Wonder Woman (4K Ultra HD)

I stand by my title, this is by far one of the best super hero movies of all time. Gal Gadot is perfect as Wonder Woman however it goes beyond that; every character brought their all and were on their A-game, the script was perfectly written, the score and music were awesome, and there was so much heart in this movie. I love that this is set in Workd War 1 and Chris Pine is a perfect Steve Trevor aka love interest for Diana; they have incredible chemistry in battle and in romantic/emotional scenes. Their romance doesn't feel rushed or paper thin either, it's intense. Chris Pine's group of military personnel that goes with him are also cool to watch and add to the movie. I like that the beginning explains Wonder Woman's origins but doesn't become an origin story. Her home island is where Steve Trevor crashes his plane, then he convinces Wonder Woman to fight with him against evil (she's consumed with finding and defeating Ares, god of war). Her mother reluctantly banishes her and she fights the Germans and also plays her role as Diana Prince brilliantly too; she's new to society and it shows in this movie. In a way, I think Steve Trevor brings out Diana's humanity being a Demigod and all. The plot is actually a very interesting one, the German villains are truly evil here. The action here is also amazing .Towards the end of the movie when the true villain is revealed, Ares (who disguises himself very well and really tries to mess with Diana's mind) , there's also the sacrifice that Steve Trevor makes to help stop Ares and the Germans is just a tearjerker and you can feel Wonder Woman's heartbreak. This movie shows how and why Diana decides to become a hero and is more than just an action packed CGI fest with no story. I think director Patty Jenkins made Gal Gadot the iconic Wonder Woman with this movie even though Linda Carter was great during her time in the role. I think this will stand the test of time, even though Snyders universe is done and they'll likely recast Wonder Woman in James Gunn's universe, this is a wonderful, top shelf Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman was the follow-up movie to Batman v. Superman and is told mostly as a flashback telling Diana's origin story. There are a couple of scenes set in the present that ties both to Batman v. Superman and the upcoming (at that point) Justice League movie, but most of this movie is set in the past. Most of the story in this movie is set during World War I. There are some scenes with a young Diana growing up on Themyscira, but the bulk of the story comes after Steve Trevor (played by Chris Pine) accidentally ends up in Themyscira while fleeing the Germans. He tells Diana about the war, and she is convinced that it is the doing of the god Aries, and sets out to find and kill Aries. From there it is mostly a period piece with Diana trying to integrate into early 1900s society, help fight in battles, and aid Trevor and his team to find a weapon being developed by an evil German doctor. There is a strong supporting cast including Robin Wright, Connie Nielson, David Thewlis, and other recognizable character actors. For those who get the 4K disc, it is a two-disc set with just the movie on the UHD disc, and all the extras on a regular blu ray disc. The movie looks and sounds great in UHD, especially if you have a large screen and a soundbar. There are over two-hours worth of extras including several behind-the-scenes features on making the movie, as well as several features on the overall character of Wonder Woman, and how the character has evolved over time. Overall, the movie is great. It has a great blend of action and humor. It has a message that it delivers without getting too preachy. Gal Gadot does a great job with the character. The script was good and all of the actors did a great job with their parts. It is probably still the best movie in the DCEU and is definitely worth the pick-up.

