Let me begin by saying this IS a Christmas movie as much as Die Hard may be called a Christmas movie–perhaps more so because the message generated by this film is so absolutely in the Spirit of the Season that it cannot be anything but a Christmas movie. Also, clocking in at 2.5 hrs it would basically have to be a super hero version of it’s a wonderful life.
Okay, not entirely, but dang there are echoes.
WW84 is an enjoyable ride along with one of DC’s most iconic characters. Since the arrival of Ms. Marvel she has been seen as a kind of tentpole for feminism, though a different flavor of such than what Ms. Marvel presents. This is part of the reason I did not really enjoy the evolution of this film. More and more Wonder Woman is being portrayed as Superman the female version. More and more I find that I reject this story, reject the arc that creates it, and above all else reject that a female super hero has to be derivative of a male super hero or a male super hero plot structure.
Yet, here we are again.
Instead of granting us a new and interesting structure and idea, DC trots out the same old stuff that fueled a generation of Christopher Steele movies. Yes, there is good stuff there and yes it is fun enough to sit through, but that might not be enough to carry a universe on it’s back. At this point it has to. There are no other DC megastars producing film franchises worth watching. Not yet at least.