Posted on 05/30/2017 2:35:54 PM PDT by drewh
Out of the countless superhero movies I have to consume ever year (and have watched in my life), there are only a handful that I completely enjoyed and thought were masterworks of the genre: "Superman," "Batman: The Dark Knight." Now "Wonder Woman" has made that small list.
Princess Diana of the Amazons starts out as a naive girl who dreams of being a great warrior like her mother, Queen Hippolyta (Connie Nielsen), and aunt General Antiope (Robin Wright), but she is purposely being held back in her warrior training to keep secret an important truth about her. But when Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) crash-lands on the hidden island Wonder Woman lives on, Themyscira, she witnesses firsthand what the god of war, Ares, has done to man, and she sets out to destroy him and free mankind of his hold on them.
Jenkins has laid out a great setup with Diana's backstory: her thirst to be the warrior she was meant to be, some amazing CGI-fueled fight sequences. But what has ruined many superhero movies (yes, the DC ones, but also many Marvel titles) is the added human element. Jenkins uses a fish-out-of-water scene in which Steve takes Diana by boat to the front lines of World War I not just to bring some lighthearted moments to a mellow part of the movie, but also to start the groundwork for a relationship between Diana and Steve.
It works perfectly and creates some very humorous moments as Diana tries to become accustomed to the world beyond Themyscira (especially when she's dumbfounded about why all the women are subservient to the men).
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They do that sometimes, but I haven't seen a bad review of it yet. This is surprising, because early on nobody in the Hollywood media gave it or Gal Godot a chance, they were trashing it before filming began.
There are reviews all over the internet from regular unpaid people who love it. Here is just one:
REVIEW for WONDER WOMAN (2017) "Exceeded my Expectations & Beyond!"
I'd expect that it might be over-hyped from the female audience, but that review is all young black men, not really the demographic the film is aiming at. This looks to be the biggest movie of the summer.
I can’t wait for “Mr. Ed” the movie!! It’s like I always say : Movies are the new TV.
Business Insider is yet another left-wing business publication, JSYK.
When was there ever a good Superman movie, let alone a “masterwork”? Superman is a boring character, and all the Superman movies are boring.
Good point sir.
The only superwoman i knew was my late mother
They should have gone with Kathiern McPhee
Funny!
And next, The Love Bug.
Oh, wait. They did that again, back in 1997! Had Mrs. George Stephanopoulos in it!
Let's see. How about The Nutty Professor? (already redone, in 1996).
Son of Flubber? There's a goldmine!
Hollywood is a joke. But then that's always been true.
Not my kind of thing.
Batman Begins is the masterpiece in the Nolan trilogy. The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises were letdowns in comparison to the first one.
That it is , WW may be a good movie, but you won't hear objective truth from BI.
I don’t care if she is naked, I’m not paying a cent to some holyweird movie which has a girl hero wonder why women are acying subservient...again, a subtle strike at Christian premises...a biblical way would not be straightforward subservience without much live for God and subservience to Him before one can expect such from one’s wife...only out of love.
I don’t care if she is naked, I’m not paying a cent to some holyweird movie which has a girl hero wonder why women are acying subservient...again, a subtle strike at Christian premises...a biblical way would not be straightforward subservience without much live for God and subservience to Him before one can expect such from one’s wife...only out of love.
Dr. Phillip Barbay: What did he want?
Diane: Oh! What do ALL men want?
Dr. Phillip Barbay: He wants you to dress up as Wonder Woman? Tie him up with a golden lariat and force him to tell the truth?
First two were good, though I don’t care to see them again. Rises was a foul POS. And making Zack Snyder the chief architect of the DCCU is a bad, bad move. MOS and BvS are a rotten foundation on which to build a universe.
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