I had high expectations for this movie. That might have worked against my final opinion. Liked it but did not love it.

The Good:

• The acting was very good (less so with Jordan) especially Boseman
• T'Challa is a good king
• The base story was cool (expat teams up with enemy of the state with intention of using him for coup)
• Okoye and the royal guard all badass (and the only good fights)
• Ape Men fearsome and super cool
• Klaue was a good villain
• Korea segment very well done (other than BP fight* see below)
• Killmonger astral journey was good
• Wakanda and all of its tech inspired and well done (except robe shields)
• Bond-like gadget upgrade routine
• No individual moment of stupidity**
• Bucky! Great way to portend his arm

The Bad:

• *Most all of the Black Panther fights sucked. A big step backward in movie fight quality
• Kill Monger MIT alumni, Navy Seal, and still talks like that? Hard to reconcile the character against his credentials
• **No individual moment of "WOW super awesome!"
• T'Challa's astral journey was yawnsville
• T'Challa's inauguration ceremony was cringy, dance-cliff, 80's television quality (except Ape Men part)
• T'Challa "freezes" when he sees Nakia. He's not an 18 year old
• Okoye always correcting the King
• No reason for T'Challa to accept Killmonger's challenge. Have to go through whole "he shall lose his power..." rigamarole again
• Killmonger wanting to die instead of incarceration made no sense if their fight was a legal challenge
• W'Kabi is isolationist but ends up joining Killmonger's cause ???
• Robe shields
• Fly these weapons to some black people
• Wakanda has poor people
• Adding damage absorption to Black Panther's power set is too similar to Cpt Marvel's energy absorption. Too much
• The dispersal of that absorbed damage looks just like Wonder Woman's bracelet pulse (another tacked-on power for no good reason)
• "My ancestors jumped off the ships ..." Um, you are Wakandan. Your mother's side maybe? Well she had to stay on the ship to procreate
• Forrest Whitaker (slightly less irritating than usual ... slightly)
• Okoye and especially Shuri knew that the Panther suit has damage absorption but they still attack Killmonger charging him up
• "Left here!" turns right (tiny editing nitpick)

I didn't hate it but I rank it around the middle of Marvel's stuff. It was sorta mediocre to me. 6/10