Didn't I See This Already?

Rating: 7/10 (3 June 2017)

I just finished watching the reboot of Captain America: The First Avenger. Whether you consider it a reboot or a rip-off; Wonder Woman is 100% inspired by the first Captain America movie and it uses very very little from the actual mythos of the Wonder Woman comics.
In this version of Wonder Woman, Steve Trevor is no longer a heroic soldier, but a spy - definitely influenced by what Hayley Atwell did with Peggy Carter. Chris Pine is very entertaining as Trevor and brings more life to the role than Lyle Waggoner had done in the TV series.
Instead of WWII (Captain America) the filmmakers went with WWI - like that really covers up that you took all your influence from the Cap movies.
Where Cap had the Howling Commandos - WW has a group of ragtag fighters who help her with her cause.
In both movies, the villain is going against the German high command. Danny Huston is not menacing though and is more of a caricature - where Hugo Weaving was incredible as the Red Skull. Both villain, of course, had a super scientist with them. Again Cap did it better - Toby Jones was much better as Dr. Zola and Dr. Poison was a weak character. In both movies, there is a super weapon that is being loaded onto a plane. Funny how there were no such planes in existence in WWI - but we had to imitate Cap. In both movies the plane is flown away and someone sacrifices themselves for the greater good.
Even though Wonder Woman took every single aspect from the Captain America movie (btw my favorite superhero series) it still was entertaining. Maybe because it had so many influences from a well loved movie, it gave it a comfortable feeling.
Gal Gadot was very good as Diana Prince and probably the best DC superhero performance next to Christian Bale and Christoper Reeves.
Chris Pine was on par with Hayley Atwell for one of the better supporting cast members in a superhero movie.
Where this movie does not match up is in the villain department. As mention before Danny Huston was not very menacing and Dr. Poison was a joke. But the worse part was Ares. I figured out who was Ares very early and it was no surprise, but it was not handled well. The other complaint is that throughout the history of Diana Prince, she is the strongest, most skilled and fastest of the Amazon warriors - but she in not a God - and in this movie they make her a God and now she can fly.
I would have given the movie a solid 8 to an 8.5 up until the final 15 minutes where Ares, the God mode and the flying brought the movie down. Overall I would recommend it and it was enjoyable - but if you feel comfortable it is because you have already seen it -- Captain America: The First Avenger.