‘Wonder Woman’ Currently Holds A 95% On Rotten Tomatoes

While we are a few days away from the film’s release, the first reviews have now hit the web as critics are sharing their thoughts on the new DC film. Though not as technically masterful as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – the level of visual craft is practically the only thing you can’t diss about that movie – Wonder Woman gets by on its style. Director Patty Jenkins revealed that she could’ve opted for the R-rating, but she couldn’t do it for the sake of Wonder Woman’s young fans. The backdrop of war is grim, but the characters remain true and finally here’s a DC movie with real warmth and humor – mostly in the form of banter between Gadot and Pine. This story is seemingly more grounded, emotionally compelling, thoughtful, and looks less like a video game than the comparable DCEU films that came before it.

For the first 40 minutes or so, it is a woman-dominated film.

IGN’s Joshua Yehl also gave Wonder Woman a resounding thumbs up, describing the film as “leaps and bounds above the other three entries in the DCEU”. Director Jenkins and her star have created a hell of a summer thrill ride, built not from clay but from whip-smart direction, solid performances, and action sequences that you can actually follow and see.

In all, “Wonder Woman” is a honest improvement on the DC films we have seen of late, and there is a lot of fun to be had with the film. Perhaps seeing her and Supergirl made me the man I am today, one who doesn’t think twice about including diverse people. She’s the sort of superhero we rarely get anymore – a role model. But at the same time, I had to focus on my responsibility, which was to help tell the story in the most interesting and original way and authentic way that I could and give it my 100% effort. In fact, the training to become Wonder Woman was more intensive than being in the army. Following a brief modern day opening, the movie plays as an extended flashback in which we first meet Diana as a little girl (Lilly Aspell) on the island of Themyscira, where an all-female population known as the Amazons live in secret from the rest of the outside world (a history recounted in neat expository animation).

Once she gets to our world, well, you know the drill: There is a World War; there is a villain trying to get their hands on a bad thing; there is a small, ragtag team that undertakes a risky mission to stop said villain. Wonder Woman opens June 2. His prediction comes all too true, leading Diana to make a decision that will change her life and destiny. Every scene she’s in, powerfully executed. And finally on Wonder Woman we had the chance to go and dig deep, and really establish this handsome character…

Handsome US Army spy Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) crash-lands in the sea close to the island and Diana rescues him from a watery grave. “She’s all about truth and love and equality and compassion”.

“Diana is set apart from most comic book superheroes by her gender, but it’s her approach to justice that I believe really makes her unique”, Gal Gadot claims.

Chris Pine, meanwhile, takes on the usually thankless job of being the male sex-object in a female-driven movie – and does it with class and charisma.

The first act of the movie takes place on Themyscira, the island hidden away by Zeus and populated with Amazonian women bred for the sole objective of protecting mankind if and when Ares, the God of War, rises again. When Diana is intent on pursuing Danny Huston’s Ludendorff, the evil German general behind the manufacture and deployment of devastating chemical weapons developed by sidekick Dr. Maru (Elena Anaya), Trevor assembles a rag-tag bunch of misfit soldiers to accompany her. With eager fans unlikely to bemoan the film’s length or its lapses in narrative energy, Wonder Woman will conquer their hearts as it makes its way around the globe.