The first Wonder Woman movie was about a journey from naivete to maturity, but it stumbled at the final hurdle and muddled its message@ Fortunately, Wonder Woman 1984 doesn’t make the same mistake@ The sequel not only delivers a better ending for its own story, but also belatedly gives Wonder Woman the ending it should have had@
Perhaps the worst thing about Wonder Woman’s ending is how close it came to perfection@ The film opens with a naive Diana learning about World War I, and deciding that such an terrible war must be the work of the vanquished Olympian god Ares@ Tasking Steve Trevor to take her to where the fighting is worst, Diana plans to end the war by killing Ares and breaking his spell@ She believes that General Ludendorff, a German military leader who is plotting to prolong the war, is Ares in disguise@ In one of the film’s most powerful moments, Diana kills Ludendorff and waits expectantly for the guns to stop firing — only to realize that the death of a single man hasn’t ended the war@
The weight of Steve’s own harrowing experiences in the war breaks through as he tells Diana that Ares was never responsible for the fighting: “You don’t think I wish I could tell you that it was one bad guy to blame? It’s not@ We’re all to blame@”
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Wonder Woman 1984 is the DCEU movie with the least amount of action so far, but that doesn’t mean the movie suffered for it@ Superhero movies have become synonymous with exhilarating action, as superpowered characters naturally attract large-scale battles and universe-wide events@ However, every now and then comes a more subdued movie to break the formula@
Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman was the first formal introduction to the hero after Diana Prince’s supporting role in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice@ The Amazon princess’ first solo movie enjoyed a better reception than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice because it exchanged over-the-top action for a more personal storyline where the most important battle was between ideologies@ During Wonder Woman’s first adventure, the world of mortal men taught her the true nature of war and Steve Trevor helped her understand what it meant to love@ Wonder Woman 1984 utilized even less action than the first installment, but also told a less cohesive story@
The mixed reception of Wonder Woman 1984 could be attributed to its lack of high-octane action, but there are actually many different elements at play@ The movie tried to tell too many stories at once, leading to a tangled web of plotlines that dragged out the runtime@ There were also questionable narrative decisions like Steve Trevor’s body swap subplot and Barbara Minerva’s cliché transformation from bespectacled dork to superpowered villain@ None of these flaws are related to the scale or the frequency of the fights, which in fact helped the movie stand out from the conventional superhero formula
Wonder Woman 1984’s choice of antagonist is a step up from most DCEU supervillains@ Although Maxwell Lord’s evil plan wasn’t original by any means, it was a scheme that couldn’t be stopped with physical strength@ Lord’s wish-granting abilities made him a global danger, but Wonder Woman had more pressing worries than punching him into submission@ Unlike other similar villains, Lord didn’t use his powers to recruit an army of faceless minions for Wonder Woman to slice through@ Instead, he gave everyone a tempting opportunity to get what they always wanted, with the downside that the entire world would crumble as a result@ This innovative conflict pushed Wonder Woman to find smarter ways to solve it than mere violence
The lack of action also tied better into the themes of love, hope, and truth that Wonder Woman stands for@ The first Wonder Woman movie betrayed its main themes when it forced a typical climactic battle between Wonder Woman and Ares, when it could have concluded with a groundbreaking climax where Diana’s powers were useless against the humans’ natural instinct for war, as it was set up since the beginning@ In Wonder Woman 1984, Cheetah didn’t warrant a violent beatdown because she was a victim of her own desires and Diana really didn’t want to hurt her@ The highly-anticipated fight between Cheetah and a golden-clad Wonder Woman instead suffered because of its low stakes in the grand scheme of things@
An estimated $2@6m debut including previews for Wonder Woman 1984 in Russia was more than enough to balance out the erosion of the film in all its other international markets@ The Warner Bros/DC Films sequel grossed an estimated $5@2m in total internationally, up from $4@8m for the previous session, and bringing the international total to $105@9m@ Add in North America, and the worldwide total is $141@7m@
