THE GOOD:

- Gal Gadot

- the purity and dedication of the gender role reversals (and everything that goes along with that). this, needless to say, is the most thrilling and important factor here.

- Gal Gadot

- the lasso

- Gal Gadot

- WWI setting, which excuses a lot of the inexplicably appalling special effects, in its own saturday morning serial kinda way

- Gal Gadot

- Lucy Davis

- Gal Gadot

- all the bits in London

- Gal Gadot

- the actors who play the villains

- Gal Gadot

- this bullet-point format that allows me to get this over and done with while re-watching FUNNY PEOPLE for work.

THE BAD:

- the cringe-worthy framing device

-…

96/100

Only love can truly save the world.

Remember when some trickster claiming to be a former worker from Warner Bros. wrote an open letter saying that Wonder Woman was just another mess of a DC movie, et cetera? I remember how Patty Jenkins responded to that. She tweeted: "Just wait and you'll see".

Honestly, I don't know how anyone could even consider that there was the slightest chance of this movie not being good, and I'm gonna tell you why: this is the very first big female-led superhero movie, in which the title character also happens to be the greatest female superhero in history. If you really think that Patty Jenkins, also the first woman to ever direct a…

► Gonzo's 2017 Movie Rankings

Is it good?
Mmm... It's a tale of two halves, really. The first half is pretty good (and pretty MCU-ish), but the second half is pretty bad (and—and I know this is gonna sound like I'm a hater—pretty DCEU).

Okay... But is it good?
Promising?... But overall, unfortunately, no. It's almost there. They almost nailed it, but not quite.

But... but everybody who has seen it so far has said it's good?
I could see why people would like it. On the surface, it's mostly diverting and generally badass. I mean, how cool is it to finally see Wonder Woman star in her very own film? It's really cool (there's no denying that), and Wonder…

We oppose imperialism. As the most destructive action in the world, as the source of more war, death, and exploitation than anything this world has known since chattel slavery was born, imperialism is the highest, most vile, most horrifying aspect of capitalism, and we oppose it. We oppose the countries that engage in it. We oppose the armies that effect it. We oppose the racism that enables it. We oppose the economic outlook that devised it. And we oppose the lies that support it.

And we oppose those who spread those lies.

It's hard to watch this movie, as it is hard to watch a film about abuse where the lead actor is a known abuser, as it is hard…

This one's a toughie...

I quite enjoy superhero movies for the most part (Dark Knight in particular was *chefs kiss*) and I think both Marvel and DC have made some enjoyable stuff. Having said that...

- Gal Gadot can't ACT. She can't emote unless she's giving a Determined Superhero Look at the camera. When Diana is supposed to argue with Steve about the Right Thing, it comes across as her throwing a tantrum and whining. Gal isn't the best at line reading either, there are times when she sounds monotone and other times where you can tell she's self-aware of how she sounds and tries her best to sound sincere. Her scenes with Steve are only good because of Chris…

I was never really into superhero films but I highly enjoyed The Dark Knight and a few others. The soundtrack, the colors, and even the story of Wonder Woman captivated me. I wasn't too sure what it was going to be like when I walked into the theatre to see this, but I ended up loving it. Wonder Woman believes in the better good of mankind and especially, love. Love is what conquers all, and I really couldn't agree more. No Man's Land was one of my favorite scenes, because it was what I was waiting for the entire time. She finally shows what kind of person she really is during this epic battle scene.

My absolute favorite scene was…