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Wonder Woman |OT| The World is Ready for You, Gal Gad [SPOILERS]
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Chained Prometheus
Member
It looks like I'll be going to an early screening of the film on Saturday. I'm pretty excited, especially since my mom will be tagging along and she's happy to finally see a female superhero film.
Haloid1177
Banned
GAF I need a good DC film but I dunno what to believe anymore.
Believe the consensus? I mean, I don't think there are any doubts at this point.
pokeystaples
Banned
The more I think about it the more I really wish the Themyscira training sections had been longer. The island is so lush and the scenes so well done that I would have loved to hang out longer and get to know more Amazons. Especially given how overlong all of the romantic scenes feel.
Yeah wanted it to be longer, but as others have noted it couldn't have been. Like what would you trim from the film
I still don't know what to think of the climax. It's not bad, I enjoy it... and it plays into the story, but something just felt off.
Also never really bought Ares as a threat, but I wanna rewatch the movie to see the different ways he helped push them forward
Like he paid for their voyage, he ran it out of his office to keep an eye/ear on their exploits, and almost certain he was the one who told the general to fire at the town they just freed
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
It kills me that I won't be able to see this film until a week after US-GAF does. I'm keeping my expectations in check and I doubt I'll like it as much as Man of Steel but as long as it's better than BvS and Suicide Squad, I'll be happy.
Regarding some of the early reactions to WW, it's funny how many comic-book movies fall apart in their third acts. Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Logan, etc. They're all solid films but none of them really managed to reach the finish line imo.
Regarding some of the early reactions to WW, it's funny how many comic-book movies fall apart in their third acts. Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Logan, etc. They're all solid films but none of them really managed to reach the finish line imo.
DeathoftheEndless
Crashing this plane... with no survivors!
I had my doubts about it, so I'm glad to hear it turned out well.
He is the final big bad, but not the main villain.
I actually like the other two villains. I think because their motives are kind of simple. One is a man who needs a war and wants to continue fighting it.
The other just likes finding new ways to kill people with gases. The simple pleasures of life.
Random little fanboy bit: At the end when Diana is rushing off to save the day, I so wanted to see Giganta when they turned that corner. lol
He's okay. He does his job within the narrative.
Doctor Poison is the best villain.
He's okay. He does his job within the narrative.
Doctor Poison is the best villain.
BossDarkseid
Member
So is it his presentation/CGI that drags him down a bit?
I think it was more that we don't really get a lot of time with him, so he doesn't get to leave much of an impression.
I think it's... really even though he is built up as the big threat... he wasn't needed to complete the arc of the movie.
And also yeah don't think he sounds intimidating at all!
Is that connected to the scenes in the trailesr where she's running in the streets and gets hit by an explosion, only to just bounce off the wall and eventually breaks through a window and fights a bunch of soldiers?
VeryGooster
Banned
I feel like the WWI-era limitations in technology sorta helped the two villains feel a bit more effective you can sort of buy into how they execute their plans. That might sound like a weird sentence but I can do "we're gonna fire this fucked up hydrogen-based super gas over a civilian town" over "Here's a barely explainable super magic thing that's just gonna end the world."
My honest to god unironic favorite scene in the whole movie is when the Not Howling Commandos under sniper fire and Diana does her thing. I'm not usually a cheering person in a theater but even that got a "Holy shit!" from me. That and when he straight takes on a massive blitz of German machinegun fire on an open battlefield.
Also it took until the end for me to recognize Chris Pine's secretary as Dawn from The Office...
Spike Spiegel
Member
Was the leaked plot description from a few months back accurate? It's sounding like it was.
Naw
Pretty much. I think once the third trailer dropped it was confirmed accurate, but in writing they made it sound a lot more... generic I guess
Nope.
Actually re-reading this thread, it sounds like someone who either saw an early version of the movie or knew enough to write about it and then wrote a TON of fanfic within the frame of it
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1345607&page=1
whatsinaname
Member
Thinking a bit more, I feel the last 20 mins are a huge disservice to everything before it.
Reveal and the couple of mins after that we're good. Really bad after that.
