Easily the best DCCU film...yes, yes that does not say much

Rating: 9/10 (9 July 2019)

The film is a pretty fun origin story for a super hero. I don't know much about the Wonder Woman comics but other than the origin story within a flashback thing the film never really gets bogged down with excessive nerdy details. Enough of the world was explained to be understandable with enough of the world being unexplained to be engaging. It struck a nice balance of telling a single story while opening up the universe to be explored. The only major down side is the silly comic book villain that shows up in the 3rd act. Add in that Thewlis is horribly miscast as that character and really the film nearly comes off the rails by the end. I suspect Jenkins lost a few fights in the 3rd act.
In the final analysis, however, that problem amounts to very little. Jenkins fills the film with a lot of lyrical images. Unlike Snyder she realizes that beauty is derived from meaning and doesn't just create empty spectacle. Her direction coupled with the period aspects of the story provide a refreshing change of light optimism for the DCCU that is usually so needlessly dour.
This film was a surprise. It is actually good!