Wonder Woman
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 9:19 pm
We just saw this tonight. I thought it was entertaining and very well put together. Very few times did I find the dialogue to be distractingly horrible like I expected. I thought the story overall worked well, good pacing, good if simplistic and predictable characterizations and themes. I would guess they leaned harder into keeping it in well worn straightforward good vs evil territory in a still relatively sincere seeming way after the blowback from all the failed attempts at "nuance" and a "grittier tone" of the last few DC movies. I think that's smart because I'd rather watch mediocre writers competently use sound tropes versus failing miserably at writing something beyond their depth. I enjoyed most of the action, particularly the big middle action sequence. The DC movie "god like beings fighting each other by flying into each other over and over" thing though, it doesn't do anything for me at this point. I'd much rather have something like the close quarters three-way fist fight between Captain America, Iron Man, and the Winter Soldier at the end of Civil War. Of course, it would be great if anybody could think of a way to conclude movies like these other than a climactic fist fight. Anyway, awesome to see a sound woman superhero movie and one directed by a woman as well no less. Take that, Zack Snyder! B+