Not bad, but held back by its source material

Rating: 6/10 (8 June 2017)

First of all, Wonder Women was a fun movie, something that I was very glad to see DC do. The plot is fast moving and engaging. They do a good job of developing the secondary characters that Steve (the main character) brings, given the run time.
Some of the problems come from the source material, those you can't really blame on the movie because their hands were tied. There were two problems however that were not inherited. Firstly even when they have hours or days no one really explains what WW1 is about to Dianna, she never really understands that its more complicated then two groups of angry people fighting in the middle of a field. She is just dragged around by those who do really understand what is going on and then reacts to that. She never really takes charge or attempts to understand what is going on. Secondly you only really see the real villain so late in the movie that much of the drama is missing. Far from all, but you do lose much of the satisfaction that you had in movies such as Avengers, where you saw the villain straight away.
Problems with Wonder Women Franchise (also spoilers ahead) These are problems that are from the comic book source. I thought it best to separate them because you can't blame the movie for making them. Also they bug me more more then most people so take them as you will.
-Dianna is so powerful that normal humans serve no purpose in a fight with her as allies, they can only get in the way. The best way to win a battle would be the send her in alone and let her do her thing. At most, normal people would act as spotters. After all, would you follow after her? Even brave men would need a reason to risk their lives. When you can't help her, but may slow her down why would you even try?
-The amazons call themselves warriors, but all they really do is practice with antique weapons. They have not fought anything more then a duel since the dawn of mankind. For them to call themselves warriors is like an 80 year old man calling himself a football player because he once played a pickup game at age 10. At a minimum, they would need to keep up with with modern weapons and strategies. Not to mention that you normally need more then a few dozen people to win a war.
-Speaking of winning the war, the only reason amazons exist is to fight the enemy that Dianna left to fight. I just don't get it, why not go with her?
-If your purpose of existence is to fight an enemy who is known to be a puppet master, how can you expect to fight when you seclude yourself on an island that he can't find? What was their plan? It looked a whole lot like their plan was just to wait forever and hide, knowing that even if the battle they were training for comes they would not know it, and if they knew about it would lack the numbers and the weapons to fight it. They come off as cowards who fear nothing more then fighting the battle they are training to fight. They fear it so much they do everything they can to not know its coming.
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