The Actual "False God" of the DCEU

Rating: 2/10 (14 December 2018)

I am a superhero movie fan. I wouldn't go as far as consider them masterpieces, but I personally believe that many of them are legit pieces of entertainment and, sometimes, a notorious source of inspiration and imagination for the audience. With that said, you can picture my enthusiasm when one of this films gets one or two Oscar nomination for something more than make-up, visual effects or any of the sound categories (The Dark Knight for example). So, I have to confess that when I found out that Wonder Woman was a serious contender for the awards season of 2017, I just let my hopes go sky high. Unfortunately, reality did its job and got my hopes about this movie down where they belong.
I've never been a huge fan of the Wonder Woman character. The reason behind this is that, very much like Superman, it is a character that has to rely on its unimaginable powers to get enough depth and complexity to be at least considered a good one in the first place and, instead of shining with its own light, it is constructed by the audience´s daydreaming about being like them. In this particular case, the feminist movements and women empowerment reflected on a female character with supernatural powers that grants her with leadership over human beings, many of which happen to be men. Does this give some sense of purpose and energizes the sector of the audience fighting for this cause? Absolutely. However, does this make Wonder Woman a masterpiece? I don´t think so.
I would not submit here any personal opinions regarding this social movement simply because, in this particular space, I am not writing about my position on politics, but about cinematographic projects and their quality. Under that specific rule, I have to label the Wonder Woman movie an overall mediocre film, pretty much like everything that has come out under the DCEU. Gal Gadot does not give a performance beyond the script, which obviously turns her character into a powerful female leader. Let the captain excuse me, but she miserably failed in inspiring any authority for any reason further the fact that she can do things that my humanity does not allow me to do. And being granted such importance just because of that, in my opinion, has no merit whatsoever if we talk about cinematographic quality and narrative.
Awful villain, predictable and empty plot overall, and absolutely nothing that makes it excel between any recent superhero-themed productions (except for the fact that the main character is a woman), this film does not deliver nothing for itself, and it seems that it just stands for the people that feel identified with the character just because of its gender. It only tries to construct a female character that is biologically superior to any man shown in the flick, including her love interest played by Chris Pine, using cheap methods like over exposition and situations in which only a superhero can achieve the main goal. Instead of being a powerful movie from which a new trend that inspire girls to dream with superhero movies too, it seems to me that this is just a sad excuse to keep on whining about everything.
This is a boring and empty film. As a big fan of fictional stories situated on a historical context, I can assure you that not even WWI could make this production at least fun to watch. Again, a goddess that can finish a war with nothing more that her own hands... and that's it. The only highlight against a war hero as the one portrayed in the movie Patton is that she can actually lift enemy troops and trash them against a wall without breaking a sweat.
I personally believe that the Me Too movement against sexual harassment on Hollywood caused this movie to gain significance to the audience, much more than it deserves I think. This is not about the movement itself, which is positive and carries a noble message. However, that does not make this movie any bigger or better. Like an empty glass, filled only by external elements like this empowerment movements, which are totally different from the war fought by Diana Prince, or her battle against Ares, which is very poorly constructed, leaving a sorry and pathetic excuse of a great comic villain. My advice to you is: If you really want to fill your favorite social cause with purpose from entertainment, watch a quality film that engages the topic.