Wonder Woman - A Fresh Light in the DC Film Universe

Saïd Taghmaoui, Chris Pine, Gal Gadot, Eugene Brave Rock, & Ewen Bremner 
Going into this movie everyone had high hopes. I know I did. After “Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice” set up a ton I mean a ton of different story lines in the DC universe, I was really disappointed that it didn’t focus much on the main story-line as it should have. Next came “Suicide Squad” which was a great movie, but the main thing that killed fans was Jared Leto’s (Dallas Buyers Club) version of the Joker. Now we have Wonder Woman with her own origin story film debuting this past weekend, and I have to say this is what DC needs to do with all its films.  

  “Wonder Woman” explores how Diana (Gal Gadot - Furious 7), princess of the Amazons, became the hero we've all read about in the comics. Growing up and training to one day protect the world from the God of War Aries’ return, her destiny comes to life when a pilot, Steve Trevor portrayed by Chris Pine (Star Trek), crashes a plane near her home island. After surviving an attack from German soldiers that followed Steve, he tells Diana about the Great War (a.k.a World War I), she figures it’s Aries, and she must leave her home to stop him, the war, and senseless killing.
Gal Gadot
   The dramatic and comedic tones in this whole film were perfect and well-balanced. The movie didn’t seem at all to be a somewhat or totally dark movie like the past DC movies. In other words, the comedy bits and story line were very easy to follow.  This is what I feel DC has been missing. Marvel movies such as “Iron Man” or “The Avengers” have really nailed down the formula for making a great superhero movie. However, I feel DC is beginning to finally nail their formula down as well for the DC franchise and will be quite the competitor to Marvel in the future. Let’s not forget, most importantly, all of our favorite DC hero’s movies will be just as amazing as this movie.

   I appreciate all the hard work and passion behind the making of “Wonder Woman,” especially with director Patty Jenkins (Monster) behind the camera lens. This was the first solo female action hero movie that was directed by a female director. That is definitely cool stuff, and with that said, the action sequences were great.  CGI was perfect, and the actors for each part felt just right. In all, “Wonder Woman” is a refreshing light for the DC Universe. I’m excited to see where they go from here, especially with “Justice League” coming out later this year.

   If you gave up on DC live action movies, you may want to rethink that opinion with this movie. On my movie scale I give “Wonder Woman” a 10 out of 10 with no Ben Affleck (Argo) in sight during the whole movie. Yes!

   Until next time, I’ll be loving my action movies. 




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