One if the most anticipated comic book movies is out right now! All the world was waiting for the movie to come out and see the magic it could possibly do and for good reason. This is the fourth movie in the cinematic DC universe. With Man of Steel, Batman vs Superman, and Suicide Squad failing to wow us compared to Marvel's well oiled universe machine, the universe isn't so very interesting at all so far. Is it time to reboot the whole thing like they do in the comics or will Wonder Woman save the day.
Heads up Zach Snyder is involved in this, but only as one of the writers and one of the producers. Patty Jenkins who gave us Monster with Charlize Theron is director. For those who read the comics, Wonder Woman's origin story is almost the same. The movie is pretty much set in World War I and the story begins in the same way in the comics. Diana, princess of Themyscira, saves US spy Steve Trevor who crashes near the island of amazon warriors. Hearing about the war, Diana takes up the duty to help man and journey into Man's world and stop the war, oh and kill Ares because he's influencing the whole thing. No punching Hitler and there's no Amazon competition, we don't have time for that, Diana has to save the world.
Script
The script was pretty good. They captured the sense of who Wonder Woman was in the comics. Wonder Woman is not just a kickass Amazon in satin tights fighting for our rights. She is a strong woman in strength and on the inside, being just as nurturing just and caring as well. The script did a good job playing with her character who's thrown out not in Mans' world but a world that was in in decay from the war. Jenkins, the director did a great job evoking the emotion of how dire and helpless everything was in the war and how Diana experiencing it all was dealing with situation. You felt along with her seeing what she see and experiencing what she is going through and wanting to help. The best scene from the movie was the No Mans Land scene which was the heart of the movie and where you strongly felt the understanding of Diana and the movie's message. It was more than a superhero movie. More than your generic superhero origin film. It was an origin movie with purpose. Most of the reason Diana fought was more to actually help and you felt that instead of it being like other movies where the action scenes where put in to look cool or the hero learns what it is to be a hero at the end. Everything in the movie (flow, pacing, and writing) worked and was woven incredibly well. Add an emotional script with cool fighting scenes, even though that zoom effect could be kinda annoying at times and wholla: you got a interesting film.
Acting
We've seen Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman in Batman vs Superman. In that movie we only got a small glimpse of her character, but in in the title film is where Gadot shines. She got the whole innocence and purity and courage of who Diana was. The movie was Diana growing and becoming her own person in the movie in her quest to stop Ares and you got a sense of her seeing how she was learning things outside of Themyscira and Gadot portrayed that feeling beautifully. Chris Pine was surprisingly good in it as well. The chemistry between Galdot and Pine was well done. What I liked about Steve Trevor's portrayal in the film was that he was fighting alongside Diana. It wasn't just her saving the day. He didn't feel like the sidekick at all. He was there to assist in battle and guiding Diana through our world. Pine did a great job.
Final Verdict
Did Wonder Woman suck? Strangely enough that Zach Snyder had involvement, not at all. It is an epic movie where everything worked well and works well together. The acting, the writing, the pacing. It was done almost effortlessly. DC and Warner Bros. needed this film to be amazing after the bombs of Batman vs. Superman and Suicide Squad. This movie is the mark. This movie needs to be the example of how the future DC movie universe movies need to be made. Sometimes it takes a woman to set things right 4 out of five stars.
