There wasn't a lack of emotional range in his performance though. His scene talking to his father as well as his final scene with T'Challa gave him more emotional complexity than just righteous anger. In fact, those scenes actually informed his righteous anger.
Yep.
People die all the time. That's how it is around here.
Maybe we're not lost. Maybe it's them who's lost and that's why they can't find us.
The world took everything from me. Everything I ever loved. Imma make sure we even.
My dad told me Wakanda was the most beautiful thing he ever seen. He said he would take me one day. Can you believe it? A kid running around Oakland believing in fairy tales.
Why? so you can lock me up. Bury me in the ocean with my ancestors that jumped from the ships.
Killmonger showed a lot of vulnerability and emotional range. To the point that people felt sorry for him even though he was the bad guy but, let's go back and compare him to previous Marvel villains.
Remember this guy? What was he upset about again
This guy? I can barely remember this dude
This guy? Yawn
Or this guy? Vaguely interesting story but
Killmonger is the best villain Marvel by FAR.
Zemo, Vulture and Hela were okay but, there's a reason people resonated with Killmonger so much.
People writing all this contrarian junk need to go take a look back at all the villains Marvel put in their films over the last ten years. They're all mostly forgettable. And the ones that weren't still didn't make you feel for them like Black Panther did.