Serious Greek Myth Fail

Rating: 3/10 (19 June 2017)

This review focuses on Greek Mythology in the Wonder Woman story line, or rather the lack of it. I expect superhero movies to play fast and loose with history and myths. As long as its fun, all is forgiven. Unfortunately, the WW movie didn't rise to this low bar.
On the positive side, it was nice to see that the Amazons were placed on a Greek Island, instead of somewhere else on the planet. The island and the training amazons were pretty cool. That's where it stops.
We were introduced to a creation myth where the head god, Zeus, created mankind and made them good. What? Zeus didn't create humans. He disliked them, except when he was having sex with them. The titan Prometheus created humans out of clay and Athena, the Goddess of Cities and War (yes, there is more than one war god), breathed life into them. Zeus tortured Prometheus for allowing humans to walk upright and use fire. Neither the gods nor humans were good or bad in the Greek mythos. They simply were.
Then Ares (the male god of war) led a rebellion against Zeus. Killing all the other gods. Well, this at least has mythological precedent. The gods under Zeus led a rebellion against the titans and cast them into the underworld. However, Ares seems to have done this all alone.
Zeus then created the Amazons to defeat Ares. What? In actual mythology, the tribe of Amazons were the offspring of, wait for it.... Ares and Harmonia - a nymph. So, Ares is WW's father, not brother.
Ares then devotes himself to corrupting mankind for the rest of his existence. Odd, in Greek history, the Greeks were so busy waging war they needed two gods to keep up. No corruption necessary.
Finally, Zeus, creates a child of his to serve as a weapon against Ares to save mankind, Wonder Women. Really? This sounds odd and forced in a Greek setting. That's because it is. There is another setting where all of this becomes very familiar: the Bible. The Christian God created humans and made them good. His head angel, aka the Devil, rebels against him then devotes his existence to corrupting humans. So, God creates a child of his to help humans resist the corruption, Jesus.
Why in the world do we find the bible story as the central plot of a superhero movie? It doesn't make much sense, cheapens the story of the Christ, and obliterates the Greek myths in the process. There are a lot of other issues with this movie, but I have a hard time letting this go.