Awesome movie 5 stars

*SPOILERS AHEAD* *SPOILERS AHEAD* I finally got the chance to see wonder woman and overall it was a good movie. I really enjoyed it and for an origin movie, which are always the toughest to pull off since there is so much to tell in a short time, this movie did as good a job as the rest but all throughout I kept seeing massive story issues. So my review here isn’t about gal’s acting, she was spot on. She made a perfect Diana Prince and was the perfect modernization of the Diana/Wonder Woman character. The core story was great as well and the effects were above par. My issues are all with the storytelling /writing and the lack of the big picture approach. These are in the order of movie progression. *SPOILERS AHEAD* Within the first 30 minutes Hippolyta the queen of the amazons tells Diana that “We are the bridge to a greater understanding between all men”, and later states, “it is our sacred duty to defend the world”. So why then did they all retreat from the world and refuse to step outside it? Why did they give up on “the world of men”? Seems a bit irresponsible if their sacred duty is to be both a bridge of greater understanding AND protectors. Diana goes to steal the God killer sword. She leaps across the chasm and manages to hold onto a small outcropping in the wall, it breaks and as she is falling puts her fist into the wall thus stopping her fall. It is here she discovers her super strength. THIS is the moment she discovers it? Her entire life she never had an occasion to lift, pull, push, hit or fight beyond her normal strength? I found that hard to believe. We all have had moments throughout our lives, especially as kids, in which we needed more strength then we had. It was a great scene but using it to show us her ‘discovery’ just didn’t seem logical. She would have discovered her super strength loooong before then. 43 minutes in she and Steve talk of sex and marriage. Steve stammers and stutters like an idiot and gives an obvious 2017 explanation of marriage when back then it was more valued and important than it is today. His stammering and “duh” attitude didn’t seem to fit the character or the reality of the time in which the movie was set. Diana then goes on to say she had read all 12 volumes of Clio’s treatises on bodily pleasure and that men were only good for procreation not pleasure. The male bashing continues…. Who is the fake Aries and why does he need blue gas to be super? This is never explained or if it was it was easy to miss. Diana meets Steve’s secretary and Diana asks what a secretary is. The reply is I go where he tells me and do what he tells me. THAT is the definition she gives to someone she just met and right in front of her boss!? Yet another 2017 definition worded to, once again, attack men. It doesn’t fit the time frame of the movie and serves a different purpose which is the underlining theme of the movie: Men = bad. They re-do the ally scene from superman the movie. Of course they do this. Poor Steve, he, a trained fighter can only manage to get one guy down while Diana saves his life. The scene served no purpose other than to emasculate Steve. One other issue with this scene, there were at least 5 guys in that ally and Diana questions ONE, he dies and they leave!?! Why not question the other 4 guys there? Faced with the understanding of what Dr. Poison’s gas can do and that it will be unleashed on the front within days, all of the male leaders quickly, readily and with little thought agree to do nothing at all and in regards to all of the soldiers that will die from it say, “that’s what men do”. Sooooo these leaders have no soul and don’t care at all? They have no sense of urgency in regards to the proof right in front of them that an unstoppable weapon is about to be released on their own men!? Instead it’s - who cares, We won the war!! This whole reaction scene was so beyond ridiculous and totally unbelievable. The military WOULD have cared and WOULD have done something BUT it was necessary to vilify these evil men in order for Diana to then lecture them all on the value of life. Faced with the proof of an unstoppable poison that will be used soon the men choose to do nothing……..This whole scene could have been written much better and been much more believable. As it is it is just ridiculous. 