Review of Wonder Woman (2017) by Ramon S — 07 Jun 2017

There might be a spoiler here I give ten out of ten to anything that "holds together" meaning "has integrity". This movie had something to say and said it. Wonder Woman was the creation of Professor Marston, a feminist. There is a whole book about it, him and his creation.

World War I (The Great War, The War to End All Wars, what irony) was only the first act of a twenty-year truce. The Treaty of Versailles and related treaties set up all the problems that we face now. Think of France and Great Britain dividing up the Middle East with no regard to ethnic and religious interpretation boundaries. Bad choices were made. And choice is a matter of love, which is what Wonder Woman is about, which is neither male nor female. That and kick-ass fighting skills. Both require being attentive. Humans are flawed but are known by their choices. In Existentialist terms, "Man is known by his projects." Think of the Flood. Mankind had become so bad that the gods (the Flood story comes from the Gilgamesh and is in Genesis) wanted to destroy it. But He, They, won't do it again. According to Jared Diamond, societies "choose" to fail or succeed. Some people choose to blame God, Allah, the gods, the devil, whatever. Events overwhelm them rather than what they think of events. This movie has that philosophical vibe without losing the tension.

That's enough. Well done. WWI has always held a fascination for me. My Irish immigrant uncles left Great Britain only to end end up fighting to save them from their bad choices.