Lives up to the hype

Rating: 8/10 (7 July 2017)

I would first like to address all the nay-sayers, many of whom were utterly distraught by the thought of such a sub-par movie garnering all these positive reviews and glorious box-office figures, so much so that they were compelled to pay enormous attention to every detail of the film so as to faithfully recall every moment in their critique of such a terrible film, one so horrifyingly bad that people were apparently throwing good money at it in spades just to highlight its inadequacies.
Personally, I feel that WW is a well-balanced, emotive and empowering cinematic achievement. It stays true to the origin of the main characters AND that rather sexist costume of WW whilst threading a credible plot-line that satisfies the adult in me yet still manage to seamlessly weave highlights of supernatural accents within.
I can understand why the many female movie-goers are so enthralled by this movie. Once and for all, it's finally been proved that a lady can look good in combat even with her hair loose and nary a muscle-bound man in sight to lend a hand. Also helps that the female lead is multi-linguistic, has an unwavering sense of justice and doesn't pine (pun intended) her life away or feel an urgent need for another man when the last one bites the dust.
For a comic character to assume AND realize such a compelling and powerful persona is certainly no mean feat. Credit surely must go to the script writer and director for translating words to film and what an incredible one at that.
WW in essence is a tale of a SNAG (sensitive new age gal) with that 'je ne sais quoi' quality. One cannot help but root for her and wants her to succeed. It's this powerful message of hope and optimism that's probably driving all the negative critics crazy: the audacity of a CGI-driven film with a female comic character lead evoking an unfathomable sense of triumph and goodwill; what's next, females sitting on the Supreme Court?
The above is certainly plausible for the hate literature but then there's also the equally if not more likely fact that, said motley crew of jaded men/women have probably, at one point or another of their collectively miserable lives, harbour the secret desire to be Wonder Woman herself, if only even to rock a metallic head-band half as good as the way she does in this epic movie.