A better DC movie

Rating: 8/10 (18 November 2017)

Let's start with the good bits:
Gal is amazing throughout the movie especially in expressing her confusion,anger, appreciation (to the ice-cream, yass Gal), and sadness. The reason I mention this is due to the comparison with her partner, Chris Pine's performance which I will mention later. Besides the charming actress, the movie managed to deliver the "cool" factors that are expected by the audience with all the martial arts choreography, the firing guns, the bombing and the destruction gave the kicking impacts that I wanted. I certainly did not see it coming when Ares' identity was revealed. The plot twist got me impressed because the absence of supernatural being in large part of the earlier scenes ,besides Diana, got me questioned the existence of Ares.The ending of the movie was not perfect but nice, as Diana acknowledged her inability to stop mankind from making destructive decisions but addressed that she will do her best to contribute to the world peace because she believes in love is the solution to mankind's war.
The bad cookies:
Chris Pine is cute and that's it. He's sub-par performance as Gal's partner did not help Gal's effort in creating the chemistry between the two characters. His problem is that he seems to carry the same expression or tone throughout the entire movie, and it looks worse when juxtaposed with Diana. The romance between them therefore seems forced. I only teared up when Steve died because of Diana's grievance plus the flashback. Ugh the flashback, Steve's confession sounds unnecessary and insincere, wasting all the build-up scenes of sparks between them. The big bad guy was funny. I get it that the intention is to show Ares is the deceptive villain who hid in plain sight and prey on the weak humans, but it will be better if Ares is shown as a faceless form to create the powerful mystical impression than taking on Patrick's face. I couldn't stop laughing and even cheering for Patrick to fight. The background musics are very DC-like, nothing impressive but not bad either.