The (Only) Problem With Wonder Woman - Cosmonaut Review

But Wonder Woman's real gift to humanity? That kickass theme song

OMG imagine having Wonder Woman fight cheetah. That would be so bad. Thankfully no ones ever gonna make a movie like that.

Wait! if Diana killed Ares and ended the war then why in the future do people still fight and kill eachother in the DCEU?

Tony stopping a nuclear missile from destroying all of Manhattan counts as a superheroic act to me, Cap even told him that's a one way trip, did he think twice about taking that missile through the portal? No, That looked like something a superhero would do to me

Also seriously, Diana trying Ice Cream for the first time was one of the most adorable things ever xD

This movie should have ended without a final boss. What should have happened is this: she kills the German general guy, but the war continues. He wasn't ares, just another man. She helps the entente win the war, and then she devotes herself to helping save lives and keeping the peace. Moral of the story? In war, there is no 'big bad' you can defeat to save the day. It's just people fighting other people.

Every time Diana said “no it’s ares I must stop him” and Chris pine looked like he didn’t want to call her crazy because that’s just the nature of man really made me think that in the end she finally realizes that ares doesn’t cause war and goes through this transformation where she helps people to stop them from becoming bad. I really thought throughout the movie that ares wasn’t real and when they revealed him it lessened the impact so much. Also gal gadot legit is Wonder Woman. She put her soul into it and it shows. Great move

I think if Ares was never real it wouldve been better in a way

Seriously, though, when Ares was revealed, they really should've changed what he looked like. In the comics, the helmet hides his face in shadow, except for his glowing eyes. They could've done something like that. Cause lupin sorta sounds like ares, but he just doesn't look like him.

Marcus, I had no idea you were broccoli.

That's why I liked First Avenger. Because Cap helped ordinary people. Actually, there are a lot of similarities between these two movies...

I hate that the end goes back on the powerful moment of Steve telling her that morality is mostly grey. It just ruins the whole message and emotional impact of Steve’s sacrifice and what he was trying to tell Diana.

I was actually thinking the exact same thing as soon as I got out of the theater. I liked the anti-climax after Diana kills general Ludendorff and Steve tells her "yeah okay so maybe humanity isn't being corrupted, maybe we're are just shit but we're also kinda good so we're worth saving". I thought that having Diana realize that and then make the choice to continue fighting for humanity would've been wayyy more interesting and in line with the rest of the story. Oh well, it was still amazing

The one slo-mo fight scene I liked? When Iron man shoots laser at Captain's shield and it just slows down and it looks exactly like a comic panel and its just perfection.

I remember the trench scene more than any other scene. The ending was completely forgettable (haven't seen WW since it came out, but I haven't really seen any superhero movie twice). Nailed the analysis of the trench scene though because the hero aspect really is lacking in superhero movies.

My only problem is Ares. His presence makes Trevor's speech meaningless. And why does Ares looks like a tweedy twerp with a stupid mustache? He should look the way he does in Greek artwork. Big, strong, wicked facial hair, and glowing eyeballs Other than that, I'd give it a 7.6/10, which to me means it's "good"

I agree with you. I totally like your version of the last 20 minutes. Ares disappearing and stuff, would be a great ending. Then Diana would have to grapple with morality rather than strong muscly guys. Which is much more trickier.

Age of Ultron is a bad example to use for superheroes not going out of their way to save people because half the time in their final battle is spent getting civilians out. A prime example of this is when Hawkeye goes back to save a single kid, faces death in the eyes as bullets are racing his way, and turns to shield the kid when Quicksilver then saves him even though they weren't even very friendly. Marvel may have their large action pieces but they are fairly good at displaying the lives of the people they are saving, even as far back as Iron Man.

i agree 100%, the last fight is ridiculous and unnecessary. it ruined her progress as a character. all for the sake of a plot twist. if they eliminated the final fight, i think it would have been the perfect ending because she would have realized that humanity doesn't need an evil god to make war happen - and it would keep the general tone of the movie, no balck and white, but grey.

They really did luck out super hard with Gal Gadot