Why X-Men First Class is a superior movie to Black Panther.

Here is a good comparison of 2 similar scene where hero and villain confront their ideas before they battle each other.



In this Black Panther duel, just read the dialogue and notice how mono-toned and basic it sounds.

"I lived my entire life waiting for this moment. I trained, I lied. I killed in America, Afghanistan, Iraq... I took life from my own brothers and sisters right here on this continent! And all this death just so I could kill you!"

Is this the best that can be written for a supposed good fleshed out villain? No wit or complexity is present and as others have said it easily fits into the simple angry black man persona Killmonger occupies throughout the entire film. This is as in depth as killmongers dialogues and motives get. Its all superficial. Even TChalla doesnt try to talk him down or out of it. They just can't wait to clobber each other.




Eric: "Take off your blinders, brothers and sisters. The real enemy is out there. I feel their guns moving in the water. Their metal, targeting us. Americans, Soviets, humans. United in their fear of the unknown. The Neanderthal is running scared, my fellow mutants! [turning to Charles] Go ahead, Charles. Tell me I'm wrong.

Xavier: Erik, you said yourself we're the better men. This is the time to prove it. There are thousands of men on those ships. Good, honest, innocent men! They're just following orders.

Erik Lehnsherr: I've been at the mercy of men just following orders. Never again"

The difference in substance and delivery is night and day. Erics showcasing his developing character here from neutral to villain. His allegorical imagery line about Neanderthals running scared has call backs to earlier moments in the film on Xaviers thesis on evolution. His words provide a better sympathetic shoulder from the audience than Killmongers. His motives are layed out in different tones, from authoritative to anger to compusure. His final line, never again, is another chilling callback to his time at the Nazi camps. What's Killmongers? "Im here to kill you" more or less.

And that is one small example. When Disney MCU take over Xmen, expect the First Class scene to go something like

"Ive lived my entire life waiting for this moment. I was tortured. My parents were killed. I killed those responsible. I took life from my own mutant brothers and sisters. All so I could come here and kill the humans!"