A worthy movie for a wonderful superhero

Rating: Null/10 (4 July 2017)

Heard critics reviews and they liked it, saw IMDb users reviews and they are riddled by 1-star reviews. Being a comic reader myself, I felt compelled to watch this movie.
Bottom line is, wonder woman is a great movie. It's a movie about a female superhero, that as she should inspires hope and fights for the rights of people and their freedom. Thankfully, we don't get cringy I can do it because I am a woman moments in the movie, which in itself makes it more empowering to her character to do so; she does it because she can and because she wants to. Here lies another novelty amongst the slew of comic book movies: it strays away from the gritty but beaten to death "I didn't ask for this" moments, or "superheroes are a danger to humanity". WW inspires hope and has an inherit benevolence, which makes her a hero you want to root for.
As for the acting, it was pretty good. Gal Gadot and Chris Pine could've carried this movie with just their charm, but they actually built interesting characters with great chemistry between them. WW started as a naive idealist but as the movie progresses she becomes a strong willed woman who stands for and fights for her beliefs. Steve Trevor on the other side starts as a faceless spy who in the end has something to fight for.
The action scenes, especially those set in Themiscyra and the battlefield were she takes down an entire army were amazing and chilling should I say, with awesome direction and cinematography. Direction was great throughout the movie actually, with scenes in Themiscyra being filled with lush green and blues and WW1 scenes being in a shade of brown, almost mudlike.
Now for the not so good parts of the movie:
The villains in the movie got a Marvel treatment. Not that compelling that is.
Dr. Poison actually just created a chemical weapon and that is pretty much it regarding her presence. No fight with wonder woman, no fight with anyone that is, no reason for her being there, no conviction.
The German general was kind of a 80s villain. Just want to be bad for the sake of it. Especially one scene were he does the evil laugh was actually funny in a bad way
The biggest misfire though was Ares. Portrayed by an English fella with a mustache? What? I was hoping this would just be his human form and when revealed, he would take his badass godly one, but nope.
Ares and the scenes concerning him were the worst part of this movie. He was supposed to be the one that took down every god of the dodekatheon, an intimidating, war-torn god. No wrathful moments, just a heavy CGI, a la BvS, 10-minute scene were Wonder Woman discovers she can just kill him, because she is fueled by the power of love.
So overall, it was a great movie. Set a foundation for a sensational character, filled with charm, pure feelings, strong beliefs and badassery. Very interesting origin story, riveting action scenes, actually funny scenes between the two protagonists, only brought down by dull villains and a contradictory to the overall tone of the movie final fight.
8/10