You have the theme of humanity's choices and Ares' control (or lack of it) and Diana's disillusionment , with everything heading into Diana's realisation of what Trevor meant about believing and then watching the others and Trevor actually making that choice.
And then we get Trevor with a trite "I love you"(after 4-5 days..) and Diana says it's all about love and goes Super Saiyan.
And then we get Trevor with a trite "I love you"(after 4-5 days..) and Diana says it's all about love and goes Super Saiyan.
Reveal and the couple of mins after that we're good. Really bad after that.
sleverfunk
Member
I decided that I'm not gonna watch this but changed my mind.
Injustice really made me thirsty for a good dc film.
I'm going in with low expectations and just enjoy the film.
Injustice really made me thirsty for a good dc film.
I'm going in with low expectations and just enjoy the film.
broncobuster
Banned
I know they filmed extra scenes. In trailers teen Diana had training scenes with Artemis.
Overall wish we learned even more about the society.
Yeah, while I'm not big on huge CGI battles, I liked how it went live action anime there.
Messofanego
Banned
I thought Logan had a good third act. Revenhe against side villain by the kids. Satisfying action climax and one of the best endings to a comic book film.
However, a lot of blockbusters have weak third acts. Probably because it might be the last thing they shoot, writing an ending is hard, or choreographing a final action sequence they don't have the inspiration anymore.
broncobuster
Banned
Winter Soldier is exactly my reference for Wonder Woman, in terms of quality, and how I felt the third act is lacking compared with exceptional scenes preceding it.
What's interesting is how reshoots were in the third act, and evidently was an improvement. I'd like it as a deleted scene to satisfy curiosity.
I mean... they don't
But he's a God... it's been over a hundred years sure he can return if they really wanted him to.
Jokes are fine but just don't make them too funny? This is s thing you want?
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
Well, even though I'm not that big of a fan of Winter Soldier, if that's what I should expect out of Wonder Woman then that's a pretty good outcome. I always thought that film would end up being slightly above average at best (for no particular reason, just a gut feeling), but I've been very pleased by the early impressions. I didn't think Gadot could pull it off and I'm glad I was wrong.
I just saw Logan for the first time a couple of days ago so I haven't really formed a final opinion on it yet. The last shot was certainly brilliant but while he didn't ruin the movie, the "final boss" just felt unnecessary to me. It was a really good film and a beautiful epilogue to the X-Men saga but I'm a bit frustrated by the fact that it was this close to greatness but didn't quite get there.
I dont get it.
Review from Reddit.
It's a play on the previous thread title that didn't go over so well.
shira
Member
I dont get it.
Review from Reddit.
It was originally
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Gal Gad |OT| Wonder Woman [SPOILERS]I think if it was a lower case |ot| you might have gotten away with it
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Wait, what was wrong with "Waiting for Gadot"?
That was perfect.
That was perfect.
That's actually brilliant. Not sure how I missed it but I would have used it if I had known.
I'm horrible at coming up with thread titles. I would just throw the directors name in there and be done with it.
Wait, is this from an outtake or from one of the trailers?
MisterHero
Super Member
It's a play on the old thread and her theme songI dont get it.
Review from Reddit.
WW loves her AOL account, please tell me that she's not using a giant font size
I think I know what it was that bugged me... there's no actual turning point in that scene.
I mean, think back,
what was the actual turning point that made WW overcome Ares? It was fun and good to watch, the action that is, but the flow was really just... eh punchless?
I liked the idea of Ares more than the real thing. The film would've been better if his influence on humans remained a mystery, which would've let Dr. Poison be the main part of the climax, rather than Ares, which would've also been better since the battle wouldn't have happened the way it did since she completely gets sidelined the second Ares shows up.
There's an animation early on that talks about the history of Zeus and Ares a bit. I believe it's said that Ares killed all the other gods and only Zues and him remained.
There's an animation early on that talks about the history of Zeus and Ares a bit. I believe it's said that Ares killed all the other gods and only Zues and him remained.
I thought the turning point was
realizing love overcomes all. Once she decides to spare Doctor Poison
whatsinaname
Member
That was my main problem with the ending.
It felt like they were going for a different theme for the rest of the movie till the "love overcomes all" turn.
No but she uses comic sans.