Very entertaining, well made superhero epic

Rating: 7/10 (5 June 2017)

I was not looking forward to this movie at all. The first three DC Extended Universe films were all poor entries into the superhero genre. I can't say that I enjoyed any of them. Batman V Superman was OK, I guess. It had some good things mixed with a lot of crap. One of the positives being Wonder Woman. I thought Man of Steel and Suicide Squad were both pretty crappy. Based on this track record, I was not in a rush to see Wonder Woman and kind of forgot it was even coming out. Then I saw some online buzz from some sources I trust indicating that this film was actually really good. So I decided to go see it and I'm glad I did. This was a very entertaining, well made superhero epic. I felt the pacing of the movie was great, taking time to develop the characters and the world they inhabit. Most of the action sequences were very well done. Also, the film does a great job of incorporating humor without feeling forced. I think this movie was pretty successful at making me buy into the mythology, which could have come across as too silly, even for a superhero movie. My least favorite of the Marvel films are the Thor standalones, mostly for that reason. The only real negatives I had were with the less than compelling villains and the big CGI fight sequence at the end. I've kind of grown tired of the big laser, lightning, fireball exploding green screen fight sequences in these movies. I enjoyed the more, literally, grounded, well choreographed hand to hand, sword, arrow, gun battles that came earlier in the movie. Overall, if you like fun fantasy adventure films, you'll probably enjoy this movie quite a bit.
8/10
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Recommended for those that enjoy strong kickass female characters, Xena Warrior Princess Island, Captain James T. America, gas sniffing German Bane, German mad scientists, phantom of the opera mouth, crotch grabbing, lie detecting lassos, awkward pillow talk, rag tag teams of misfits, female vs male, female vs bullet, female vs gun turret, female vs tank, female vs top of building...
...but that's just like, my opinion, man
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