First off, I’d recommend watching Black Widow and Falcon and the Winter Soldier and maybe Hawkeye. Are they all necessary viewing before BPWF? Not really. However, people that jump straight into BPWF might be asking about certain characters.
I enjoyed the movie. I was entertained. Coogler handled the passing of T’Challa well. All the actors were good.
Namor was done well. The backstory, his abilities and the actor were good.
No real dead zone parts of the movie, BUT… dialogue was lacking and resolutions were way too quick for this length of movie.
Don’t expect Aquaman levels of the underwater kingdom. Guess we’ll see something like that in a future movie. I made a joke about one of the deep water scenes, that reminded me of a Disney/Pixar movie.
My daughter asked how I’d rate it. I give it 8/10. It sets up or rather, previews so much of the MCU from phase five onward. Spin-offs, next Disney+ series, etc. Seems like Wakanda will be a central hub for everything. That ain’t bad though.