Just fine

Rating: 7/10 (13 June 2017)

It was good, but not great. Contains spoilers: I enjoyed watching a head-strong Diana growing up; wanting nothing but to learn how to fight like her role models. However, why she would not be allowed to partake in the warrior culture on an island full of freaking Amazon warriors, who live by the legends of Greek Mythology, did not make sense. I guess it was something about her mother wanting to protect her. Disappointingly, that whole conflict was resolved in like two lines of dialogue between the mother and the Aunt. (A waste of Robin Wright BTW). A lot of the story had plot-holes: why exactly would that sword be difficult for most to wield? It didn't seem like it was, even that secretary-lady waved it around, and what are those bracelets made of and how did she get them?! And what was that German General sniffing?!
The supporting characters introduced later to Diana and Steve's "team"; I really could not care less about them. The guy who is made out to be a sloppy drunk, but is supposedly the best sniper ever - he never actually does any of that amazing sniping! Why?! It's the first rule of script writing: Do not introduce any elements you don't intend to deliver on! Then there's the flirty guy. His purpose just seemed to be an opportunity for Diana to fight off his advances and brag about how many languages she speaks. It felt like they'd looked at the photo introduced in Dawn of Justice with Wonder Woman surrounded by a bunch of guys and they went "oh, right, uuhmmmmm! That guy can be the (not) funny drunk and this one can be like.. a smooth-talking ladies' man, yeeaaah!"... Well, they're both stereotypical and non-engaging. However, there is also the Native American guy, I honestly liked his character. It was pretty subtle, but that one line where Diana asks who took his land from him and he points to Steve, that is an interesting step towards Diana understanding that there is no purely evil or good side. I would have liked a follow up on that though. It would have been interesting to see Steve defend a confrontation from Diana on this topic, but I guess they didn't want to dive too much into it. I agree with other reviewers saying the villain was introduced too late. I guess they wanted it to be a suspenseful twist.. But around 40 minutes before the "big reveal", my boyfriend leaned in and whispered "I bet it's that British guy"... Another thing that annoyed me was that there were multiple shots where you could catch a peak at Gadots ahem... Was that REALLY necessary? She is hot enough - We don't need to see her butt cheeks. Yeah Superman's costume is also tight and stuff, but we don't see his cheeks hanging out... One last thing: the CGI sucked! Especially in the beginning on that island. For a movie with a budget like that, it was extremely disappointing. I guess they spent all their money on Hans Zimmer.