Wonder Woman : (70) Critics : 3.2 |
Hollywood developmental hell with a number of false starts and a host of A-list actresses slated to play the coveted role, this is the first bona fide, massive budget, female-led superhero movie to hit the big screen. By this definition itself, ‘Wonder Woman’ already had colossal expectations to meet, but with the added pressure of lifting the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) out of the murk of its dreary sub-par films, Gal Gadot had a lot of weight to carry on her shoulders. Fortunately, her first appearance in ‘Batman v Superman : Dawn of Justice’ was well received, especially as Diana Prince a.k.a. Wonder Woman managed to stand her ground alongside two comic book behemoths. She continues to ride the wave in her own solo film, adding some much-needed confidence to the DCEU but more importantly doing justice (pun obviously intended) to the iconic female superhero.
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The movie is hardly perfect - there are flaws in pacing and unevenly written secondary characters that resort to some stereotyping. Weak and shallow villains - the plague of superhero films – also infect ‘Wonder Woman’ and become a particularly sore point in the third act. These issues tend to take you out of the film’s experience and while they don’t negate the positives listed so far, lessen its potential to reach new heights as a great comic book movie. That said – this is undoubtedly the strongest DCEU outing till now, one that will add a new world of (female) fans to the franchise, and for all the right reasons.
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The movie is hardly perfect - there are flaws in pacing and unevenly written secondary characters that resort to some stereotyping. Weak and shallow villains - the plague of superhero films – also infect ‘Wonder Woman’ and become a particularly sore point in the third act. These issues tend to take you out of the film’s experience and while they don’t negate the positives listed so far, lessen its potential to reach new heights as a great comic book movie. That said – this is undoubtedly the strongest DCEU outing till now, one that will add a new world of (female) fans to the franchise, and for all the right reasons.
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