Gal Gadot carriers a sometimes plodding plot

Rating: 9/10 (21 June 2017)

I've been anticipating this movie since I first saw Wonder Woman's awesome appearance in BvS. This movie was slow at times as expected when building an origin story and I don't know that the pace was quite right. The climatic action scenes of the third act weren't as fulling as I hoped. All this is not say that it wasn't an enjoyable film because it was. Credit to the writers who wrote a multi dimensional character for WW who develops during the course of the film. And credit to Gal who played it perfectly as a young woman with a bit of nativity at first but who then slowly discovers her power, her purpose, and herself along the way. Gal's performance is both adorable and bad ass and I couldn't take my eyes off of her for a second. The action scenes were well done. The back drops and sets are wonderful. And Chris Pine also does a wonderful job as the downed pilot/spy who must keeps his promise to take Gal to the front lines. And maybe fall in love along the way. One of my favorites of the genre and I am looking forward to WW2.