Written by James M. Tate / 6/04/2017 / No comments / 2017 , chris pine , comic book , gal gadot , new
END OF THE WEEKEND REVIEW OF 'WONDER WOMAN'
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Wonder Woman Gal Gadot posing in front of a Weezer logo YEAR: 2017 |
Which makes perfect sense in the WONDER WOMAN origin story because — she's no ordinary dame. Even living on an island with a race of Amazon beauties, who spend their long days practice-fighting in a slow-motion MATRIX style fashion, she stands out and alone — the only vixen with powers far beyond her kind. Superpowers, indeed...
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Lynda... who? |
The action scenes, continuing the MATRIX style slow-mo... bullets moving like flying snails along with people being rammed at high speed, and then pummeling fifty yards backward... are perpetually in-check with an anti-war message that quite simply — gets in the way: Of not only the thrills but the storyline...
Instead of fully developing the characters around Diana as she follows Steve onto the Front Lines, where she thinks the God of War exists in this "War to End All Wars" while meeting three of his forgettable buddies, there's a barrage of lectures spouting from our title heroine — not the typical Hollywood-preachy but more like an unscathed child to an experienced father. Her naiveté obviously masks what the writers are trying to say about mankind (there's even a hackneyed, forced reminder of how bad the Native Americans had it), while Chris Pine, despite looking good for the part and great as Captain Kirk in the new STAR TREK franchise, isn't witty or caustic enough to make for a stunned semi-straight-man for this surreal woman's bizarre reality...
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Foreign poster of Wonder Woman |
But since this WONDER WOMAN is so outrageously gorgeous and mysterious, wielding powers straight from the gods, a more humorous and realistic sense of comparably inferior Reaction is very much needed. Then again, the two do click, visually. And the flaws are partially made up for by an adventure that takes the viewer into several locations where, to quote the old pulp radio shows, Danger lurks around every corner...
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WONDERScore: **1/2 |
And like the first CAPTAIN AMERICA, having a superhero movie take place in the historic past makes for villains that feel tacked-on, unrealistic and, for the most part, unnecessary. In either World War I or II, while up against the massive German army, a primary (fictional) Antagonist adds up to a sprinkler in the ocean. Sure, they're needed to move the story along, and this is a comic book tale. But in WONDER WOMAN, the enemies are a mere afterthought. But hey, on the lighter side, this time the folks at DC lessened their narcissistic whining and brooding, going all out to please the audience: most of whom will ignore any faults and simply enjoy the ride. And with the price of admission so high, why the hell not?
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