1:13:49 when Diana melts down in “no man’s land”. Steve tries to explain how powerless they are to stop the killing and destruction while Diana yells at him. This scene is all about setting up Diana’s first big anti-war action scene and it was painfully obvious it was coming - all the slow-mo, and super hero strut onto the battle field. All the cliché stuff men’s action movies get ripped for was taking place here too. The scene was good overall but it could have been written much better. It seemed too generic and typical of an action scene imo. Diana’s run across the battlefield. So every single German soldier there tried to shoot her head/upper torso only? Diana held her shield up and, amid all of the gun fire every shot hits her shield and not her mid-section or legs which were painfully exposed? I had issues like this with Capt. America movies as well. Diana jumps into the room full of German soldiers. A great close quarters fight, reminiscent of Batman’s in BvS, but I noticed something right off the bat, how is Diana able to use her wrist cuffs to block bullets as well as she did? She was never trained to as they didn’t have bullets on her island and I’m sure they didn’t throw rocks at her to train her to block objects heading at her yet she blocked all those bullets in close quarters, with ease yet no training. Again, we know she can do it but the movie never explains HOW she was able to do it. “Oh she’s a Goddess so she just can” I hope wasn’t the explanation the writers had in their heads when they wrote this scene. I had a similar issue in the remake of Clash of the Titans. Perseus was able to fight like a pro with ZERO training simply because he was part God. Weak. This is an origin story. A training scene or at least an explanation of ‘how’ was needed earlier in the movie. Just being able to so stuff’ because’ is poor storytelling and soooo many other movies do this as well. MASSIVE overuse of slow-mo by this point and so much more is still to come………. Diana is standing in the now gassed village upset that she couldn’t save. More ‘world of men’ swipes and by now the movie is getting annoyingly preachy about it. Just who the heck is this fake aries and why the blue gas? Will they ever tell us? 1:46:10 Diana has killed fake aries though she doesn’t know he was a fake and she says, “why are they (the soldiers) still fighting?” Diana believed that Killing aries would stop the war. To this Steve, who is flustered, confused and stammering for no reason at all, replies, “I don’t know, maybe it is who they are?”……. Maybe?..... Maybe it is who they are!? Steve, who is a trained fighter, military soldier and spy would know all about human nature. As a spy he would have to be a master of human nature as he would be manipulating it as a spy would do. So why is he so clueless here? Steve’s confused, clueless, childlike attempt to explain human nature is both unrealistic to the character and is plain ridiculous. 1:47:45. The look on Diana’s face. Welcome to the real world, Diana. Hiding on an island and abandoning your sacred duty brought about all of this. That is what I thought when they showed her look because of Hippolyta’s talk early in the movie about sacred duty. Did the writers of this movie even try to see big picture or just think scene by scene? Diana states to Steve that mommy was right; the world doesn’t deserve our help. Please refer to my first point above about the whole sacred duty speech. Perhaps if the Amazons didn’t run away and hide but instead fulfilled their sacred duty there would be no war. So in actuality WW1 was the amazon’s fault. This is what I mean by bad writing. Big ol’ plot holes and story flaws like this one. Diana’s fight with the real Aries. Near the end when Diana chooses not to kill Dr. Poison and Aries leaps at Diana, Aries is also force throwing a barrage of objects at Diana as well yet as they approach her they disintegrate …..how are they doing that? How is Diana able to make them disintegrate? Yet another ability never explained. I liked that ability but wanted to know how she was developed it. To just give powers randomly in a movie with no explanation is poor storytelling imo and many, many other movies are guilty of this as well. At the end- present day when Diana is wrapping up the movie via narration. In Batman v. Superman Diana had no interest in helping man and was pretty bitter towards them. Bruce Wayne tells her that “men are still good”, meaning Diana had to be talked into helping out yet at the end of this movie, which takes place AFTER BvS, she says she decided to stay and fight because of love....... Sooooo what reason was it? Again this is not an attack on wonder woman at all. I was happy to see her in BvS, I LOVED how they modernized her and was beyond grateful they didn’t choose an actress based on breast size to play the part which would have been a tremendous insult to all viewers and fans and would have done the character a great dis-service. They made the right choice in Gal Gadot and long may she reign as Wonder Woman. I hope to see many more WW movies in the years to come. My issues here are with the storytelling and the over use of ‘it’s all man’s fault’. That message was stated clearly in the beginning and we got it loud and clear but to run it throughout the movie took away from it and made it more about emasculation and blame imo. This also isn’t about ruining this movie either but when I see this much jagged storytelling/ writing, as I did also in the movie The Dark Knight, I find it more insulting as a viewer that the writers didn’t bother to think it thorough and craft a more consistent, plot-hole free story but instead hoped we are too blind or wouldn't notice their lack of detail.

