Updated: December 24, 2020 8:37:19 am
Wonder Woman 1984 has hit Indian theaters.
Cast of Wonder Woman 1984: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig and Pedro Pascal
Director of Wonder Woman 1984: Patty jenkins
Wonder Woman 1984 Rating: Two stars
Three years ago, director Jenkins and actor Gadot set up an alluring Wonder Woman who touched hearts as much as she burned baddies. Beautiful as she was, Diana Prince was also vulnerable, loved and lost. Wonder Woman 1984 (there seems to be no real reason to go to 1984 except that it brings in “the Soviet Union”) doesn’t have the freshness of an origin story. But sadly, it doesn’t carry the weight of a hit sequel either.
It’s hard to believe he’s the same director at the helm when WW84 stumbles upon a lengthy opening sequence of Diana as a child back among the Amazons (again, for no valid reason), and then some run-of-the-mill rescues were made. for her as Wonder Woman in the ’80s. When Gadot swings, flails, glides, and rages in a fight, and tosses baddies with her lasso, it’s still a joy to watch. However, it takes too long for the story to come up with fights worth fighting for, wasting its first punches and precious screen time on amateur two-cent crooks.
Superman movies are known to have the same rhythm, but those scenes are about an awkward young man trying out his newfound skills. Diana de Gadot is a beautiful, grown-up and confident woman who dominates every scene she walks into, whether in impeccably tailored clothing or Wonder Woman attire.
In fact, Wonder Woman 1984 places great importance on Gadot’s appearance, underlining the same thing repeatedly, even placing a foil on her in the form of Dr. Barbara Minerva (Wiig). They’re both experts in different fields in the same Smithsonian museum, and when Diana in her heels and dresses is standing next to Barbara with her brown hair, oversized glasses, and scruffy skirts, you’re bound to compare and feel sorry. It’s an odd path for a franchise that prides itself on being the first on a superwoman. In fact, one of the first tricks that Barbara must master is working and walking in heels like Diana, even when her jobs require hours of looking at artifacts through microscopes.
The film goes even harder to convey its core message: be careful what you wish for. That dilemma arises when a curiosity that makes people’s wishes come true lands on the Smithsonian. Eventually, it falls into the hands of Max Lord (Pascal), a failed businessman and long-haired television personality who uses it for all the wrong purposes. Aside from the fact that it’s strange information for someone like Lord to have about an item like that, or that the item’s ancestry is really too ridiculous to mention, and that Pascal lacks the charisma to carry a movie, the things Lord chooses. going after makes very little sense. From an oil magnate in Egypt, in cahoots with Saudi Arabia and a private army, to a television evangelist, to the White House, Lord simply jumps from one idea to another.
The jumps are almost as chaotic as Wonder Woman has been doing. In short, the movie gets it right when Diana, getting her hands on the curiosity above, wishes for the return of her pilot boyfriend who died shortly after WWI, Steve (Pine). For some reason, Steve returns in someone else’s body, but is later depicted as Pine and only Pine from then on (the premise is that this is how Diana sees him). Pine and Gadot were good together in the first Wonder Woman, and when Jenkins lets them be, there are still sparks. However, there is a world to save, and while Diana performs the virtuous task, it’s a bit puzzling that she doesn’t think twice about the consequences of bringing Steve back from the dead. Like Barbara’s character, Steve’s prominent return to Diana’s new life only undermines what the film is about.
Particularly when Diana of Gadot is so good at fighting her battles. Jenkins once again showcases the deft touch she had shown in the previous Wonder Woman, giving Diana’s action-packed matches a frenetic and exciting pace. One of Diana’s several exciting clashes with Barbara takes place just outside the office of the President of the United States. Not one, but two women making decisions in the White House, while the most powerful man in the world is rendered helpless, now that there is an idea.
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