I'm curious to know why though, care to elaborate a bit ? Trolls claiming "it sucks, because I said it sucks" and other BS are certainly annoying, but thought-out criticism is always valued IMO. So fire away, friend !
Alrighty!
My mini review of Wonder Woman....
So it started out fine enough. I quite liked all the island stuff with Diana training – And since I had heard the island stuff is the least interesting in the movie, I was thinking “Oh man this is going to be good!”.
And then of course when Gal Gadot shows up, and is stunning as always, I figured “well even if this WERE bad, man, I could just watch her for two hours!”
When the Germans showed up I started to get the DC vibe happening.The fight scenes were all the Zach Schneider sped up, slowed down stuff - that I've never been a fan of - and yet it wasn't a Zack Schneider movie. So I was thinking “oh man... are they going to keep this in the same style as the other DC movies... is this moviegoing to get dreary and grey soon?”
Cuz I was kind of hoping this would be the “Guardians of the Galaxy” of this DC universe. The more fun film of the series.
Then they arrive in England and Diana said it exactly right “It's hideous”... and that's how the rest of the movie looked –hideous.
I'm not sure why the DC movies need to be so dark and miserable.Greys and browns.
So at this point we just fall into another “fish out of water”movie. It's the smurfs in New York. He-Man in New York.
Diana in England.
The only good thing is, again, Gal Gadot plays the fish out of water well. I did like her constant “Where's the war???”questions and her wanting to get there NOW.
But then we're in a boring military meeting. Where everything is boring and grey and bland... even the dialogue.
We have German enemies, but it's WW1, so it's not the really interesting German villains. And the evil Germans they choose to focus on are really bland and boring. Just stand in villains to move the plot. They want to create a gas that gets past gas masks? That's the big evil plot?
I guess it beats a power crystal plot.
Anyway, the villains were boring... and I didn't really care what they were doing. At no point did they do anything that made me want Wonder Woman beat their ass down. Don't get me wrong... obviously snuffing out women and children with gas is bad, but it isn't a personal affront to Diana. She's stepping into someone else's battle.
This is how I see it:
The Joker was out to get Batman and Gotham
Lex was out to get Superman and Batman
Vader was after the plans Luke was carrying
Kylo wanted the info Rey had in her head
These Germans didn't even know Wonder Woman existed. She was justsome costumed ringer coming into the battle she knew nothing about...politics or otherwise.
For example.... look at Ego from Guardians Vol. 2. He had this whole cool story about searching for life, wanting to spread his being throughout the universe... then you find out he gave Peter Quills mother CANCER. And you see how much that affects Quill -finding his father and then at the same time finding out his father is the one who killed his mother. You want to see Ego taken down by Quill. There's a satisfaction in him begging Quill not to kill him...trying to bargain his way out, telling Quill he'll lose his immortality.
Diana was fighting two German's she had ZERO connection to, and then in the end, the villain is revealed to be a guy we saw for like1 minute previously. Who cares?
So Diana's goal is to kill Ares, and end the war. She keeps telling Chris Pine that's her quest - But as a viewer we pretty much are with Chris Pine that Ares doesn't exist, and so not sure if this is even a possible goal. I didn't buy that the guy snorting gas was going to be Ares, it was a clear red herring, so I figured we were going to learn that Ares is just the evil in the heart of man...
Nope...
He's just a big powerful god that can get covered in rock and attack her.... Just like how Ego attacked Quill...
Except that Ego had clear goals... And we knew him the whole movie. He didn't just show up in the last act.
Oh and the second they said “God Killer” I went “it's not the sword... it's Diana”. I can't be the only one who saw that a mile away.
So in summation:
The Good:
- Gal Gadot – Great Wonder Woman. Total Bad Ass.
- Chris Pine – I just like the guy, great Charisma.
- The Island moments and training
- When it was over
- That I didn't have to wait for an end credits scene.
The Bad:
- The boring 1 dimensional villains.
- The boring 1 dimensional mega boss that I has zero investment in. Just a dude with a mustache.
- The bland cinematography. Grey boring palette. I would blame it on being a war time movie, but all the DC movies look like this.
- Boring war scenes. I kind of wish it was at least WW2... but I think Marvel has that all locked up. DC probably didn't want to be called out on trying to mimic Marvel with Cap and Agent Carter, etc.
I really really wanted to love this movie. I'm not a DC hater. I love Batman. I loved the Dark Knight Rises... it's one of my all time favorite movies, and it's just a complete mess!
But this had NO fun... No “F##K YEAH!!!” moments (though I was hoping the first time she gets on the battle field as Wonder Woman he movie would finally kick in... it didn't – for me)
And finally, two quick questions for the other viewers who maybe didn't miss the explanation...
When the Germans first come through the shield hiding the island... wasn't there a battleship? What happened to it? Maybe I imagined that.
And was it just the 3D that made some scenes so dark you could barely see faces? It's especially noticeable when you're bored, and you want, at the very least, to just stare at Gal Gadot to make it worth staying to the end... but you can't see damn thing cuz everything is so damn dark!
Guess I'll just go see Guardians 2 for the fourth time and stare at Gamora... The well lit, Gamora.
I guess this wasn't so "mini" a review... oops.