Good movie

Good flick

I really enjoyed this film. What a great story and the cast was superb. The background provided about Wonder Woman’s early life really added to the story. Add in the beauty of Gal Gadot, portraying Wonder Woman, and you have a winner. The movie has first class CGI and the movie was expertly directed and filmed. This is one of the best super hero films I have seen and I own them all. Wonder Woman comes out of hiding to help mankind to win and stop WWI. It is such a great story line that it keeps you on the edge of your seat just watching the film unwind. You keep wondering how one woman can make a difference in such a massive global war. Well, just sit back and let her show you how! I love the film and I rated it 5 stars. I also used my free digital copy to get the HDX Vudu version of the digital movie. I gave up on Apple films as I can play Vudu films on my Apple products, my Android products and on my Roku. This film is so good that I have been recommending it to all of my family and friends to see it. This is the best super hero film I have seen and it makes me want to see more of them made this way! I purchased the BluRay version and I got the Bluray disc, a DVD disc, and a digital copy that I got to receive a Vudu HDX version of the movie. The BluRay video and audio quality was perfect and even streaming the HDX version was great quality. This is a good way to get this movie. What I liked about this film is that the special effects were good but it combined in a good cast, direction and story line. I found the film entertaining and Wonder Woman was played perfectly by Gal Gadot. She portrayed a young Amazon Princess that was innocent and yet had super human powers and fighting skills. The majority of the cast was first class but she carried the film with her beauty, poise and acting skill! This is one character that can carry on a series of these films on her own talents or with other superhero characters. I cant wait for the next film to come out, I hope Gal Gadot continues to be in these films! When the next film comes out, I hope they maintain the quality of the storyline and the character. D.C. Comics has a real hit with this film and the main star and they should keep the action going in more films immediately. This film is a must see event with a great cast and storyline. Never have I seen a relatively new actress make such a smashing entrance in a movie as Gal Gadot. I really enjoyed this film and I am glad it is in our movie library to re-watch! If you like action movies and films about super hero’s then this is one film you should own!

I can't rate my expectations, because I don't know what I was expecting. I can rate the movie that I watched. I think the casting choice for Wonder Woman was quite good. She fit the little costume and her hair looked good with the fans running while she fought against the Germans in World War II. Chris Pine looked the part, I'm sure, but he comes from the acting school of "I'm not really acting," and at times his lines are delivered like you interrupted the guy while he was eating or reading instead of being delivered as he's acting the character in a movie. I know a lot of successful actors get away with the "I'm not acting" style of acting though, so can't hold that against him. Basically the whole movie is a flashback, which adds to the feeling of watching something less important than something that is currently happening. Not that we would ever be too fearful of the main character meeting their demise, but there is less urgency, agency, what have you, when taking a stroll with someone down memory lane than when picking up a sword in the here and now. Plus most of us know how World War I and II ended. Hollywood hasn't had to work too hard since that era because all they need to do is plop a hero down in the 1910s or 1940s and a story writes itself: good guys, bad guys, ethics, dilemmas, sacrifice, and resolution. I'm trying to decide which of her characteristics is the most admirable and worthy of imitation. Her naivete made for some humorous moments. Her empathy for suffering, often a trait attributed to women, made her seem nurturing (surprised Wonder Woman isn't a nurse). Her sense of justice and integrity/honesty were nearly unwavering. It does strike me as a bit of a conflict that she's a warrior trained from birth to fight, but to fight against war. I guess that's the argument for most armies and weapons technology, it's defensive and not offensive. Equal parts fashion show, love story (does Batman fall in love in each of his movies, Superman?), moral commentary on the worthwhile-ness of the human race, and movie stunts, it wasn't a bad movie at all. If they are satisfied with the outcome then that is good enough for me. And yeah, that's pretty silly armor for hand to hand combat, or projectile combat, so it's a good thing she's no ordinary woman. I know they wanted her to be competent but also not so pushy or independent to turn viewers off (hence the love story and comments about love making it all worthwhile), but am I the only one who thought Wonder Woman was basically that guy's sidekick? It was his mission, his enemies, his war, his friends, his boss. His movie? Where he introduced her as his secretary, she actually sort of was, just along for the ride and helping him with his job.

