed 🥹
Who wrote this essay? It was truly incredible.
She beats herself up as much as she grieves. What she didn't do, what she should have done and what she did. Her emotions aren't nearly as
I didn't cry during the movie. No one can prove it.
Me neither, someone was eating onions in the cinema, I swear! 😭😉
@@trinaq the mountain of Kleenex? Head colds are not fun.
I remember when the anti-sjws got real mad because she knew something that Doctor Banner didn't know.
They will always find something to get mad about.
Even though Shuri grew up in Wakanda, which was probably giving physics lessons in the 2nd grade. If it was Rocket, they wouldn’t have cared.
I miss Chad and Namor is a great character
T'Chalka kills his brother T'Challa kills his cousin
Honestly, I like Namor's line of thought but I wished he came to that conclusion earlier. Way earlier.
If they just hadn't given up so much time to Iron Heart.
When I saw this movie, other than feeling like I was watching a 2 hour long eulogy, basically I had some coincidentally concerns, about the antagonists, essentially with the Talokans, it felt somewhere between tipping their hat off, to the Avatar franchise(considering the sequel finally happened) &just showing off that the MCU can now use any 20th Century Fox properties they want, &Namor felt like a reminder that the MCU can have anything related to the Fantastic Four, except the Fantastic Four themselves,
You do know that Marvel has complete control over the Fantastic Four and that the FF movie is being made, right?
@@Carabas72 yea, &it only took 8 years, 🥳🥳🥳
I definitely want Yusuf Gatewood as Mister Fantastic.
Can you *PLEASE* cover youtube itself?!!!
💯
Sad that they dropped the ball on the social commentary to less controversial (and self evident) themes. One had ppl talking, the second was just...okay?
Im just glad there finaly is a super hero movie that show all sjw writers that you can write a good main heroine if you dont try to force it
Yet nerds still called her a Mary Sue
SJW writers already know how to write better heroines
@@suzygirl1843 well she is a talented girl/woman that can do almost anything she set her mind to. So that part is kinda true but the fact that she can't bring back the dead and have to deal with grief and make tough choices for her family and her country is what makes her interesting in comparison to let's say captain marvel.
Come on Daenerys was ruined by bad writing.
Also T'Challa didn't kill Killmonger. It was just a defeating blow. Killmonger could have been healed but chose not to be a prisoner.
male writers have a hard time with female rage, but yes they screwed up Dany with shit writing.
@@Rainia29 game of thrones has a blind spot when it comes to female leadership. They ruin them all. Apart from Olenna no other female leader was given the time to shine or develop layers like the Stark boys. Even Oberyn has more character development as a leader in a few episodes compared to Sansa. I guess they also tried with Lady Mormont but the two biggest ones, Cersei and Dany were really poorly done. They're also showing the same pitfalls in HoTD.
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Shuri was a better lead than T’Challa and I stand by that. R.I.P. to Chadwick but he is not his character, and T’Challa was always the weakest part of Wakanda while the women do what it takes to protect it.
Spoilers:
One thing that was weird was Shuri automatically knowing how to fight once she became the Black Panther. The magic herbs enhance her strength, speed and healing, but not hand-to-hand skills. And as someone who went against her traditions, there's no indication she would have learned alongside her brother growing up. So, with 0 training, this tech nerd bests Namor, a king and actual seasoned warrior. It's another example of Disney/Marvel still doing that thing where some characters really don't have to put in the work to win. What makes it pronounced this time, is that the Wakandan culture literally has trial by combat to establish rulers, even for bloodline heirs- something the script never even has Shuri worry about.
Other than this writing frustration, I thought Letitia Wright did a great job stepping into the lead role.
Shuri didn’t automatically just know how to fight after getting powers, she clearly is and has been trained in combat, shown by her participating in the fight in Black Panther and the fight in Endgame. You think Wakanda would have had their Princess on the field of battle if she wasn’t able to fight and take care of herself? And let’s also remember that Shuri did nearly lose and got speared in the fight with Namor. She is only able to take him down by being clever and aiming for his weak points, Shuri doesn’t fight to merely overpower someone physically, she fights smartly and tactically.
Did you not watch Black Panther? Shuri is obviously trained in combat
Delete this
Thanks for changing that spoiler-ific thumbnail. Sigh.
I've watched the movie twice. Once in theatres, and once with a version that has most of the whiny "T'Challa is dead, waaah" bullshit removed from the film.
Not only does it make a much tighter, more interesting movie, it's a much shorter film. So much better than the theatrical.
And before someone starts with "Boseman's dead, you monster, don't you care?!"
Nope. Not really. RIP Boseman, and that's about as much as I care.
They should have done with the Black Panther what Hollywood has always done when a beloved character's actor dies, and recast.
But the media machine has people believing Boseman was the second coming of Christ, the first black led superhero. Of course, Wesley Snipes existed, so.
one of the worst movies I have ever seen on cinema, literally slept
Liar