POSITIVES…
The opening tournament set piece, back to back with a shopping mall action sequence, was a most excellent 20 minutes to start off the movie.
Speaking of action, it’s choreography is absolutely amazing. Especially just about everything that has to do with the Lasso Of Truth.
Gal Gadot continues to be a wonderful incarnation of Wonder Woman. I would say she got to flex more emotional drama out of her character in this one.
Chris Pine is ever so charming as Steve Trevor. There’s a certain joy and fun to his character that appropriately balances out the more seriously earnest sides of this movie.
Kristen Wiig shows her comedic sensibilities and villainous side with great aplomb.
Pedro Pascal is terrific hamming it up as Max Lord, embracing the outrageousness of his character.
The final act, from the White House set piece, all the way until the final shot, is ambitiously spectacular in visual and storytelling excesses.
This story touches on so so so many themes, that I’d forgive it for shoving all that into this movie, because a lot of those are worth it.
Hans Zimmer gave us yet another great musical score.
Who doesn’t like 1980s easter eggs and references to your familiar Wonder Woman mythos?
NEGATIVES…
Plot progression can be a little bit unwieldy at times.
Idiotic plot conveniences, or bad writing? Take your pick.
The many questions raised by the plot, makes this an easy target to ridicule.
At 155 minutes long, the movie could probably use a trim.
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