Wonder Woman Review

Wonder Woman is a film that tells the origin story of how the amazing super heroine came to be. The movie starts with Diana as a child/adolescent at her home on the isolated island utopia Themyscira, inhabited by all-female amazons, and her mother the queen. With the ethereal scenery, battle training sessions, and fantastic characters, I would watch a stand alone Themyscira film!

When Diana first sets foot into 1920's England, the first time she's ever been off the island Themyscira, she's introduced to men, war, poverty, and women's suffrage. Her innocence and curiosity of man's world, and it's social constructs, is quite funny. For example, she asks why women would want to keep their bellies hidden by corsets, or why unmarried men and women aren't allowed to sleep in the same vicinity of each other.

Her ignorance and innocence of man's world is also eye opening of how violence is ingrained and normalized in our society. Like telling a child for the first time that there are people in this world who intentionally hurt other people, Diana wants to end war and suffering. Diana wants to save every innocent life in the war, but she is told by her partners in the mission that not every life can be saved; that they must focus on getting to their mission on time. But Diana being the hero she is, does save lives when all hope was lost (and kicks major butt while doing so!)

I think this film resonates for us all because we want to be a hero like Diana, someone who is selfless and fights for those who are unable to fend for themselves. And with the current political tension in the US, we want leaders who have those same values. The moral of the movie is that evil and violence cannot be completely eradicated from this world- but if enough of us believe in love and fight for it, then we can create our own Themyscira.


Overall: 9/10