Wonderful Woman....

Rating: 8/10 (17 June 2017)

She is Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, Diana meets an American pilot who tells her about the conflict that's raging in the outside world.
Convinced that she can stop the threat, Diana leaves her home for the first time. Fighting alongside men in a war to end all wars, she finally discovers her full powers and true destiny.......
If a multi-verse film had everything banking on its success, Wonder Woman is the film. After the anti climax of Dawn Of Justice, Wonder Woman appeared to be just an afterthought.
But fear not, DC has made one of the most fun comic book films to appear in recent years. Yes, Marvel have raised the bar and seem unstoppable, but the studio have given us a comic book overload, and their films, whilst still very good, have become crowded and slightly bloated.
If you were going to compare this to any other Comic book adaptation, it has to be The First Avenger, which in my opinion is the second weakest film in the Marvel cannon (Just ahead of Thor: The Dark World).
The fundamental thing about Wonder Woman is that it's fun, with some much needed humour that has appeared to have been missing from previous DC movies.
Gadot is sensational as the titular character, a blend of Tarzan and the trait of a child going into an adults body (Big, Vice Versa etc), and she owns the film. Again, her character was pretty much wasted in BVS, but she was the best thing about it, and here,MIT just gets better.
Pine is at his best as the love interest, both heroic and goofy, and the chemistry between the two of them only excels the film a little more. The set pieces are amazing, the stand out being when Diana breaches no mans land. It's a goosebump moment that Patty Jenkins has wonderfully crafted.
Unfortunately, the films villains are a bit of a damp squib. Huston is doing nothing more than playing a character straight from BBC sitcom Allo' Allo', with an accent that would make Arthur Bostrum cringe.
And the fact that he has a special inhaler that makes him shiny for a second, just takes you away from the narrative. And then there is David Thewlis.
To say anything more about Thewlis' character would spoil the film, but rest assured, it dampens the film a little.
But when the film is focused on Diana and her team, it's a delight.
Kudos to Jenkins for making the best DC film in nine years.
My faith for Justice League has grown now.