Wonder Woman (June 2, 2017)

[Illsathe]

People are crazy if they thought that

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Steve Trevor

was going to survive given that the movie takes place about a century in the past. But don't worry,

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I thought they kind of implied that Steve was a slut, so Chris Pine could always show up as his grandson or greatgrandson. Don't think he and Gal Gadot really had any chemistry, though.

[Salodin]

The only person I've ever seen Gal have chemistry with is Han.

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[NynJa]

I feel like everyone on this forum is grading on a hard curve.

Fucking misogynist!

[Salodin]

Honestly, i cant tell if the curve is from it being a mediocre movie based on DC heroes, of which we had none until now for the JL unoverse, or cause of the female protagonist. I know I'm supposed to say the former, but I'm not convinced.

I just really hated this plot and resolution lol.

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[Alistaire]

I feel like everyone on this forum is hard, grading her on her curves.

ftfy (not that that's a bad thing)

[Gredival]

I havent seen this yet, btw.

And. Here. We. Go.

Fucking misogynist!

[NynJa]

I'm not Salodin? Dudes literally accusing everyone of saying the movie is solid simply because of a female protagonist.

[ronin sparthos]

Ww got a random powerup almost every fight, to the point that by the end I thought I was watching a DBZ live action with her

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floating and telekenis smashing rocks n shit

. There was no cohesion or growth to it, it's literally just random powerups to help her survive the plot device. I feel like everyone on this forum is grading on a hard curve.

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As a DC movie, it managed to be competent, get across a basic origin story and lay some groundwork for the universe going forward. The BvSish end to the final fight brought down the movie a bit but this isn't the first CBM to have that issue and it's so prevalent in the genre you've got movies like GOTG sidestepping final bosses all together.

As a comic book movie, I'd say WW is very similar to Thor in that all this movie needed to do was *pass* to instill some goodwill in audiences going into Justice League. We got everything we needed to know about Diana, there were no major pitfalls and the movie had some memorable moments.

We can argue that this far along in the superhero genre movies should be aiming higher, exploring more complicated concepts and that origin stories are played out (I agree on all three counts) but DC tried that with Man of Steel and BvS and they turned out to be polarizing dumpster fires.

Wonder Woman returns to basics. It'll probably be remembered alongside such movies like Ant Man and Thor in that they're straight down the middle, competent (average) movies.

[Andalusian girls]

dug it, confirm the general opinions of a fine movie let down by the 3rd act. Gal was passable dramatically and outstanding physically, Chris Pine remains the most charming of men, hearing that riff break in for the first time was so God damn dick pumping it's the best leitmotif of the century. the trench/village scene in general was some outstanding action.

am getting p burnt out on the generic conventions of the genre tho, wish more directors would go the Logan route and throw out the superhero movie checklist for a genre mashup if not (gasp) something artistic. still, easily the best DC movie since Nolan.

[Andalusian girls]

We can argue that this far along in the superhero genre movies should be aiming higher, exploring more complicated concepts and that origin stories are played out (I agree on all three counts) but DC tried that with Man of Steel and BvS and they turned out to be polarizing dumpster fires.

i'm not sure 'let's become best friends because our moms have the same name' qualifies as more sophisticated conceptually

[Kaslo]

I'm not Salodin? Dudes literally accusing everyone of saying the movie is solid simply because of a female protagonist.

So stunning and brave.

[Gredival]

Not sure if this should be here or in PC, but Muslim countries banning it because Gadot is Jewish and outspokenly pro-Israel politically. In turn anti-SJWs are now talking about how SJW culture hates Jewish women.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor...b645b806a7020f

[ronin sparthos]

Not sure if this should be here or in PC, but Muslim countries banning it because Gadot is Jewish and outspokenly pro-Israel politically. In turn anti-SJWs are now talking about how SJW culture hates Jewish women.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor...b645b806a7020f

I'm so over it. Like the previous "drama" where a theater did some women's only showings of Wonder Woman the whole thing felt like the most manufactured outrage you could spin up for a superhero movie.

Much like Star Wars, Bourne and Ghostbusters fuck off with politics in my escapism.

[ronin sparthos]

i'm not sure 'let's become best friends because our moms have the same name' qualifies as more sophisticated conceptually

To be fair, BvS did try to tackle some 'deep' issues. It's just too bad the whole movie was a bus crash of ideas with no focus because the movie itself had at least 3-4 movies worth of ideas in play.

Issues like the purpose of a Superman with unchecked powers answering to no one but himself.
How collateral damage affects normies.
Characters like Diana, Zod and Supes being gods in comparison to humans and how that could break towards worship or all-consuming desire to topple those gods.

etc.

[archibaldcrane]

Not sure if this should be here or in PC, but Muslim countries banning it because Gadot is Jewish and outspokenly pro-Israel politically. In turn anti-SJWs are now talking about how SJW culture hates Jewish women.

https://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_facto...b645b806a7020f

My Palestinian friend is all on board this train, so I made a meme.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...pscztw7rbw.jpg

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[Zetanio]

Who the fuck still uses photobucket.

[archibaldcrane]

I'm on my phone get off me

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[NynJa]

I'm on my phone get off me

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Tapa actually lets you upload pics to their servers, though I dont know how long its hosted for.

[Zetanio]

also, just use imgur or BGbucket

[archibaldcrane]

Ok I'm off my phone now you cretins, here.