Wonder Woman the movie starring Gal Gadot and Chris Pine was
wonderful and an awesome delivery pumping life into another character I relished reading
on four color pulp. While other girls were reading Nancy Drew or Bobbsey Twins
books I read comic books. Superman was my all-time favorite, the variety of
characters and their personalities were so engaging to my childhood perspective
of the “real” adult world, except I knew there was no real-life caped hero,
Mighty Mouse taught me that little fact.
The DC and Marvel comic universes have successfully delivered
pop culture comics from pulp to film much to the extreme pleasure of those of
us who would rather fall in to the thrilling fantasy of graphic depictions with
text filled bubbles of dialogue and tagged blocks of portending action than the
chapters of mysteries to be solved by Nancy Drew.
The cinematography in this film tells the story as much as
the clever dialogue. It has taken Wonder Woman’s iconic Amazonian battle ready
stance and transformed it right in front of your eyes as if it was slipped from
the paper to the silver screen.
The setting in World War I Europe gives the look and feel of
chaos and hopelessness – it’s muddy, messy and there is lots of hunger and
pillage at the hands of invading Germans hoping to rage on and scurry any plans
for a peaceful armistice.
Through all that chaos arises the powerful image of Princess
Diana of Themyscira clearing a path for resistance fighters who have been
hunkered in bunkers waiting for an opening to advance on the enemy. Wonder
Woman makes that opening for them while fending off bullets with her magic cuffs and
shield.
This film is a good springboard to the upcoming Justice
League movie that unites Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, AquaMan, the Flash,
and Cyborg to save our planet from a catastrophe. It’s a most fitting theme for
the current times.
See the movie Wonder Woman. Gal Gadot is a charismatic
Demi-goddess and believable in her portrayal as sincere strong woman who has
hope for peace in our world. Chris Pine as Steve Trevor is eternally handsome and heroic
and just plain funny at the just right times.
This movie is not just about “girl power”, it is about
strength, conviction in truth and respect for humanity. If that sounds too
deep, there are a few chuckles along the way that remind you we are all very
human.
