My favorite DC movie so far, on par with one of the better Marvel movies

Rating: 9/10 (11 June 2017)

I watched Batman vs Superman, and in my opinion, the best thing that movie had going for it was the appearance of Wonder Woman in the final fight against Doomsday... Gal Gadot is perfect for the role, it was really refreshing that DC went with a little known new face rather than an established actress. She commands the screen, is likable, beautiful, heroic, human, and believably genuine in her performance.
I am a big fan of comicbook movies, my favorites include the original Guardians of the Galaxy, the first Iron Man, the Avengers, and Hellboy, and for an old classic, Superman II with Christopher Reeve. I think what makes for a successful comicbook movie is the ability to make the protagonists relatable to the audience despite their amazing powers, to have a touch of humor mixed in with the amazing spectacular cinematic action sequences where if you took a snapshot of it, it could easily be a frame from an artful comicbook page. Wonderwoman I think is one of the few DC movies that captures all of these qualities.
In most of the Batman movies, and in each of the newer Superman movies, I find that I really don't care about the protagonist. The heroes seem unrelatable, powerful but not very likable or heroic. In most of the DC films, it's really hard to understand what the hero is doing, what their motivations are, Batman and Superman seem like abstract caricatures rather than real people... Wonderwoman is the first DC movie that I think has heart and really feels "heroic" in the DC cinematic universe. I wish every DC movie was this good.