WONDER WOMAN Review
It seems easy to have kick-ass action in superhero films nowadays but there seems to be a lack of connection. Not here.
Gal Gadot nails the honesty and earnestness of Christopher Reeve’s Superman, mixed with the kick-ass resolve of Christian Bale’s Batman. What’s more, I loved the theme and layers — and there are plenty of them, including a very well thought out thesis on the nature of humankind, a naive desire for our evils to be summed up in one villain, and the price paid for growing up. Holy crap, I even loved Chris Pine in this.
There’s a moment in the movie that made me smile from ear to ear, one that is as an emotional iconic moment as Superman asking Zod to step outside, or Batman soaring down the staircase at Arkham while thousands of bats swirl around him. Here, Diana decides not to listen to reason from her companions and decides to stand her moral ground. She walks to a ladder in a World War 1 trench and reveals what she is, what a hero is, what a legend is.
Do you know cool that is to say? In a shared universe franchise that has so far disappointed with its versions of Superman, Batman and the Suicide Squad? I hope this is the course correction DCEU is making.*
*EDIT: I wrote this when WW came out. Since then, despite some fairly good moment, Justice League underperformed in both the course correction department. Sigh.
