Wonder Woman 1984: A Fun Outing
Wonder Woman 1984
Directed by Patty Jenkins
Written by Patty Jenkins, Geoff Johns, and Dave Callaham
The review:
The great moments in Wonder Woman 1984 are the bits that come along with being female in the world that are highlighted in passing* as the story unfolds.** Overall, there are two stories here, one with a pyramid scheme guy and one with a antiquities specialist and I enjoyed the latter more than the former.*** But that is not to say that I didn’t enjoy this movie, it was a fun outing.****
The verdict: Good
Cost: HBOMax monthly fee ($14.99)
Where watched: at home
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Further sentences:
*From the joy of young Diana trying to beat the course to the catcalls and unrelenting attention of the grown Diana (and Barbara Minerva) it’s a low and high thing.
**Also joyful? Chris Pine’s clothes modeling scene which mimicked Diana’s exasperation with WWI-era clothes in the previous movie.
***Also, I didn’t recognize Pedro Pascal and spent the film wondering if that was Nathan Fillion with a prosthetic nose, which was a little distracting.
****It’s also the longest Matt and I have gone without watching a new superhero film in more than a decade. Our last one together was Spider-Man: Far From Home in July of 2019! (Though Matt did see Birds of Prey earlier this year)
Questions:
- Lotta flight in this film. Necessary?
- What was your favorite Wonder Woman moment?
Favorite IMDB trivia item:
As first reported by Variety, actress Gal Gadot was paid $10 million for this film (which she also produces)—33 times more than what she made on the first film, Wonder Woman (2017) ($300,000).
(To which both Matt and I said, “$300,000? She was the star of that film!”)
Other reviews of Wonder Woman 1984:
- Molly Freeman, ScreenRant
- Kate Erbland, IndieWire
