The acting from everyone was incredible, but the story was a mess. This movie should've been called:
Black Panther: The Way of Water
Black Panther: Aquaman II
A young genius girl (not Shuri) invented something that could detect vibrarium. So the Talokans (Marvel's Atlantis) wanted to kill her; Wakandans wanted to protect her. A third country invented an equipment with vibrarium detector installed inside hence threatened both Talokan and Wakanda. The Not-Shuri girl, being the inventor of vibrarium detector, was the only one that knew how to destroy the vibrarium detector. She destroyed the vibrarium detector; both Talokan and Wakanda were saved; and the third country lost. Everyone lived happily ever after.
THIS WAS NOT WHAT HAPPENED.
Talokans fought Wakandans to a draw. The Not-Shuri girl returned back home. The vibrarium detector was still out there. Nothing was resolved. Talokans could still kill the Not-Shuri girl, and she could still continue inventing more vibrarium detector. So the movie circled back to its beginning. The entire movie could've ended in half an hour.
Chadwick Boseman was Marvel's King! The way he sat, talked, walked, and gestured, royalty through and through. How were they going to replace him? They couldn't!
Guess what this movie needed?
CHADWICK BOSEMAN!!! 😭😭😭