Mediocre Film that's worth a buck sixty on Redbox

Rating: 1/10 (27 June 2017)

Wonder Woman is a solid Redbox rental. That is all.
I will elaborate. Slow, cliché driven, anti climatic and over all transparent. I saw nothing of it before sitting in the theater. The big reveal, ARES, was obvious from the tone and setting of his first scene.
They made the main reveals painfully clear from the onset. What set Diana apart from the other Amazons, Ares, a relationship predestined for a tragic end, all of it was instantly recognizable. No surprises, whatsoever.
There were numerous, poor attempts at humor. Which seems to be a trade mark for DC films.
I struggled to stay awake for the first half hour, until Diana snuck off with bae to the world of Man and even then, it had minimal entertainment value.
We watch Diana discover (and to her credit, Gal Gadot did make it seem more, or less, authentic) how the world was outside of the borders of her home land and fail to blend in. Though, "blending in" never seemed to be a high priority for her. She was SINGULARLY driven to kill ares. Which she did, very anti-climatically. Poor writing at it's finest.
Diana Prince is a very one dimensional character. Which, to be honest, embodies the whole mythos of Wonder Woman, perfectly. So, I am not sure I can use that as a detraction. As the character was faithfully represented.
Oh, and the on screen deaths of important characters were, more or less, pointless and apathetic. We had no reason to care for them, at all. Tertiary character development was even worse than for primary characters. Shakespeare, this was not.
I have more criticism, but it would be beating a dead horse after saying the characters are undeveloped, the movie is slow paced and the ending leaves much to be desired.
Now for the highlights.
Gal Gadot nailed the role. (and is gorgeous.)
The sometimes hokey CG and fight scenes don't really detract from the over all high quality of production for the film. It was certainly done well.
It was slightly more entertaining than Captain America: The First Avenger. Granted, that's not a high bar to jump, but if Cap can get 3 movies, I expect WW to get at least that many. (despite the lack luster first outing)
Gal Gadot is gorgeous! Did I already mention that? Oh well, it deserves to be said again. I spent more time entertained by close up shots of her face, than everything else combined.
Note: I found it funny that the entire Amazon race (those who spoke) had to learn Gal Gadot's accent, rather than simply teaching Gal Gadot to have an American accent. I suppose it had to be done, since she was already in BvS with the accent. However, with all the flaws of this film, picking on the accent seems petty.
Overall, it's a 6 out of 10. I will watch it again, but on red box. I only give it a 1 star rating, because many over hyped it and decided it was the best movie, ever and it certainly was not. Also Gal Gadot is incredibly gorgeous. Have I said that before? Ahhh, well...it can't be over stated.