The most relevant superhero film ever.

Rating: 9/10 (1 June 2017)

(Spoilers)
Wonder Woman is not your typical superhero film because there is no major super-villain or high tech super-weapon to challenge the superhero. In this story, the only challenges that Wonder Woman faces are the challenges we all face...and that is, the challenge to remain positive and selfless in a world tarnished by so much lust, greed, selfishness, hatred, and war.
The movie opens up in present day with a narrative by Diana, and she explains a little bit of her backstory to Bruce Wayne in an email. I loved this inclusion into the film, as it brings the DC characters closer as we get ready for Justice League. And so as she writes Bruce, the film moves on to the beautiful Amazon Island, where Diana grew up. The film never really felt like an origin movie though, and these early scenes served as a means to explain why the Amazonian Goddesses no longer meddle in earthly affairs.
We are quickly introduced to Trevor, the British air force pilot, played brilliantly by Chris Pine, who informs Diana and the Amazonian Princesses of the World War taking place on Earth. His story compels Diana to leave the island try to help mankind pull through the turmoil, in which her misanthropic mother, disagrees. Chris Pine stole the show along with Gadot, both displaying excellent chemistry.
The feminism in this film was very light compared to some of the comic stories in the past. The social commentary was strong though, having to do with various social constraints placed on woman at the time, in Victorian England, as well as the structure of modern military, and the lack of honor in modern warfare.
I thought the action in this film was beautiful, albeit, at times, over done, but only for a split second or two. For the most part, Wonder Woman awed me with her hand to hand combat, swordplay, and rope-play! Zack Snyder's visual style was all over this film, and it makes sense, given that he produced the film.
In the end, Diana comes face to face with not only a threatening villain, or a threatening weapon, but more menacingly, she faces her own doubts and insecurities about mankind, which are depicted in the form of Ares, the God of War, who in my opinion, served as not just a physical threat, but metaphorically, a sort of mental one, a sort of voice in her mind, convincing her that mankind does not deserve her help... or the help of any God. In the end, Diana must decide;--does she abandon mankind? Or does she continue to have faith in it;--and if the latter, why?
It doesn't take her long to figure out why after realizing why she had fallen in love with Trevor and even though mankind is flawed, Diana learns that Love is our savior, and it is up to us to allow ourselves to fight our doubts and fears so that they do not interfere with our ability to love;--because only love could save us all.
9 out of 10.