Do we want this movie for the wrong reasons?

I get what you're saying and you're definitely entitled to not being interested in a movie. But I don't think this movie exists for the wrong reasons; to get existential, why do any movies exist?

As someone who is watching my friend's biracial son grow up in a world where there are almost no POC, especially males of colour, for him to look up to in films and tv shows for kids, I think this movie is necessary. We recently sat down and tried to name any tv shows and movies suitable for a kid under 15, where the protagonist is male, under 15 and a POC, and we literally couldn't think of one current show or movie where that's the case. While he's not old enough for this yet, there are young men looking for role models in media and not finding any. I think that makes this film right for them.

It's just another obscure Marvel based character that's getting their own movie. That's how I really see this movie as in the end. I didn't know too much about GOTG or Ant-Man, hell, even BH6 until they got their movies. Found them all fantastic. So I also didn't know too much about Black Panther outside of Civil War, but I am willingly to give his movie a shot anyways. Being a MCU property with an all-black cast in origin is just another trivial plus. But I think I get what you meant in the end about liking or supporting a film based on diversity vs quality. I wouldn't mind too much about how the SJ types chose to praise hymn over trivial matters like diversity representation.

As for Wonder Woman, in that case, the movie that came out last year was her first own standalone film. Whereas two other iconic DC characters, Batman and Superman, got many film adaptations before since they are the most known DC superheros. Wonder Woman is another iconic DC character just like Batman and Superman, with the Justice League franchise being a very big deal that got her in it as a member, so it only begs the question about WW (as well as the other JL characters like Aquaman, Flash, etc) getting a live action feature film around some point too. Right after....how many Batman movies again? Or Superman movies? Or that one Green Lantern movie that flopped?

I kind of agree with you. Black Panther doesn't seem like an interesting character at all. I don't even care about race; I'd say the same thing if he was White Panther. He didn't impress me in Civil War.

That being said, then I saw the trailer, and thought the movie itself looked totally kick-ass! But aside from the main movie plot, I'm excited to see this because it should continue the storyline about Bucky and Cap. Although I bet it introduces Cap as nomad, and then he leaves Wakanda. It probably touches on the mental re-conditioning of Bucky. Finally, I'm most interested in how this leads into Infinity War. This is where the MCU concept is really earning it's money. I would probably never go see this movie as a standalone concept. But because of the MCU, I have already purchased my ticket.