All flash and hype. No substance

Rating: 4/10 (3 June 2017)

This movie had absolutely zero character development. Chris Pine's character, Steve Carter, for example was so one-dimensional. His character had a few funny lines, spent the entire movie pleading with Diana to help his cause and that was about it. He carried the same tone of voice through out the entire film. He was so one-dimensional that by the time he sacrifices himself at the end I had zero emotion over it. I couldn't have cared less. The movie has a lot of cool shots but the lack of character development leaves you to simply feel numb as the empty action unfolds.
The big reveal about Diana's true past was empty as well. All it really meant was that she went from being a shot-gun to a cannon; it just meant she's a stronger weapon but didn't meaningfully change her. The reveal itself and the fact that it happened at the end of the film draws no emotion from the character because A.)it's unimportant and doesn't matter and B.)she's given no chance to reflect on it. The villain is completely neutered by admitting that, when it comes to mankind's destruction, he's pretty much been hands-off. He's barely even a bad guy in the whole thing. And how the hell do you have a WWII movie and not mention Hitler at least once? It's a long movie that somehow still felt rushed and as if nothing really happened. Patty Jenkins made it feel very Snyder-ish by making it all flash with cool shots and effects but having no substance. The parts that were supposed to contain emotion didn't because the entire film leading up to those points were executed poorly. It wasn't terrible by any means. It was about on par with Transformers and the like but it was far from Iron Man good. I was pretty disappointed.