A Generation X Heroine After My Own Heart

Rating: 10/10 (5 July 2017)

I should probably start off by saying that I grew up watching Wonder Woman on television every afternoon. She was a part of my Monday through Friday viewing and I grew up wanting to be Wonder Woman (or any other type of strong female lead) when playing pretend with my male counterparts. It was with this myths in mind that I set to watching this movie during the Fourth of July holiday last night.
Without giving away any spoilers, this movie started off by showing the backstory that was never fully explored in the show. (Some of us superhero nerds don't actually read comic books, but appreciate the genre and the robust characters they have created.) I was thrilled to the point of shaking in my seat as backstory turned into action sequences that I would defy a male-dominated entertainment industry to find fault with.
Perhaps my review is based partly on nostalgia, but what reviewer of any comic book/superhero is not nostalgic? If you're drawn to the genre, you're drawn to strong archetype characters.
I was in tears throughout the film because so many of the themes and dialogue expressed by Diana Prince (aka Wonder Woman), were ideas that I've tried impressing on my sons and daughter throughout the course of my tenure in raising them. (Two of my sons were with my husband and I last night and laughed that some of the dialogue was verbatim to some of the lectures/talks they got growing up.)
Wonder Woman taught us Gen-Xer women that we could be strong, we didn't need to be mean, that taking charge of a tense situation didn't make us "bitchy", our relationship to others was what made us stronger, to stand up for the weak, and to look good while doing it. Being a strong female was a good thing. Not needing to be rescued was a point of pride. :)
I'm happy to see from this film that my "take away" from Wonder Woman growing up would appear to be a shared ideal. (I must confess that I never have spoken with any of my female friends about Wonder Woman and don't remember speaking to any girls when I was younger either.)
Patty Jenkins was flawless in her Direction from the start to the credits (which are vaguely reminiscent of James Bond).
I would recommend to anyone to see this film. It was eye candy for men and women alike.