Wonder Woman

I am, perhaps thankfully, missing out on a lot of the baggage that's been associated with this movie. I don't pin hopes for gender equality on it, since that be a given regardless. I never really followed the character and comics, picking up general info tangentially. I have memories of watching the old TV show, but no real opinion or connection to it. If there's anything that might cause me to prejudge the movie, it's how the last handful of DC-based movies simply haven't appealed to me. Everything I've heard second-hand (which is a fair bit) makes me feel DC missed the mark with those.

Wonder Woman is good.

Some of the CGI is a little "meh," but not so bad. The movie feels a little long to me, but I can't think of much I would choose to cut. I've heard it said that the WW1 setting makes it harder to connect for a modern audience, but I didn't feel much of that. Really, it works. There are some solid action pieces. I wouldn't give much in the way of points for humor, but there's some genuine charm to Diana's naivete among the society of "Man." The supporting characters aren't highly memorable, but they serve their purpose, giving perspective or lessons to Diana along the way.

Overall, I quite enjoyed it. I didn't move me like GotG, but it was a fun ride. And it sets its main character up as a superhero. Not a grimdark vigilante, a troubled genius, or someone coming to terms with super powers. She steps up as an idol and archtype in a way that I would expect of a major DC hero like Superman without losing nuance as an individual. And that makes for good entertainment.

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