Wonder Woman Review

In a quest to be something different, the movie becomes a routine superhero flick. Wonder woman is probably the most well received film to come out of DC Universe so far. But for all its praise the only thing it actually did well was to be the first female solo superhero movie to feature a badass heroine. It basically used the standard superhero film template and inserted a heroine into it. No doubt the film has set a precedent with its success and this has surely inspired even Marvel who is now releasing its own female superhero film, Captain Marvel. The film uses a tired three arc structure and does nothing new with the genre. Also, the characters apart from the titular heroine are bland and run using the tried and tested war film mechanics and ambitions. Also, while the film actually hit a bizarre but superb note with Diana realizing that the war is caused by stupidity of humans and not interference of gods, it is soon turned to dust with introduction of Ares. All in all it was on the cusp of trying something truly new and exciting but left it to please causal fans of the genre.