DCシリーズのワンダウーマン、4kBlu－rayでした、なかなか楽しめるシリーズで、4kBlu－rayの美しい映像で観のが、大好きです。

Ein Wunder ist geschehen! Es gibt einen Film, der das unerhörte Kunststück vollbringt, einem den Glauben an das Blockbusterkino Hollywoods als verläßlicher Hoflieferant phantastischer Träume zurückzugeben. Wonder Woman schafft es, sich von den Stereotypen der zweidimensionalen Vorlage iher Graphic Novel Quellen abzuheben und in der Welt der Menschenkinder zu etablieren. Die erste Comicverfilmung seit langer, langer Zeit, die neben spektakulärer Optik auch emotionale Akzente zu setzen weiß. Nach dem letzten jämmerlichen Thor Ableger begeistert der neueste Superheldenstreifen durch erzählerische Qualität. In Rückbesinnung auf die alte Gewißheit, daß überbordendes Effektgewitter niemals eine qualitativ hochwertige Story ersetzen kann, fokussiert sich das Team um Zack Snyder und Regisseur Patty Jenkins auf sympathische Charaktere und einen für Comicverfilmungen erstaunlich komplexen Handlungsverlauf, in dem gehobener Wert auf dramaturgische Elemente und zwischenmenschliche Töne gelegt wird. Was zuallererst ins Auge sticht, ist, daß trotz aller Superpower, die Geschichte im Reich der realen Befindlichkeiten verortet ist. Beginnend bei Wonder Women fällt sofort angenehm auf, daß es sich bei dieser Amazonin nicht, wie man leicht hätte meinen können, um eine verhärmte, von maskulinen Attributen durchwirkte Kampflesbe handelt, sondern um eine echte Frau, wenn nicht sogar empfindsames weibliches Wesen, welches glaubwürdige Gefühle entwickelt und echte Anteilnahme am menschlichen Schicksal nimmt. Die Menschen sind hier nicht beliebige, verzichtbare, seelenlose Dutzendware, deren massenhaftes Ableben den effekthascherischen Showeffekt der Spezialeffekte steigern soll, sondern echte Wesen aus Fleisch und Blut mit ihrer eigenen Geschichte. Zu Ungunsten der Effekte wird behutsam eine Beziehung zwischen der Kämpferin und dem englischen Spion Steve aufgebaut. Ohne sich zu sehr auf Kitsch zu versteifen oder ins romantische der schmalztriefenden Schmonzette abzugleiten, findet der Film genau die richtige Balance zwischen Gefühl, Humor und Seriosität. Glücklicherweise zünden hierbei die dezent eingefügten Gags und sind meilenweit von der schenkelklopfrigen Infantilität eines Thor oder der Guardians of the Galaxy entfernt. Auf der mystischen, von der Weltöffentlichkeit durch einen Nebelschleier verborgenen, Insel Themyscira wächst die spätere Wonder Woman Diana, zunächst noch als kleine Göre, heran und wird im Lauf der langen Jahre zur Kriegerin aufgebaut. Mit der Idylle ist es allerdings jäh vorbei, als der britische Spion Steve Trevor mit einem Flugzeug den Schutzschild Themysciras durchbricht und notwassert. Von Diana gerettet, berichtet der Agent, seine Welt befinde sich in einem furchtbaren Krieg und der Menschheit drohe die Ausrottung. Schnell stellt sich heraus, daß Steve selbst in den ersten Weltkrieg verwickelt ist und und mit seinem gestohlenen Wissen den weiteren Verlauf des Kampfgeschehens nicht unwesentlich beeiflussen kann. Der deutsche General Ludendorf und seine diabolische Chefchemikerin, Dr. Poison, sind kurz davor, den Feind mit brutalen Giftgasen für alle Zeiten vom Antlitz der Erde zu wischen. Diana hat auf Thymoscira eine klassisch humanistische Bildungskarriere mit Schwerpunkt auf antike Götterwelt und Altgriechisch durchlaufen und schließt daher aus den ihr zur Verfügung stehenden Informationen folgerichtig, daß der Kriegsgott Ares in der Inkarnation Ludendorfs seine Hände mit im Spiel haben muß. Wonder Woman sieht daher in der Errettung der Welt und der Tötung Ares ihre Bestimmung. Über das quirlige und üppige Londen der 1910er Jahre verschlägt es Wonder Woman, Steve und eine Clique aus der Not geborenen und mehr schlecht als recht gecasteten Haudegen, über die umkämpften Schützengräben der belgischen Front, schließlich mitten hinein in das Herz des Bösen... Actionscenen werden bei diesem Feldzug gegen das personifizierte Übel dieser Welt wohltuend zurückhaltend eingesetzt und sind eher im konventionellem Stil eines Abenteuer- oder Kriegsfilmes gehalten, in dem sich die Überschaubarkeit des Geschehens über den Actiobombast Overkill erhebt. Wenn es dann schließlich doch mal knallt, fliegen zwar auch ordentlich die Fetzen, bleiben aber im Rahmen eines handelsüblichen Explosionsgewitters. Die Zeit zwischen den Feuerwerken, wird mit allerlei Verästelung der Handlung, Beleuchtung der Charaktere ausgefüllt (wie es Spud aus Trainspotting in den Film geschafft hat, ist mir ein Mysterium, paßt aber!) und schwelgen im dunstig-schwülen Ambiente des Londons im ausklingenden victorianischem Zeitalter. Obwohl der Film nicht von einer Scene zur nächsten poltert, kommt keine Sekunde Langeweile auf. Im ausgedehnten Mittelteil rückt die sich hauchzart anbahnende Liebesgeschichte zwischen Steve und Wonder Woman, mit all den unschuldigen Neckereien zweier Turteltäubchen, etwas in den Vordergrund. Wonder Woman mutiert dadurch zwar nicht zur Romanze, würde hier aber beinahe ohne den ganzen Superheldenquatsch auskommen. Bis zum fulminanten Finale, in dem Wonder Woman ihr gesamtes in den Tiefen ihres Uterus schlummernden Potential zum Erwachen verhilft, wird der Film von der sympathischen Ausstrahlung Dianas getragen, ohne jedoch jemals einen Abstecher ins Reich des Pathetischen oder Seichten nehmen zu müßen. Hollywood demonstriert der Welt mit Wonder Woman vorbildlich, was möglich ist, wenn man sich am Drehbuchautorenpult mal wieder etwas am Riemen reißt und sein Publikum mit Würde behandelt, statt es permanent intellektuell zu unterfordern. DC zeigt Marvel mal wieder wo der Hammer hängt und etabliert sich mit seinem Franchise tendenziell eher im Erwachsenensegment, während MARVEL sich mit Siebenmeilenstiefeln der Erstürmung der Kitapforten verdächtig macht... Das sich die Imposanz des Filmes erst in 3D voll entfaltet, versteht sich von selbst, wenn auch die beiden stereoskopischen Bilder zum Leidwesen des zahlenden Kunden, nicht immer zu einer Einheit verschmolzen werden können...