Warner Bros reports that cinemas in Russia are operating at 25% seating capacity@ However, unlike virtually every other major European country, venues are at least open@ Russia has been a relatively strong performer in 2021, and local hit The Last Warrior: Root Of Evil — sequel to 2017 fairytale adventure Posledniy Bogatyr — has grossed $25m for distributor Disney since opening on January 1@
The original Wonder Woman film debuted in Russia in June 2017 with $4@0m, on its way to an $8@2m total@ Despite the significant challenges of Covid, the sequel is running at 65% of that pace@
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After North America (an estimated $2@6m for the four-day holiday weekend) and Russia, next best market for Wonder Woman 1984 at the weekend was Australia, which is likewise a relative bright spot for box office currently@ The film grossed $1@0m there for the weekend period@ Brazil comes next for the title, with weekend takings of $392,000@
Time is running out to catch Wonder Woman 1984 on HBO Max@ The colourful superhero sequel is available to stream only for a limited time and will no longer be available on the streaming service after Jan@ 25@
Wonder Woman 1984 was released Dec@ 25@ With many theaters closed by the COVID-19 pandemic, movie studio Warner Bros@ hedged its bets and also released the film on HBO Max so you could watch it from the comfort of your sofa@ But it was only a limited run, lasting one month from the original release date, which means you have just over a week left to catch this latest superpowered blockbuster@
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Despite being half the size of her competitors, Diana performs outstandingly in a contest of physical skills with an obstacle course that’s like Amazonian Ninja Warrior@ Instead of Mount Midoriyama, the contestants go outside the packed arena for the final stretch, a decathlon-type challenge combining an open-sea swim, horseback riding and archery, all of it further adrenalized by the thundering strains of Hans Zimmer’s rousing score@ Diana learns a hard but valuable lesson in patience, diligence and honesty, along with her mother’s assurance that her time will come@
Back in Washington, D@C@, in 1984, the ageless Diana is working in the archeology department of the Smithsonian Museum@ Her secret superhero presence in the city is introduced when thieves attempt to lift ancient artifacts from a jewelry store that’s a front for traffickers@ Setting this sequence in that most era-defining of locations, the shopping mall, allows Jenkins, production designer Aline Bonetto and costumer Lindy Hemming to get most of the jokey retro visuals out of the way early with a riot of bad hair and pastel fashion crimes@
Watching Gadot swing between mall floors on her golden lasso after knocking out the closed-circuit surveillance cameras is an absolute blast@ There’s a sweet nod to Diana’s role as protector of the innocent when she whisks a small girl out of the way and they exchange a complicit wink before she rounds up the perpetrators and delivers them to the cops, as a TV newsman reports on the latest intervention of the “mysterious female savior” thwarting crime in DC@ It’s in this kind of muscular coverage, combining action with intimate character insights, that Jenkins and returning DP Matthew Jensen excel@ And the stunt work throughout is terrific@
Back in civvies at the office, Diana appears to be the only person of that decade with taste@ Her poised beauty and vertiginous animal-print pumps elicit the open admiration of new hire Barbara Minerva (Kristen Wiig), the shoes providing an early hint of how that geologist character will evolve@ A bespectacled nerd with unmanageable hair and terminal social awkwardness, Barbara is starved for female friendship but even more so for male attention@ So when flirtatious Max Lord presents himself as a potential museum donor, showing unusual interest in an unidentifiable stone confiscated from the mall heist, Barbara is too giddy with romantic distraction to notice he’s a creep@
There’s a reason Max wants the stone, Its wish-fulfillment powers play into the “greed is good” ethos of the era, the culture of “more,” even if Max still shows a shred of humanity as a divorced father nagged by guilt over his neglectful relationship with his young son (Lucian Perez)@ But the stone’s rewards come at a cost@ That applies both to whomever is granted a wish and to the sequel’s cluttered screenplay, which spirals into such a chaotic swirl of world political disorder, nuclear threats, the “Star Wars program” and satellite communications monopolization that the characters get lost in the mayhem@
