Finally something good out of the DCEU (thanks to a lack of Zack Snyder)

Rating: 8/10 (23 November 2017)

I think the story was fair, given that it fit Diana's naive nature (and it was about WW1, which you rarely see in films nowadays). I think the design of Themyscira was nice, not overdoing it, yet keeping true to their medieval nature (they fight on horseback with bows, swords, shields, armour and live in stone houses, so yeah). I was a bit confused when Hippolyta just let her go with Steve to the outside world (I just thought, "You're not even gonna try? Really?"). I liked the fight sequences, where she purely seems angry (honestly) and goes through as many German soldiers (maybe a tad overdone) as she can.
I have no qualms or complaints about the casting of Gadot. I also think that her and Nielsen being foreign (not from Britain, the US, Australia, etc.) was good - they didn't just make it boring, but they went a more exotic route that paid off (also, reading off the Wikipedia page, apparently Nicole Kidman was negotiating for the role - I definitely think Nielsen did a better job than Kidman could have). I also think that Pine, in the scene where he's being interrogated with the Lasso of Truth on Themyscira, talking to the Amazons and later Diana, handles it in an unbelievably calm fashion, so props to him for that. I'm also glad that Steve didn't just trash Diana's naivety whenever it came into play.
I am very glad that there was actual humour in this damn movie - the rest of the DCEU didn't really have much at all. Chris Pine's existence and Diana's lack of knowledge about, "man's world," worked well together (along with supporting characters, like Steve's crew) to create those moments that brought a more lighthearted tone to the movie than the rest of the DCEU (which we needed).
I think maybe they could've explored the emotional depth a bit more, given that part of the movie is about her realising the darkness of humans (that Steve repeatedly reinforces throughout the film). They also probably should've added the people (whom she and the others save) being confused and amazed rather than only thankful (because seeing someone with THAT kind of armour in 1918 would've baffled most).
I think at certain points, she got melodramatic, emphasising grief and other negative emotions too much. Rotten Tomatoes describes her performance as, "charismatic," which I'm not honestly too sure about. I also thought that some of the dialogue relating to the drama could've been better.