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88 Wonder
Woman [2017]
Screenplay Allan Heinberg, Zach Snyder & Jason Fuchs
Director Patty Jenkins
Cinematography Matthew Jensen
Music Rupert
Gregson-Williams
Leads Gal
Gadot, Chris Pine, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen,
Ewen Bremner, Lucy Davis, Elena Anaya, Saïd Tahmoui
Production DC Films, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Tencent
Pictures, Wanda Pictures, Atlas Entertainment, Cruel and Unusual Films
IMDb 7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes 92%
I’m
not a huge fan of the superhero genre. It’s just all a bit too Hollywood –
action-packed scenes, gorgeous leading guys and girls, a stereotypical villain,
one liners etc. etc. They are the sort of films I switch to when I’m eating
dinner and checking my phone. The film will already be an hour in and it’ll
keep me amused in the background while I’m busy doing life’s admin, like this
blog! Batman is usually a different story – I’ll let you have that one –
but DC and Marvel films often don’t float my boat. Recently, however, this film
and Black Panther have been picking up rave reviews, so I thought I
should see what all the fuss is about and hope positive reviews weren’t blurred
by the current fight for equality in Hollywood. On that subject, and without
trying to sound too chauvinistic, Gal Gadot is out of this world. The perfect
woman to play the ultimate woman (although her recent comments about Steven
Hawking were perhaps too similar to what Diana may have said – having not lived
in the real world). I thought she was good as Wonder Woman/Diana, princess of
the Amazons, and Chris Pine supported her well, they had good on-screen
chemistry. The cast around them were pretty good too. Special shout out to Dawn
(Lucy Davis) from The Office who was the funniest character in this film
despite her short appearance. I must admit it was weird to have such a strong
female presence on screen, with constant jokes aimed against men, but it’s
about bloody time. Men need to be put back in their place a whole lot more. Let’s
not get into that today though. The cinematography is on point, and so it
should be. I’m afraid to say that the message behind this film is far stronger
than the film itself. As much as I found myself loving the strong female
presence, I wasn’t actually enjoying the film as a whole all that much. Put it
on after you’ve devoured a Sunday roast, you might love it, but you’ve also got
the option of sinking into a food coma snooze.
Acting 3 / 4
Writing 2 / 4
Cinematography 3.5 / 4
Music 2 / 4
HWF rating 2.5 / 4