Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman is wonder-full. It has been said before me but it must be said as much as possible. Wonder Woman truly is a magnificent feminist film, from on screen to behind the camera. Patty Jenkins has been fighting to make this movie for the last 12 years and she was the absolute best choice for the job. She takes the character of Diana Prince back to her feminist roots and pushes back the decades of Diana slowly being delegated to eye candy. Throughout the film the traditional roles of women being ogled and the men being strong are flipped on their head where it is the male bodies that are emphasized and admired while Diana shows more strength than any of her male counterparts. There is literally a scene where Diana stares and admired Chris Pine's naked body in a hilarious reversal of Hollywood norms. She is also given tremendous agency throughout the film by her constantly choosing her own actions and forcing men to react to her, not the other way around. I will be the first to admit my fault in judging Gal Gadot's performance before seeing her in the film. While she still doesn't especially fit the Amazonian body type, she acts her butt off to make up for any issues, bypassing any hate and showing off her awesomeness and decisiveness. If this film is the model for what DC will be doing in the future then the future is bright. If this is an anomaly it is a bright one but will have to have all other films held up to it with what could have been. The biggest plot issue with the film is the emphasis on world war 1 because wonder woman claims to want to protect the world and help mankind know the power of Love but then there is absolutely no mention of anything after 1920. This was done to avoid comparisons to Captain America but it still doesn’t make sense. World War II was much more barbaric than World War I and we have to assume she did nothing. Ten there are the countless wars between then and now, from Vietnam, Nigerian Civil War, the Chechen wars and many others. At least Captain America had the excuse of being frozen in a glacier, what's her excuse? Other than that glaring hole, the film is fantastic and we absolutely need a sequel to be focused on more than any other planned DC movie.

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