Wow!

Rating: 9/10 (3 July 2017)

From the moment the camera swooped in over the Amazons in training I sighed and sat back in anticipation of a movie at last where women weren't just side-kicks, handbags or sick and twisted nutters but powerful good leaders a la Boadicea. I wasn't disappointed. What a good entertaining fun movie. Brilliant choice of actress for WW and Chris Pine was perfect casting for the old fashioned hero role, he played it spot on. Pure escapism with an entertaining story, and a great heroine as well,DC has a real winner here. I think Diana appealed to me so much because of her lack of cynicism, a bit along the style of Superman and Captain America. She was shocked at how people treated each other and especially so when confronting the real baddies of the piece. It's nice to see someone fighting for good without clever smart-alec comments streaming from them. She was fighting evil with the seriousness that it deserved. My favourite standout scene was the brilliantly filmed attack by the Germans against the Amazons. Enough swords and arrows to satisfy any fantasy tragic and believable fighting, you felt the effort and pain. And please an award of some sort for that incredible WW theme music, from the moment it played in Batman vs Superman it was a powerful winner. But how oh how did anyone say Dr Poison without cracking up; even if not faithful to the original comics this villain really needed a new name.