Utter Hyper-Violent Garbage

Rating: 3/10 (6 June 2017)

This film is a huge let down. Gal Gadot has ruined what Lynda Carter excelled at. Wonder Woman was never about glorified, unnecessary violence. She was a voice of reason, compassion and restrained strength. Gal is none of these. She is no hero and she's an appalling role model. Ignoring physical strength, she's not strong, she's not logical in her reasoning and her feats set fans up for a huge downfall with an unrealistic "hero" (to quote the press).
This movie is filled with violence and most of it is unnecessary. Yes, we get it, girl power, right? The idea is that more violence is supposedly better, or something along those lines. This movie is another bore fest along the same lines as most of the marvel movies. There is nothing intelligent, fresh or clever (except the violence is even more over the top than any other comic conversion movie).
The story from beginning to end is illogical and almost incoherent. A group of hyper warrior females who don't do anything constructive (eg. farming) aggressively battle each other day and night. It's not clear why they do this because when the going gets tough, they refuse to fight, except with a group of German soldiers who they attack before they even know they are enemies. These types of illogical double standards continue throughout the entire movie. Violence is really awesome when it suits the story, but it's occasionally abhorred when it's an elderly grandmother. As a largely peaceful person, I found the logic of violence worship very disturbing (despite the media frenzy about needing extreme violence to represent "female heroes").
There is not a single actor whose performance I enjoyed. Gal was a huge let down. Flipping between empathy and aggression indiscriminately. Chris Pine played the fragile "handsome" man who was too busy hero worshipping a false god. Across the entire cast, I can't think of a single memorable performance.
If you get your rocks off on meaningless gratuitous violence (and bucket loads of it), you'll love this movie. If you don't care about meaningful characters or a coherent plot, even better. Everyone else - save your money. This is the worst movie i've seen this year. If this is what society deems the new breed of "hero", then it's a very sad indictment indeed.