Even the resurrected Steve ends up getting short-changed despite some gorgeous scenes that stir the heart@ Diana has been, ahem, pining for him for nearly 70 years, and she first catches sight of the pilot after striding into a Smithsonian gala in a stunning off-white coat-dress with thigh-high split that takes full advantage of Gadot’s gazelle-like physique@ The head-turner clearly has plenty of practice brushing off unwanted attention from guys, so the poignancy of her reunion with the one man she truly loved recaptures some of the emotional pulse of the first movie@ A scene with them strolling by the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, with the Washington Monument glowing in the distance, is enchanting@
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There’s welcome humor, too, in Steve’s adjustment to the wonders of the “futuristic time” in which he’s reappeared, and to its wardrobe@ Fans of one of the most endearingly cheesy elements of both the vintage comics and the 1970s TV series — the invisible plane — will be delighted to see it make a comeback in a magical scene that has the rejoined lovers flying through July 4 fireworks@ (A friend recently confessed that one of his formative baby-gay moments was building an invisible plane by cutting up plastic water bottles and Scotch-taping them together@) When they follow the dangerously empowered Max to an Egypt of CG pyramids, there’s also a thrilling road chase in which Diana and Steve go up against the crooked American businessman, who has co-opted an oil baron’s security detail in armored vehicles@
But it’s soon after that point that the movie starts succumbing to breathless over-plotting@ Part of it is a question of balance, with two villains competing for attention and neither of them all that compelling@ Given that advance press and trailers have made it abundantly clear, it’s no spoiler to reveal that Barbara becomes Cheetah, a role in which Wiig attempts to stretch her range but just seems miscast@ Her transformation from sweet social misfit, yearning to be “strong, sexy, cool, special,” to a ruthless apex predator who sacrifices her goodness is too abrupt to be convincing@ And the physical clashes between the two women have a rote feel, including one that demolishes great chunks of White House interior@
Cheetah in many ways is a less interesting Catwoman, particularly as played so divinely by Michelle Pfeiffer in Tim Burton’s Batman Returns, which holds up remarkably well after almost 30 years@ There are parallels also with that film’s other villains@ Max Lord’s megalomaniacal hunger for success is traced back to childhood abuse from his father and his teenage outsider years; he could almost be an amalgam of Danny DeVito’s ugly orphan outcast Penguin and Christopher Walken’s sleazy business tycoon, Max Shreck@
As talented as both Pascal and Wiig are, neither actor is given the scope to have much fun with their characters, and the climax in which good inevitably triumphs over evil and the myth of being able to have it all makes way for the value of truth seems, well, anticlimactic@
There’s still a lot to love@ Gadot remains a charismatic presence who wields the lasso with authority, even tethering lightning bolts in some arresting moments@ However, I missed the more hand-to-hand gladiatorial aspect of so many fight scenes in the first movie@ There’s a disarming romantic touch in Diana acquiring the ability of flight through Steve’s explanation of its rudimentary principles@ But watching her soar through the air — while consistent with later editions of the comic — also detracts from the athletic leaps that make the character distinctive, turning her into an ersatz Superman with a cuter outfit@
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Distributor: Warner Bros@/HBO Max
Production companies: Atlas Entertainment, Stone Quarry
Cast: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen, Lilly Aspell, Amr Waked, Kristoffer Polaha, Natasha Rothwell, Ravi Patel, Oliver Cotton, Lucian Perez, Gabriella Wilde, Kelvin Yu, Stuart Milligan, Shane Attwooll
Director: Patty Jenkins
Screenwriters: Patty Jenkins, Geoff Johns, Dave Callaham; story by Jenkins, Johns, based on characters from DC; Wonder Woman created by William Moulton Marston
Producers: Charles Roven, Deborah Snyder, Zack Snyder, Patty Jenkins, Gal Gadot, Stephen Jones
Executive producers: Rebecca Steel Roven Oakley, Richard Suckle, Marianne Jenkins, Geoff Johns, Walter Hamada, Chantal Nong Vo, Wesley Coller
Director of photography: Matthew Jensen
Production designer: Aline Bonetto
Costume designer: Lindy Hemming
Music: Hans Zimmer
Editor: Richard Pearson
Visual effects supervisor: John Moffatt
Casting: Lucinda Syson, Kristy Carlson
