Review of Wonder Woman (2017) by Bkristman — 04 Jun 2017
Painfully bad entry into a painfully bad DC universe. Origin story of Diana ,who doesn't know who she really is,raised by Amazons who have no clue what's outside their little invisible island area.
The first hour and a half are incredibly tedious as Diana is at first shielded from harm by her mother not letting her be trained but then ends up being trained to be the 'best there is' .
She then saves Steve and goes off into the war with a rag tag group of character actors to find and slay Aries the god of war and end the second world war.
The direction is pretty bad in this film as there are lots of inconsistencies in Diana's character.
At first she's never seen a man before but a day later she's talking about having read sex manuals.
At first she is a confused girl who doesn't fight when the Germans attack Themiscura and a day later she's a cross between Captain America and the Incredible Hulk.
They do the 'fish out of water' thing for awhile when she first hits western society which is awkward and more awkwardness when they mingle sexual tension in as they go along with Steve.
It is done very clumsily and rivals Amadala's romance with Anikin Skywalker in Star Wars for cringeworthiness. She has a shield and 'the sword that is the only thing that can kill Aries' but thinks nothing of just handing them to a frumpy government secretary to wander off with.
Some warrior.
Occasionally during this they go off and we see a bad general and his evil scientist henchwoman who have developed poison gas to kill everyone .
Oh and they had to bring the plight of the North American native into it as well which was kind of out of place to say the least.
I don't think i'll be watching any more DC films unless they can get Joss Whedon to direct.
Gadot still isn't a very good actor to play WW in my opinion as she isn't strong looking enough and hasn't got the acting gravitas to pull it off.
When they put her in a suit and hat to disguise she just shrinks out of sight and she and steve do a bit of an I Love Lucy type skit thing in a room with the allied generals.
The action isn't all that great either .
See this film at your own peril. Dunno how it gets so many good reviews. I couldn't wait to get out of the theatre personally.
This review of Wonder Woman (2017) was written by Bkristman on 04 Jun 2017.
Wonder Woman has generally received positive reviews.
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