Gets nominated for Golden Globes: Best Motion Picture - Drama.

You are the racist here. First of all, I am not white or American.
Secondly, if I hate a movie its not because of the color of skin of the actors. Seems you are in love with BP just because it has a majority of black cast.

I don't understand why can't people talk about BP without bringing in the "RACE" angle.

I would understand nominations in technical categories. But selection for best drama is outrageous.

Well, no film industry is serious for that matter. It's cinema which generally tries to entertain. Good and bad is something that we pick.

"A terrific movie is a terrific movie"

Well that's true and this aint one of 'em IMO.

What’s truly sad is those claiming that things have gone downhill because a very well-made and culturally significantly film - that happens to be part of the comic genre - is being embraced by the awards crowd like no comic fil has been in probably 10 years.

Win or lose an award, the denouners of this film will complain no matter what. If it being nominated for major awards makes them lose their minds, then I can only imagine how the “reasonable” haters will react if it were to actually win an Oscar. What’s funny is, an overwhelming number of these people expressing outrage over all the love Black Panther is getting couldn’t care less about Hollywood and their award shows. They hate everything about it. However, because they have a clear agenda against this film (and any Hollywood film that “pats itself on the back” for trying to give a voice to others), they pretend to give a damn over what gets nominated or not. But its cultural impact aside, how dare these kind of awards nominate critical hits like Black Panther that were met enthusiastically by movie audiences in general and not just narrow-minded cinephiles? It’s a travesty indeed. :\

Black Panther may or may not change things for the comic genre. Either way, I think it’s cool that a movie like this - whether it’s inferior or superior to other movies of its kind notwithstanding - is being recognized this way. I would ask in all seriousness what the big f’n deal that it’s getting this much attention... but this is the internet after all.

Anyway, expressing your lukewarm response to critically acclaimed and game-changing movies like Spider-Verse and now Black Panther? I don’t want to be too assuming here, although I’m noticing a pattern. Say I’m reaching, but after unfortunately looking at many of the negative and racially-charged posts on this board, it’s hard not to think these things. Slam Hollywood. Slam the politics. Slam this movie altogether. All the whining from “open-minded” ghouls like the OP won’t change how Black Panther (and any upcoming “social justice” comic film) was met with so much praise by critics and audiences alike.

The reason it's Drama is because the only other choice is Comedy. That's all they had 2500 years ago in Greece.

Why haven't they added more? Because film critics are elitist bastards that don't want to recognize popular modern genres!

Sadly, for me it fell short at both the things. It was less than a mediocre action flick. And I never ever felt it focussed on the race angle that a lot of people are so gung ho about. Whats the big deal in having a predominanaly all black cast?

Where did you get that in the movie, that Wakanda already was technologically advanced during the slave trade?

You nailed it. It doesn't help that Hollywood has sort of a collective bias itself.

While I agree with most of what you say, just do yourself a favor and don't repeat that in public there are so many damned SJW running around you'll likely get tarred and feathered by these self proclaimed diversity police and branded a racist... god knows you must be a racist if you ever find fault in a black movie.