After watching it, I was very relieved that "Wonder Woman" is better than I thought, and even some places have surprises that make people eye-catching.
If you only look at the story itself, its shortcomings and loopholes are particularly obvious. The protagonist, who is born with divine power but does not eat the fireworks in the world, came to the mortal world with a Virgin's heart, and was gradually taught by his friends the love and cruelty of mankind, and eventually grew into a hero who saves the world. This kind of plot has been repeated countless times in the early superhero movies. "Friendship, hard work, and victory" are the three cores. They are called the kingly plot in "Young Jump", and in the eyes of the audience-they are called Old and old, you can know the ending plot by looking at the beginning. Especially the audiences who like DC movies have been appetites by the Batman trilogy and "Watchmen" in the early years. Compared with the sunny savior, they prefer to look at the dark side of the hero's heart. The powerful villain defeated the hero. The "anti-kingdom" story. "Wonder Woman" may disappoint many people, yelling that it is better to watch Marvel's popcorn movie.
However, among the many routines, "Wonder Woman" is unconventional, that is, after all, it is the first kingly drama with a female superhero as the protagonist. In the eyes of male audiences, this is nothing great, but in the eyes of girls like me who like superheroes and boy manga, this movie has given me a long-lost hero complex to find support. Like many Junior Two boys, I once yelled "I want to save the world", "I want to be a Superman", and "I want to be the man of One Piece"-but there is always something wrong, I think Become One Piece, but I am not a man. However, looking through the comics and movies that we grew up with, we couldn't find a word to describe the mood of a girl who wants to save the world through friendship and victories, and it is almost difficult to find such a heroine.
I used to think that it’s okay to use male characters as role models, and I also think that girls can do things that boys can do anyway. But as I grew older, I gradually realized that what I suspected was not "whether it can be done" but a question of "how to do it." If I had the power to lift the earth, would I use Superman's impact force that can cut a person into three to catch a girlfriend who fell into the air (Tucao from Sheldon)? If I had the wealth and wisdom of Batman, would I desperately bury my true self in my heart, cover up with the appearance of a playboy, and be a lonely dark knight? If a woman possesses these powers, will she use a different method to save the world? I don't know, because there are too few such roles. I only know that there must be differences between the heroine and the male hero-at least we saw Superman turned into a little reporter, wearing glasses and curling his shoulders to talk to Louise. He can overthrow the aliens but can’t deal with the girl he has a crush on. At that time, male audiences would feel a little bit empathetic, while female audiences probably seldom have a sense of substitution.
Watching "Wonder Woman" can find a lot of small details that make people smile. For example, Diana tried more than two hundred pieces of clothes before she finally found a dress that is convenient for fighting; she followed Steve’s request to her superiors to go to the front line, and was questioned by senior officials "why is there a woman present?" Steve had to say she was It's my secretary, Diana's helpless expression that I don't want to be a secretary is too vivid; and when Steve's little friend saw Diana, the first sentence was to praise her for her looks-several men from the Justice League ( As well as male aliens), the total compliments received are not as many as Diana. Although these details are not all pleasant, and some are slightly embarrassing, we can find some correspondence in our lives as girls. Stacked up, Diana has changed from a high goddess to one woman after another familiar to us, making it clear that this is indeed a female superhero, and it is not as simple as a superhuman turn.
Of course, the battle scenes are exactly the same as other hero movies we are familiar with. The protagonist tears the devil with his hands, embarrassed, and when he meets the boss, he becomes Xiaoqiang again, and the more he gets beaten, the stronger. At the critical moment, a word from the sweetheart lifted the fog of the protagonist's heart, causing her to burst out of strength. Many people criticized "Wonder Woman" for writing heroines like male heroes, taking the cheesy line of kingship, but who said that "friendship and effort to win" is a man's patent? We think this is a man's battle because we have never only seen a plot of a male character running. The first two-thirds of the film has laid so much foundation. Many details tell us that Diana is different from Superman, Captain America, Iron Man, and so on. Maybe many audiences are looking forward to Diana's change in the final battle, so they see her using it. The familiar trick, throwing tanks to demolish the house and destroying the boss, only felt top-heavy, disappointed, and changed the heroine or the familiar recipe and the familiar taste. So what are you looking forward to? Diana mobilized the villain with love and finally won? Or did she use a soft heart to protect the front-line people and heal the wounds of war? It seems that this is the fighting style of women that meets the expectations of the public.
