Breakdown of an abomination I read some reviews, a couple of which said this movie is an abomination. Now that I have finally seen the movie, I can say I know what they mean. Until seeing this movie, I was a die hard Wonder Woman fan. Now I am just repulsed beyond description.
Breakdown of an abomination:
The Story- Wow, did they ever screw this storyline to hell and back! Diana was created out of love and loneliness, so Hippolyta could have her own daughter to love. She was blessed by the Goddesses, giving Diana a little piece of each of their powers. Diana was NOT created as weapon of mass destruction, nor was she created as a "god killer"! Once again, Hollywood has completely abominized another great character into being nothing more than a murder machine. They really did a HACK JOB on this story. One that is wrong on so many levels.
Sick and depraved doesn't even begin to cover this!
The Amazons- According to Diana's TRUE story, Amazons are thousands of years old and can live thousands of years. Yet we are expected to believe they instantly speak and understand ALL languages, when they have NEVER been off the island?!? The only ACCEPTABLE languages Amazons would speak, would be Greek, Roman, and Latin. And even with this, after thousands of years, they would have developed their own dialect and alternate language for themselves, they would have no concept of "new" languages, even though Diana is a quick learner, there is NO WAY she would have been able to converse in as many languages as she did in this movie. And all of the dialects and accents were VERY much out of place and not even remotely acceptable as being true to what the Amazons are. Again, another sick bastardization.
The Characters- Lucy Davis as Etta Candy was absolutely brilliant. How they could find such an awesome person to play such a small part, and choose the most unacceptable people for the leads is still beyond my comprehension! Chris Pine is good, and I do like him....but he is NO Steve Trevor. He is more suited for being a spy character. I can barely accept him as Captain Kirk as it is. But Steve Trevor he's not. David Thewlis as Ares God of War? I think I hurt myself laughing so hard! Wow, and I thought Gal Gadot was the worst choice made in this movie! Well, I guess there had to be comic relief....and he was obviously it!
Gal Gadot. I've read that RuPaul would have made a better choice for Wonder Woman, and I agree. Yes, she's pretty, but thats about it. She's no Amazon, she's no Diana Prince, and she is ABSOLUTELY NO WONDER WOMAN! And as with David Thewlis, nothing more than comic relief.
Wonder Woman- Wonder Woman cannot fly, she cannot levitate, she is no god, even though she has some of the powers of the Goddesses. Her tools of the trade (tiara, bracelets, lasso) don't hold any magical powers themselves....well, except for the lasso. The TRUE Wonder Woman doesn't use the tools of man (swords and shields), she uses the tools of Amazons to enhance her abilities, nothing more. She is not a psycho killer as Gadot's pathetic representation suggests. The TRUE Diana abhors violence and doesn't use it unless all other avenues have failed. She is also an Amazon, meaning she is slightly taller and more athletically built than the average man, not the size of a teenaged girl.
Summary- This "movie" IS an abomination to everything that the TRUE Wonder Woman stood for and is....er, was. Again, Hollywood bastardizing and trashing something good, for the almighty dollar. A back story bastardized and mangled, a culture made into something laughable, and with the exception of Lucy Davis, a cast of comedians attempting to play straight roles and serious characters.
The music in the movie was even wrong! It didn't fit the movie at all, and was depressing as hell. The soundtrack was NOT that of a superhero of any kind!
Feeble, miserable, and heart breaking doesn't even begin to cover this catastrophe.
Lynda Carter may have not been the "serious" Wonder Woman, but she apparently did her homework on who Diana truly is, and it really showed.
Sad to say, this life-long, die-hard Wonder Woman fan is no more. This "movie" completely destroyed everything that the Amazon is, and what she really could have been. Now there is nothing left but fond memories of what was.