Pretty good. It's a comic book super hero (super heroine) movie. I haven't paid much attention to Wonder Woman since I stopped reading comic books around age 14 or so. Gal Godot plays a great Wonder Woman. She has the looks, she has the figure. She gets a great part and a lot of good lines. A lot of good costumes too. The flick opens on the Amazon's magic island (I missed the name) inhabited by lots of really hot Amazon women, and ONE really cute Amazon child, Diana. They don't talk about it, but I assume the lack of men on the island accounts for the very low birthrate. We see Diana at age 8 and then at age 14 or so, (younger actors) and as grown up (Gal Godot) The movie opens when handsome American pilot Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) crashlands a WWI monoplane just offshore (would have been cooler if it were a biplane). Diana rescues him from his sinking aircraft. There is a cool fight when WWI German infantry land from boats to capture Steve Trevor. The Amazons show up in surprising numbers and slay the Hun with swords, arrows and spears.
Shortly Steve and Diana set off for Europe to stop WWI. They leave the magic island by sailboat. Actually the prop guys should have done a little more work on that sailboat, its sails never set well, and were always luffing and it's speed thru the water was much too high. After reaching Europe we see a great set of period automobiles, all polished and shiny. Period British trains. Great period costumes. The guys are all wearing hats (fedoras for civilians). We see inside of Whitehall offices (lots of hardwood paneling and Army uniforms). We go clothes shopping in London with Diana which has some very funny bits. We see the inside of a British pub, full of ugly tough Brits who even manage to impress Diana with their toughness. We meet war weary British politicians who are ready to sign a really wimpy armistice with the Germans. And we heard what Diana thinks about wimping out.
They miss a few cool shots. Although bayonets were standard issue in all armies back then, we never see soldiers (allied or enemy) with bayonets on their rifles. We miss an opportunity to watch Diana with a sword duel with a bayonet wielding infantryman. One of Steve's buddies carries a good sniper rifle with a big telescopic sight all thru the latter half of the movie. We never see him draw a bead, center the crosshairs, and blow a bad guy away at 1000 yards.
This flick is over two hours, gets a little tedious toward the end. Really young kids won't have the patience to sit still thru out. Other than that, it's fine for kids, everyone keeps their clothes on and doesn't sleep together on screen. Lots of explosions, acrobatic fighting styles, and exciting stuff, not much blood.
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