I don't understand the words 'mankind' and 'man's world'. As if the entire globe is full of men and women r only in Themyscira. Entire Amazons keep saying that Men are easily corruptible and do not deserve their help. Then who is Isabel Maru? A man disguised as woman? Right from the beginning, the Amazons are portrayed as blatant sexists. Here it's a woman who creates the most dangerous weapon and intends to use it to kill millions. But it doesn't matter. All that the Amazons want is to blame Men. Even if the crime is committed by a woman also, a man should be blamed. Perhaps humankind is the apt word and pretty sure that the Amazons are aware of such a word but still they will use mankind only. Don't know whether it's how they are written in the comics, but it's disgusting and stupid. I've not read any comics but have watched a lot of dc animated shows and films. But not in one have I found a proper origin story for Amazons. Every story seems stupid, and in every story the Amazons are stupid.
Here it's too cliched and baseless. The antagonist Ares is so underwritten that by the time he makes his appearance it doesn't have an impact. The dialogues are so dull and cliched.
There are a lot of plot holes.
A) Why was Hippolyta hiding the truth about Diana's birth from Diana? Because if Diana knows it, then Ares will find her soon. That's a dumb queen. Diana is going after Ares. The truth could actually help her.
B) Who is the Chief? He seems to be a well known character in the army but we don't know what he is.
C) Sameer can speak lots of language. But there was no use for it apart of showing off to Diana which ended in a miserable failure.
D) Charlie seems to be a marksman but never does he show his skills. Even Diana asks the same to which Sameer gives an unnecessary unrelated speech. Apparently Charlie is there just to sing. Are they going to War or picnic?
E) I don't know what's Diana's mission. Is it to kill Ares, Stop the war and save millions of people, women and children? Or is it just to kill Ares and stop the war? In No man's land She fights to save the women, Children and innocent people of Veld. But when she kills Ludendorff (whom she believed to be Ares) and the war doesn't end, she backs off. She is like "Oh Men are inherently corrupted by birth. Let them kill themselves and all the innocent people, women and children. I don't care." Spoken like a true Hero. And when Steve sacrifices himself to save millions, she suddenly has a change of heart. Looks like she backed off to save herself and let Steve do the sacrifice. She is strong enough to go hand to hand with Superman. She can withstand the Hydrogen bombs, but she won't do that. True noble warrior.
F) In the climax, Ares had the upper hand over Diana in the beginning. That makes sense, he is God of War. But Diana though referred to as a god, she is not actually a God. Yet she turns the table and kills Ares. How? Because she believes in LOVE. Probably the writers couldn't find any reason to how Diana could kill Ares, so chose to go the Love way. That's too cliched and stupid. To be specific, it's romantic love. Not mother's love or any other kind of love. It would be apt to call the Amazons and especially Diana as Hypocrites. Not noble warriors.
There are a lot other plotholes too. One could write a book with all of them.
In terms of casting, very poor. I don't know why a lot of people celebrated this film and Gadot. She looks like a Cosplayer dressed as wonder woman. She is neither an actor. She is a model who had some military training. Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis - they are actors. Gadot is totally unfit for this role. Her action scenes where so dull. She is just stretching her legs and doing some gymnastics. Heard people praising her for doing this role while she was pregnant. Who asked her to do at the time? Take maternity leave, deliver the baby and return to work once she is back to form. Don't know how long do I have to brace myself and watch her being cast as Wonder Woman. No wonder why DC films can't compete with Marvel. One of the reasons for Marvel film's success is their casting. Like the Actors were born to play the character.
Moreover Captain America The First Avenger has a lot of similarities to Wonder Woman in terms of story and characters. Only stark difference is Captain America is a good film, while Wonder Woman is second worst in DC following Suicide Squad.
The only aspects that were commendable here are the cinematography and the background score. Otherwise this is a one-time watch film to be watched only for a continuity in Justice League story.
Here it's too cliched and baseless. The antagonist Ares is so underwritten that by the time he makes his appearance it doesn't have an impact. The dialogues are so dull and cliched.
There are a lot of plot holes.
A) Why was Hippolyta hiding the truth about Diana's birth from Diana? Because if Diana knows it, then Ares will find her soon. That's a dumb queen. Diana is going after Ares. The truth could actually help her.
B) Who is the Chief? He seems to be a well known character in the army but we don't know what he is.
C) Sameer can speak lots of language. But there was no use for it apart of showing off to Diana which ended in a miserable failure.
D) Charlie seems to be a marksman but never does he show his skills. Even Diana asks the same to which Sameer gives an unnecessary unrelated speech. Apparently Charlie is there just to sing. Are they going to War or picnic?
E) I don't know what's Diana's mission. Is it to kill Ares, Stop the war and save millions of people, women and children? Or is it just to kill Ares and stop the war? In No man's land She fights to save the women, Children and innocent people of Veld. But when she kills Ludendorff (whom she believed to be Ares) and the war doesn't end, she backs off. She is like "Oh Men are inherently corrupted by birth. Let them kill themselves and all the innocent people, women and children. I don't care." Spoken like a true Hero. And when Steve sacrifices himself to save millions, she suddenly has a change of heart. Looks like she backed off to save herself and let Steve do the sacrifice. She is strong enough to go hand to hand with Superman. She can withstand the Hydrogen bombs, but she won't do that. True noble warrior.
F) In the climax, Ares had the upper hand over Diana in the beginning. That makes sense, he is God of War. But Diana though referred to as a god, she is not actually a God. Yet she turns the table and kills Ares. How? Because she believes in LOVE. Probably the writers couldn't find any reason to how Diana could kill Ares, so chose to go the Love way. That's too cliched and stupid. To be specific, it's romantic love. Not mother's love or any other kind of love. It would be apt to call the Amazons and especially Diana as Hypocrites. Not noble warriors.
There are a lot other plotholes too. One could write a book with all of them.
In terms of casting, very poor. I don't know why a lot of people celebrated this film and Gadot. She looks like a Cosplayer dressed as wonder woman. She is neither an actor. She is a model who had some military training. Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis - they are actors. Gadot is totally unfit for this role. Her action scenes where so dull. She is just stretching her legs and doing some gymnastics. Heard people praising her for doing this role while she was pregnant. Who asked her to do at the time? Take maternity leave, deliver the baby and return to work once she is back to form. Don't know how long do I have to brace myself and watch her being cast as Wonder Woman. No wonder why DC films can't compete with Marvel. One of the reasons for Marvel film's success is their casting. Like the Actors were born to play the character.
Moreover Captain America The First Avenger has a lot of similarities to Wonder Woman in terms of story and characters. Only stark difference is Captain America is a good film, while Wonder Woman is second worst in DC following Suicide Squad.
The only aspects that were commendable here are the cinematography and the background score. Otherwise this is a one-time watch film to be watched only for a continuity in Justice League story.