As my wife puts this movie, ” It was everything I wanted.” With that being said, Wonder Woman is a damn good movie. It was surly the best thing DC and Warner Bros has done together in the last ten or so years. The only thing that bothered me a little was the cliche slow motion fight scenes, I felt that it was a tad bit over done. The movie did also feel a bit familiar, like Captain America: The Fist Avenger(2011). Which isn’t a bad thing, since that movie was great in its own right.
Gal Gadot is great, not to mention that she’s very attractive as well. Chris Pine plays Steve Trevor and these two fine actors have chemistry. I feel that is something that helps get the view invested emotionally with what happens with their individual character arcs. Lucy Davis plays Etta, Steve’s secretary, and she is a joy in every scene she’s in. She almost stole the show.
The setting is WWI, and I think that was a great way to go, since WWII always seems just a bit played out. The scenes are great, the costumes are stunning, and the Lasso of Truth glows. Part of the fun is seeing all the Easter Eggs that are in there. They tie the DCEU all together in a nice pretty package. I’m trying not to spoil anything here, because this movie is truly a pleasure to experience, just say that DC seems to have Marvel’s problem with under developed villains.
Now that I’ve given a spoiler free review….I hope, I have something that I feel needs to be addressed about the importance of this movie. For all things about equality, this is a female superhero movie, directed by a female director. See studios? Women can do it too. Had this been a disaster, everyone would be bad mouthing DC even more, and probably blame Zack Snyder for ruining the DC brand. Wonder Woman did exceedingly well, and I think that all the companies either doing, or considering doing movies benefits from this. I’ve seen and heard people complain about the lack of female heroes in the movies. Well, Jessica Jones(2016) did very well on Netflix, and Wonder Woman being a success means that the movie watchers are ready for the female superhero movies. I think that studios should pay attention to this. We could have a successful Black Widow movie, or a Spider-Gwen. We could even do with a Black Canary movie. I think the possibilities are exciting.
The only disappointment I have about what I heard was that males complained about an all-women showing of Wonder Woman. I mean really? It seems that most things tend to be geared towards the male population as it is, and somebody doesn’t have enough chill to be cool with something not geared towards the male ego? I think it was a great publicity stunt, and there is a female section that has grown up with Wonder Woman as the only role model that they’ve had.
Parting words: If you’ve seen it, I hoped you like it. If you haven’t I recommend seeing it, because it is good. Have a good night, and until next time.
The CK Project 