A Lesson Of Hope

Rating: 9/10 (20 June 2017)

Wonder Woman is the thrilling new addition to the DC cinematic Universe of movies following from the ill received by critics Suicide Squad.
I am not going to lie here I walked into this movie very skeptical I wasn't exactly sure on casting a model to play a lead role of an iconic character, however to my surprise Gal Gadot pulled of a a heartwarming performance.
Plot wise it isn't the most elaborate of movies but it doesn't need to be, the movie is about an amazonian princess who lives on this island populated by women only and when she discovers a man she sets out on an adventure to stop the war.
What makes this movie is the relationship that Diana has with this man she just met Steve Trevor who is played by Chris Pine. Here we have a fish straight out of water situation on both sides where Diana can teach Steve about the amazons and Steve can likewise teach her about "mans world" which is what Diana calls the world outside of her island. This scenario alone gives this movie so many well timed jokes that are usually brought in by Chris Pines charming performance.
My only real gripe with this movie would be the amount of cgi used at the final act of the movie. Sadly it was rather dark and bland like some of the other movies DC has put out recently; especially because up to then Patty Jenkins the director used tons of colors in this movie especially with Wonder Woman's costume which brings light and hope to people in this hard time in the world.
Overall I was very pleased with the movie reminding me that there is a bright light shining in the DC universe at that is Wonder Woman.