Just Wow At How Marvel Turned Atlanta into The Fictional City of Wakanda and the 91 Year Old Atlanta Actress (Columbus: Home Depot, theater)

[fourthwarden]

I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. I have a few friends who were not disappointed so much as a tad underwhelmed. They'd hyped to movie up a lot to themselves, and felt that it was a really good movie, but not as good as they'd expected. I, on the other hand, wasn't hyped all that much, and had a great time with it.


It was weird to see the High stand in as the Museum of London, though. Not complaining, just made me do a double take.

[jhtrico1850]

I've liked most recent Marvel movies besides Avengers Age of Ultron and Doctor Strange.

Among the recent films, I liked Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Thor Ragnarok more than Black Panther, but the movie was still important for its historical and cultural impact. I think I couldn't get over Michael B. Jordan trying to act so hard all the time lol.

[gold15]

Originally Posted by fourthwarden

I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. I have a few friends who were not disappointed so much as a tad underwhelmed. They'd hyped to movie up a lot to themselves, and felt that it was a really good movie, but not as good as they'd expected. I, on the other hand, wasn't hyped all that much, and had a great time with it.


It was weird to see the High stand in as the Museum of London, though. Not complaining, just made me do a double take.

Me too. I remember saying, "that's the HIGH." This was before I knew most of the movie was filmed here. I not a movie buff, but I knew to go see this one on opening weekend, as not to be influenced by all the commentary and hype thereafter.

I read that a rock quarry somewhere in the metro was where the 'Wakanda' scenes were shot.

Great movie.

[fourthwarden]

Originally Posted by jhtrico1850

I've liked most recent Marvel movies besides Avengers Age of Ultron and Doctor Strange.

Among the recent films, I liked Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Thor Ragnarok more than Black Panther, but the movie was still important for its historical and cultural impact. I think I couldn't get over Michael B. Jordan trying to act so hard all the time lol.

I sat down and finally watched Spiderman: Homecoming with a couple friends who'd already seen it.


I couldn't stop going "That's my high-school!", "I know that gym!", "Hey that's downtown!", and "Oh look! It's Piedmont Park!". I think I annoyed them a bit hahaha.


It was also pretty great to see Donald Glover in it. As always he nailed it, even if he was just a bit of a side character.

[jhtrico1850]

Spider-Man: Homecoming: Donald Glover Hints at Miles Morales | Time

He could play Miles Morales in a few years? Especially with the success of Black Panther.

[samiwas1]

Originally Posted by jhtrico1850

From what I read, seems like it was filmed mostly indoors and didn't take advantage of Atlanta's scenery like Walking Dead or Hunger Games. Still, good for Atlanta.

Seems that a movie like Black Panther wouldn't be using a whole lot of local scenery.

Originally Posted by Mutiny77

Somebody better be building some studios in Macon and Columbus, which are close enough to the airport.

Huh? Why?

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by samiwas1

Huh? Why?

That was in response to the post immediately before mine.

[samiwas1]

Originally Posted by Mutiny77

That was in response to the post immediately before mine.

Oh...then I’ll answer that one...

Originally Posted by jhtrico1850

I wonder, if it's mostly filmed in buildings, what competitive advantage Atlanta has? Seems like it would be easy to shift to other locations as Atlanta becomes not as affordable to do business or where ever the next tax credits are or if Atlanta is too traffic congested.

Atlanta doesn’t have a specific advantage over other big cities except with cost of living and current tax breaks. The traffic probably isn’t as big of a concern because most productions move at off hours (very early morning or late at night). And while our traffic is bad in places, I don’t think it’s especially debilitating. Most of the studio spaces are on the south side, and a huge number of crew live in town (east Atanta).

As far as an advantage over small cities, you need the infrastructure and the people. Atanta is a metro of 6 million people, and we are still pulling workers from surrounding states because our local labor is tapped out. Would be hard to go to Wichita and set the industry up there. Or Macon. Or Columbus.

[Saintmarks]

Originally Posted by Iconographer

Plenty of films are, however. Movies like What to Expect When You're Expecting, Life As We Know It, The Clearing, Baby Driver and Driving Miss Daisy took full advantage of their Atlanta environs.

I rented Sharkey's Machine not too long ago just to look at 1970s era Atlanta.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by Saintmarks

I rented Sharkey's Machine not too long ago just to look at 1970s era Atlanta.

That's a surprisingly good movie. And it does offer a good look at the ATL.