World War I drew me into wanting to see this.

Rating: 8/10 (17 March 2019)

After reading comics for over 40 years, it seemed a good choice for a Wonder Woman film because of the tired WWII origin story. Not to say I thought it was tired when first reading it at age 11! But it is tired to me now, and this movie's setting intrigued. So for what it's worth, the setting ruled and the story came second.
The story? Well, it plays around with my loved Greek mythology, but so did Disney in "Hercules". I expected that Ares and Hippolyta got together in some fashion to create Diana, whether by crafting her in ceramics class or the normal way; I didn't expect Zeus to have a hand in it. The whole gods dying thing was interesting, even if it did rub the wrong way. It's easier to think that Norse gods can die, but Greek gods? Nah. I don't know what to make of Diana being a god herself.
The "I believe in love" sentiment is hard to argue with as a theme. Chris Pine's presence certainly added a human being's perspective of "we're not all bad, we're not all good." That gave Diana plenty to chew on and the movie showed her doing just that as she observed first hand how humans are.
I liked Gadot in the role because she was convincing in her battle moves and in her naivetÃ©. She has learned about many things as a scholar does, from books and not real life. She has learned how to fight melee fashion and not from planes delivering bombs, or sniping with a Garand, or designing a new poison gas. The best things about her style were her use of her bracelets in the "Bullets and Bracelets" game of comic fame, and her deployment of her lasso. Many of the other athletic moves I've become jaded over after watching "Captain America" and "Aquaman." The bracelets and lasso are unique.
Neat things to take away: "Gal" could be short for "Galatea," another carved creation. Also, seeing George Perez and Len Wein acknowledged in the credits rocked. Alsoalso, Paradise Island's conception fulfilled my hopes.