I think, the most powerful part of "Wonder Woman" happens to be that it tells you that the protagonist is a girl who is familiar to you and has the shadows of all kinds of women around him, while running the benevolent plot that everyone is familiar with. Even the villain’s chaotic logic and the fact that he died of talking too much are well inherited. Since then, we have a good example. When there is nowhere to put that little heroism complex in girls' hearts, they can think of Wonder Woman and can say to themselves that if I have divine power, I can save the world in a positive way. This is not only a way for men to save the world, but it is also a way for women to save the world.
Don't think it is easy to do this. Before "Wonder Woman", how many action movies with women as the first protagonist dared to follow the kingly plot? If a heroine wants to embody her delicate and soft femininity that is different from men, she will definitely arrange a path full of emotional conflict, conspiracy and betrayal for her. From "Pacific Rim" to "The Hunger Games" to the messy film version of "Ghost in the Shell", which heroine is not sad but strong to win? It seems to be distinguished from male heroes. Male superheroes are silly and sweet as the mainstream. Female superheroes always bear the past with a cold face. This is probably so that they will not be accused of "portraying female characters like men." The role is the same". "Wonder Woman" took a very clever step. As one of the Big Three in DC, Diana is a big IP that is bigger than the female protagonist in other movies. She has the confidence to walk the path of the king. Anyway, this is quite in line with Diana's frank and bold personality.
I want to give the actor a thumbs up here. Diana can be portrayed as a magnificent heroine, and Steve also has a credit. Air Force Captain Steve is a good hand in long-range melee combat, with a generous and gentle heart. It was this gentleness that made him take Diana into the world hand in hand, and unconditionally believe in Diana's ideals. It was also Steve's phrase "You can save the future" that made Diana firm her conviction and became the Wonder Woman we were later familiar with. I was very worried at the beginning that Steve would become a vase dragon set, just falling in love, dragging his legs and being rescued by the protagonist-this is the role that the heroine often assumes in superhero movies where the male protagonist is the protagonist. Fortunately, Steve neither needed to be saved by the goddess, nor did he save the goddess. When Diana fought the enemy, Steve also fought for his victory without hesitation, and did not lose his light because of standing beside the radiant goddess. You see, to create a good female character, there is no need to weaken other male characters as a foil, and vice versa. You can learn from future male superhero movies.
"Wonder Woman" is far from being a perfect movie, and its shortcomings and advantages are equally obvious. However, looking at the filming process of superheroes, which one didn't find their own way after several foreshadowing? Batman had gone through many generations of embarrassing black history before his masterpiece "The Dark Knight", and Wonder Woman was only the first generation of the big screen.
Moreover, those audiences who think this movie is too silly and sweet, and have lost the essence of DC movies, may not have to put all their hopes on the role of Wonder Woman. Among the male characters, Superman is in charge of the warm sunshine man, Batman is in charge of the black-bellied president, and the Flash is in charge of the little angel. They all perform their duties. We should not expect Diana to be an Amazonian warrior alone and to be a Justice League. If you are in love, you have to save the world if you have a miserable past. Throughout the development history of Wonder Woman, this role has carried too many expectations since the 1940s, and it is time for more female characters to share these expectations. Batgirl, Oracle, Harley Quinn, and Catwoman have too many shining points that are not inferior to male characters. When they walked onto the big screen as the first protagonists, what we saw was no longer a single line of heroines, but each with a distinct personality and different good and evil, which can make future girls say "I think Become like her" female character.
Before that, I don't mind watching more kingly movies with female protagonists.
PS Marvel, look at other people's DC! When will the black widow's personal movie come!
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