Excellent film , très Belle découverte, pas déçu, l'actrice joue à la perfection et le rôle lui colle à la peau

j.w.

Gal Gadot is stunning as Wonder Woman, dominating almost every moment she's on screen apart from a few nice moments from Chris Pine, and there are a lot of great scenes, no mediocre scenes and this isn’t easy stuff. She doesn’t walk the fine line between female and strong, she shows us there is no line – she weaves the gordian knot of a real woman with no redundant threads and no missing threads. Similarly this is a coming of age movie, an action movie and an origin story woven together seamlessly. Unlike many action movies you know exactly why she's fighting and what she’s feeling in that moment and at the same time those action scenes are breathtaking, numerous and segued into and out of elegantly. And how she moves you have to see to believe, and not just in the action scenes – She’s elegant, lithe, powerful and determined, her acting doesn’t stop at the neck, it doesn’t even pause there – Her body language is perfect. I’d say that as superhero leads go they don’t get any better than this, but that would be understating it – There are awards she’ll win and that the movie will win that you’d expect a superhero movie to be in the running for. It should get most if not all of those. The only question is how many of the non-genre-specific awards it, and more specifically she, will get. I hope she gets the Oscar that any perfect performance deserves, especially given the challenging nature of playing an icon, a physically demanding role, no doubt a lot of green screen, and a character so far out of the norm both in nature and nurture. It's very difficult to find fault with this movie. The sound (at least in the cinema) is excellent, the score stirring, the 3D so good that it was unnoticeable, the special effects and cinematography outstanding and the performances of the supporting cast are almost without exception very good. As superhero movies goes this is a masterpiece on par with Avengers Assemble or X-Men: Days of Future Past. However, the smaller cast and the tightly focused well-crafted central story, Diana's story, lifted into the stratosphere by Gal Gadot's breathtaking performance, make it stand out from the rest – This is a masterpiece amongst all movies.