I loved this movie! That was especially surprising because I don’t typically enjoy the fantasy-superhero genre. But Wonder Woman had it all: action, romance and, most of all, a feel-good aura where good prevails over evil—in fact, over the most powerful evil force in the universe.
Our heroine, Diana, is an Amazon princess with extraordinary powers and black-and-white sensibilities. Through a series of events, she is transported by MI-6 pilot Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) into the battlefields of World War I. Diana is convinced that the cause of all the misery is Aries, the god of war, and not mankind, as her mother and aunt taught her. And guess what? She’s right, kind of.
That is the beauty, and the sweetness, of this film. Diana is played by Israeli actress and 2004 Miss Israel, Gal Gadot. It’s the classic good vs. evil plot you’d expect from DC Comics, but our heroine is not the one-dimensional girl we see at the beginning. Once she encounters humans, she comes to know both their strengths and flaws, but embraces the imperfect race anyway.
Pine and Gadot are lovable and believable. Especially impressive are Gadot’s constant displays of girl power—she’s a wonderful role model, showing compassion, strength and determination in the face of overwhelming evil.
Should you see it? Yes!—D.W.
Viewed at Marcus Theatres’ Des Peres Cine
