Didn't Ares reveal in the end that Hippolyte and Zeus did get it on, which revealed that Diana is a god ("only a god can kill another god"), which is also why she referred to Ares as "brother" later? Maybe I need to see it again (and I really want to anyways) but my impression was the clay origin was just her mother trying to hide that Diana was the daughter of Zeus and the god killer.
I havent seen it yet, but isnt her original origin that she was made from clay and brought to life by Hippolyte? So no man was involved in her creation? I heard the new 52 changed it but I didnt know how, whats her origin in the movie? I might not see it on sunday now, and I dont want to have to wait to know.But wouldn't being brought to life by Zeus equal the same thing? And if Hippolyte didn't want the connection between Diana and Ares to be a thing, why be open about Zeus creating her in the first place? The New52 had Hippolyte use the clay origin to deliberately lie about the fact that Diana was the daughter of Zeus. Since no one really cares about Diana being created by Zeus, why make up the clay origin?
And since the Amazons stand for truth, I'd surmise that Hippolyte was only telling Diana part of the truth in regards to why she came to be. The clay thing? Totally happened. Zues bringing her to life? Legit. Why she was brought to life in the first place? That's what she didn't tell her. She didn't want Diana to be a weapon. She wanted a daughter.
I havent seen it yet, but isnt her original origin that she was made from clay and brought to life by Hippolyte?
I heard the new 52 changed it but I didnt know how
Did they ever address what would happen if she'd gotten shot in the movie?
My RT review...
DC finally learned their lesson and did their best to make a Marvel movie. ...and Wonder Woman can hold its head up high as the best DC movie to date and it's largely thanks to that heavy Marvel influence. Thankfully, the Zack Snyder influence isn't heavy handed and his school of how to make a bad superhero movie isn't applied to (although there is some of it present - the often agonizing slow motion fight scenes being the best example and the simply terrible sex joke).
Gal Gadot is perfect as Wonder Woman. There's a perfect blend of naivety and confidence. The rest of the cast is just overshadowed. Which is a good thing, Connie Nielsen as her mother is pretty paper thin (and with a terrible accent). Chris Pine's Steve Trevor isn't much better - a necessary stereotyped throwaway.
It's still not a perfect movie - but, it's a ton of fun and well worth seeing. It's over-the-top, glorious and just... wonderful.
Can you explain to me what a PERFECT movie is? How can we as imperfect humans make any fiction objectively perfect?
. Im excited to see WW this weekend, and I hope I agree with what all of you have been saying. And if I dont, I wont say a damn thing. :lol But firesprite has me on ignore now so she probably wont even see this. :unsure
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My RT review...
DC finally learned their lesson and did their best to make a Marvel movie. ...and Wonder Woman can hold its head up high as the best DC movie to date and it's largely thanks to that heavy Marvel influence. Thankfully, the Zack Snyder influence isn't heavy handed and his school of how to make a bad superhero movie isn't applied to (although there is some of it present - the often agonizing slow motion fight scenes being the best example and the simply terrible sex joke).
Gal Gadot is perfect as Wonder Woman. There's a perfect blend of naivety and confidence. The rest of the cast is just overshadowed. Which is a good thing, Connie Nielsen as her mother is pretty paper thin (and with a terrible accent). Chris Pine's Steve Trevor isn't much better - a necessary stereotyped throwaway.
It's still not a perfect movie - but, it's a ton of fun and well worth seeing. It's over-the-top, glorious and just... wonderful.
Hera loved Zeus a lot. So much so that if Zeus ever fathered a child with anyone else, she'd make it her number one priority to murder both the child and mother into DOOM Giblets. And guess who Zeus wanted to have an affair with next? Hippolyta. Their passionate lust for one another was so important that it was all Hippolyta would talk about for five whole freaking pages, leaving her actual love of Diana as an after thought after it's all been told. So fearing for her daughter's life, Hippolyta came up with the 'clay' origin as a ruse to hide the fact that Wonder Woman is Zeus' daughter so Hera wouldn't kill her. It doesn't last long. Hippolyta and the rest of the Amazons are confronted by Hera. Hera turns all the Amazons into snakes and Hippolyta into a stone statue. Diana comes back, sees what Hera did and leaves like nothing happened.
This new origin was a disaster upon biblical proportions, and I haven't even gotten to the part where we find out that Zeus was plotting Diana's life the whole time, or how the Amazons pro-created. It's god awful.
For a big budget movie, some of the CG in this was pretty damn spotty. Nearly every shot that had a slow motion CG replacement actor had reeeeally bad face replacement with the actress faces, and they all looked off. And Ares of course.
Did they ever address what would happen if she'd gotten shot in the movie?