Wonder Woman is a very good movie worth watching. Just ignore the few irritating potholes in the road and save the villain for later

Rating: 7/10 (3 June 2017)

Wonder Woman (2017) (WW) is a very good movie worth watching. So many of the positive reviews already detail all the positives aspects of WW so will not do a rehash of a good movie. I give it 7/9 but believe it could have easily reached 8/9. There were a few minor potholes in the highway I felt distracted me during the movie. The main distraction was the long love scene after the battle at the front. WW should have simply said no to Steve Trevor's advances, told him to wait after the war because he proved himself in battle, and Amazons are professional warriors. Not only would this kept the movie up to speed, this would have made Trevor's death a bigger emotional impact at the movie's end on WW and the audience. Several slowdowns (down shifts in plot speed) like this during the second half tempted me to look at my watch which is a sign that my mind was starting to drift. Then there was the final coup de grace battle which seemed comic book predictable, a little too over the top, and bordered on exhaustion. This damped a good plot twist by the villain Aries being an ordinary human in an upper leadership role. An additional twist I thought would have been interesting is what would WW do (WWWWD) if Aries said no to a fight with WW? After all, he was only talking to people and they freely chose to follow his advice, he was unarmed, and he was still disabled from his fight from Zeus. So WWWWD to Aries being an Amazon warrior if he refused to fight and he walked away (Later causing WWII, Cold War, ...)? But you cannot let the bad guy win and walk free. Again these are only my personal preferences on a good movie that could easily be smoothed over or added in the DVD release.