Wonder Woman fits snugly into the mold of a nice, organised, light entertainment superhero flick. But it fits so well that it is a bland and blatant copy of the Marvel formula. And then the only area that you wish it DID copy Marvel (post-/mid-credits tease), and it DOESN'T! It is a total washout.

Gal Gadot should be nominated at The Razzies for Worst Actress. I wonder if they still have enough balls left to do that - I doubt it.

I had a hard time seeing Wonder Woman as a Marvel copy, one of the last 2 Marvel's I've seen Ant-Man and Dr. Strange do so much better in creating an origin story in their own way. I didn't even like Ant-Man much, but it has some nice comedic timing. Wonder Woman would be closest to Marvel's Thors. In short I feel Marvel has just much higher production values than DC, like they do things with care, while at the DC universe there seem to be too many forces at play that disrupt any attempt at making a good film.

Without a doubt, Wonder Woman is the Thor equivalent in the DC universe, both in design and quality. And Ant-Man is a relative masterpiece compared to Thor, Thor: The Dark World, and Wonder Woman.

I had to laugh at this poster when I first saw it, but now I totally get why they added Pine. He is the best part of the film. Even in such a girl power film, a man is the best aspect. No matter how shit it looks on the poster from a design perspective, it makes total sense to add him because he steals the show from a poor, poor female lead.

I really like Gal Gadot, I think she makes a fine Wonder Woman too, but just not a great one. I really liked her in BvS, it was one of the better aspects. I thought her supporting role as the wife-of in Criminal (very underrated film) was great too. Great as Gisele in the Fast series too, funny in Keeping up with the Joneses. Given her Wonder Woman character it's own film was a mistake though. Pine saves it indeed.

The fact that more people here are hating this than the hot garbage fire that was Batman v. Superman makes absolutely no sense.

BvS is not a good film, but I had much more fun with that.

While Wonder Woman doesn't have a "Martha" moment, it's just so bland and unexciting.
BvS f'd up to be an epic film but at least it tried, Wonder Woman seemed perfectly content at being average and I respect it even less for that.
I can see people liking Wonder Woman sure, but have real difficulty understanding for anyone considering it at the same level as Logan.

*sees the film is about a woman who is powerful*

nah, it makes sense.

I mean its really only 3 people who didn't like it, only one of which could actually being accused of disliking it for sexist reasons (though I don't think that is the case). On the other hand, saying we only liked the movie because of sex politics is also nonsense. Everyone "wanted" BVS to be "more", but it wasn't.

Well, yes, I was making a joke.

So much win. This film is everything I wanted it to be

A

BJs Grade:

A

Best DCU movie, loved it.

This

At no point did I get the impression that Wonder Woman was super in any way. She looks dainty and she did nothing (because Gadot is such a bad actress) to dispel that.

I am really surprised with the praise this movie is getting even here in KJ, I thought the reviewers here would not be as forgiving of the flaws that the RT critics are just passing over.

I am not totally surprised. The same portion of KJ also thinks that Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones are funny.

I'm a fan of the Thor movies. Mythic, sword and shield stuff. I rank them higher than most people do in the MCU movies. I'm also a sucker for origin stories. I also tend to be blinded to faults because of familiar actors being in a movie (Professor Lupin from Harry Potter). So naturally and unsurprisingly I loved Wonder Woman. No Man's Land gave me goosebumps and I ate up the origin story. I was surprised I also really liked Chris Pine. I thought his character might be a throwaway, but it wasn't. And I loved Gal Gadot as Diana. Is it perfect? Not quite. But it struck me as incredibly rewatchable and the length didn't bother me at all. I'd put it in the same league of comic movies as Iron Man, Avengers, and Guardians. The best DC movie (though I am quite a fan of Man of Steel).

A

They are. Just not necessarily together. Or if you're Leslie Jones, on Saturday Night Live, who can't read a cue card to save her life.

You like them too, except McKinnon.

Initial thoughts:

Very enjoyable. Not so much as the Guardians of the Galaxy films (those are my favorite superhero pictures) but up there.

Great acting, good direction, script could have been better, maybe a bit more character development so I cared more about them all...

A few too many "flashback / As you know, Bob" bits. Starts off in the present, goes back to childhood, then there's a flashback / story in childhood, then goes to adulthood where she meets guy who does another flashback / story about the war... you get the idea.

This island has had no contact with the rest of the planet for how many thousands of years yet she not only can speak English but modern English as well?

But I really liked the character, glad she took charge and was the hero, and look forward to more.

Good try, smart ass. But I never said they were funny.

I really wanted to like this, but count me as one of those guys whose completely dumb founded by all the praise. I didn't outright hate it, but outside the No Man's Land sequence this is such a stale and generic, superhero origin film IMO. I agree that MoS, BvS and SS all have major problems, but even at their worst they are still better than anything in this. At least I could tell those movies had somekind of energy behind their direction while this is just routine and uninteresting for the most part. I mean maybe I'm missing something, but the whole first hour already had me bored out of my mind. Sure Themyscira looked pretty, but the Amazons weren't the least bit interesting as characters outside of seeing them in action and it's weird how closed off they are from the rest of the world yet they can speak perfect, modern day English.

I am also one of the few that has defended Gal Cadot in the past although I understand she is not a great actress, but this movie finally showed me that maybe she is the wrong choice to lead a film. Not saying she's awful, but she just doesn't have enough charisma or screen presence to truly create a character you can truly get invested in. Chris Pine was ok, but he honestly seemed to just be playing himself, but if we really have to get into why I didn't enjoy this film it has to be the dog shit, piss poor excuse for villains. Danny Huston is a talented actor, but I am so fucking sick of seeing him being reduced to these same old stock villain roles. Ares and Dr. Poison are no better and all three might as well have been playing villains in a cartoon because that's about all I got out of them. Oh and that third act/final fight is no fucking better than any of the other previous DCEU films.

1. Man of Steel
2. Wonder Woman
3. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
4. Suicide Squad

1. Wonder Woman - A
2. Man of Steel - A-/B+
3. Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (Extended, never watched the theatrical edit) - A-/B+
4. Suicide Squad - B

1. Suicide Squad
2. Man of Steel
3. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
4. Wonder Woman

1. Man of Steel (B+)
2. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (C)
3. Suicide Squad (D+)
4. Wonder Woman (D)



This didn't bother me at all though, after all she (they) speak "100" languages and the English was with a twist of ancient "greek" accent which I actually found appealing.