Movie Review - Wonder Woman

Star Rating: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰

Storyline - 

'Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when a pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers and her true destiny.' - imdb

Review- 

As an origin film I feel that Wonder Woman actually missed the most interesting aspects of Diana's and the Amazonian's history, certain things like the backstory of why the Amazonians wear the gauntlets, or why Diana wears the outfit/colours she does were overlooked. This seemingly minor details are actually fundamental knowledge to who Wonder Woman is. Most of this is covered in the animated movie 'Wonder Woman' from 2009, which I recommend watching beforehand.

For example, the relationship between Diana and her mother, Hippolyta, also strayed from what I expected. Whilst their relationship can be strained when it comes to diplomatic matters, there has never been any helicopter parenting, as the film leads you to believe, as Diana is trained as a warrior as soon as she could hold a sword.

I found there also needed to be more relationship building between Diana and Steve Trevor, it felt their time together was too brief to inspire anything outside of lust, which really bothered me.

And whilst I did enjoy the artful slow-mo fighting sequences, there were a few moment where you could see the cast pulling punches, which often ruined the intense action scenes. The lasso also had this issue, as the way it lit up was borderline cartoon-ish. In fact, I don't understand why it lit up whilst she was using it to fight. As it only light ups when it is used to interrogate someone, and she was definitely not talking to the Germans she was whipping  about.

The casting  for Ares was also bothersome, as the actors voice is not strong nor menacing enough for Ares and his role in this film. There was one subtle hint that I did appreciate, that I doubt many of you noticed. At the gala, after Diana has finished dancing Ludendorff, there is a set of bull horns hanging on the wall and Ludendorff's head a lines perfectly with them before storming off.

All in all, this movie is great for the fighting scenes but not much else. It skimps over a lot of the symbolism in Wonder Woman herself, and misses several opportunities to build on the character and her powers.

💜MetalandTeacups 

Information - 

Release Date: 2 Jun 2017

Time: 2hr 21mins

Cast:

	Gal Gadot	...	Diana
	Chris Pine	...	Steve Trevor
	Connie Nielsen	...	Hippolyta