Wonder Woman
2017 · Directed by Patty Jenkins
Original language: English
- action
- adventure
- fantasy
The story
An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.
What it’s like
Sun-washed Themyscira opens the film in saturated greens and golden light, then the palette shifts to the grey mud, sepia-tinted trenches and smoky European villages of 1918, with bright gold armour and the red of a cape cutting through the murk. Patty Jenkins favours wide, sweeping compositions and a steady, unfussy camera that lets slow-motion charges and hand-to-hand combat unfold in clean, legible geography, while the score swells with brass and strings whenever its heroine steps forward. The vibe is earnest and sincere, a bright adventure with a wistful undercurrent of war weariness, best suited to a weekend afternoon or an evening with friends who enjoy big, uplifting spectacle. Its pacing is brisk in the action and warmer in the quieter scenes, where a lonely idealist and a wary soldier slowly build trust and affection. Violence is frequent and stylised, with battlefield wounds and many anonymous deaths, but it is mostly bloodless and never lingers on gore; there are a few tender romantic moments and no sexual content. This is for viewers who want an optimistic, empowering hero story with lush visuals, a little melancholy, and no real cruelty.
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