Just got done.
So,it was....decent.
It was pretty much exactly what I figured it would be. A perfunctory if formulaic origin story that follows the usual comic book film skips and beats.
It's not great,and the praise of it being up there with the genres best is laughable.
It's just inoffensive and there. People that love that marvel mediocrity formula will have no reason not to love this.
Personally, I value ambition over all else. Always have,from music to movies. I can forgive flaws when something is aiming for something different.
This is just a generic crowd pleaser and there's nothing really wrong with that I guess,even expected when it comes to origin films like this.
On the positive side Gal Gadot is perfect. She embodies the role and completely owns it. I suspect we can finally have people shut the fukk up about her acting after this because this is definitely a career defining/character defining performance. She's charming,charismatic,and when the times come for it she carries the heavier moments.
One thing that did surprise me is the film IS heavier/darker than you'd expect. It actually works in nice contrast to Diana as the beacon of hope.
The action is great(for the most part),and snyder's influence is all over it as expected. In particular the "no man's land" scene will go down as an iconic scene.
The two biggest problems of the film are the villains and the final act.
For a truly great/classic cbm you have to have top notch villains. These ones are forgettable at best. They aren't offensively bad like enchantress but they're just there,little more than plot devices. Like zemo in civil war.
Which leads into the final act and what's also becoming very fukking tiring in the genre. The need to have a big, climatic cgi battle. It just feels at odds with the rest of the film. It's just boring and so unnecessary. I literally rolled my eyes. Ares design is cool but that's all the positives I can say. He's hammy as fukk.
The humour isn't over bearing and feels natural. They aren't pounding you over the head with stupid quips to make sure you know you're supposed to be having fun.
All in all, I liked it,didn't love it. It's not a film I'm going to watch many times.
For many this will be there favorite DCEU film,for me it's better than suicide squad.
6.5/10
as Diana
