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Wonder Woman
Superhero movies have become one of the most profitable genres of recent years. This has been demonstrated with the different successes produced by Marvel, releasing tape after tape that the critics and the public have quickly praised. However, its direct competition, DC Comics, has not had the same result. For many people, this could change from the movie "Wonder Woman". Below I will provide an evaluative analysis and an opinion on the good reception that the movie has had.
Wonder Woman is a movie starring the character of the same name, a superhero whose origins are from Greek mythology and the town of the Amazons. It is a warrior princess who is endowed with several powers and superhuman abilities, and that in the comics was
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In this last is where his first problem lies in criticizing it as a film, given that it is unjustified by the female audience, which overestimates it as the first superhero film starring and directed by a woman. Also, the hypersensitivity that affects the world today has as a consequence that the comments against it are rejected.
The film does not invent any new formula or present innovations for the genre. Its structure is simple and follows the pattern of any history of origin. However, this simplicity plays in its favor, showing each element in a clear and orderly way, unlike "Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice" and "Suicide Squad"; other DC Comics tapes that were a disaster in this regard. This has also allowed it to be considered one of DC Comics’ best film since the Batman trilogy directed by Christopher Nolan.
Its lack of transcendence in the narrative field has, as a result, a story that hardly displeases, but that for the most demanding public ends up being insipid and even boring in some moments. Apart from this, the performance of Gal Gadot, who plays the Wonder Woman, has outperformed his most popular male counterparts, namely Ben Affleck's Batman and Henry Cavill's Superman. In this way, it is again favored by
...revolutionize a whole new genre of movie, a genre which is fast becoming more and moe popular. 'As filmmaking technology has made it more and more feasible to bring the worlds of the comics to movie theaters, the comics themselves have begun to provide a broader and richer array of material.. from which films might be made' (Booker 2007: Paul Benton, Lecture notes). All the mentioned arguments throughout this essay on top of; the star performances, unique marketing and special effects, help make The Dark Knight a truly great film. Prior to the movies release it was questioned wether the film could sustain the 'increasing moral weight imposed upon it', the movie to date has more than dealt with this pressure, and has become a focal point for many discussions and essays, and finally it is because of the morals and ethics within the movie that I have written this essay.
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By dissecting the film, the director, Jennie Livingston's methodology and the audience's perceived response I believe we can easily ignore a different and more positive way of understanding the film despite the many flaws easy for feminist minds to criticize. This is in no way saying that these critiques are not valid, or that it is not beneficial to look at works of any form through the many and various feminist lenses.
The movie Wonder Woman, filmed by Patty Jenkins, begins on the hidden island of Themyscira, trailing after Diana, a girl who will ultimately be known as Wonder Woman. The story’s plot is brought into full swing when Themyscira is discovered by an English soldier. Upon hearing of the existence of World War I, Diana takes it upon herself to protect humanity, believing the war itself was brought on by the god of war, Ares. The film comprises of a delicate balance between mythology and realism, following Diana’s search for Ares while simultaneously depicting various (somewhat fictional) struggles of World War I. Bringing on headlines such as “Why Role Models Matter to Young Girls,” Wonder Woman can be considered a social phenomenon for women all
The Reasons Behind the Popularity of Action Films In this essay I am going to explore the conventions of action films and their popularity. People love action films, and when they go to see one there are conventions you would expect to see in the film All plots of action films are based on the same outline, Hero and villain meet, there's a disruption of order, and mission, then everything is sorted out when the villain dies and everything returns to normal. There are Stock characters that you expect to see in this genre of film, the hero, the villain and two attractive ladies. The main action is around a male hero, however, modern films have featured female heroines for example Angelina Jolie in 'Tomb Raider'. If the hero is male he is always good looking, intelligent, brave, chauvinistic, and manages to escape from life threatening situations, however the hero will always have a weakness, and if the hero is male the weakness is normally women.
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Things only get more complicated when you consider the frame narrative that explains Wonder Woman’s existence. She was born as Princess Diana (interestingly paralleling another icon of womanhood) in an Amazon community that seems pretty clearly grounded in lesbianism. Although the women in this harmonious and idyllic Amazon community have gone to great lengths to hide and protect their island from incursions by men, they are nonetheless delighted when a male American army officer inadvertently crash-lands in their utopia. So smitten with him are they, in fact, that they stage a ruthless physical competition to decide who will get to pair off with him. When Diana (later Wonder Woman) wins, she happily abandons her position as a royal ruler of the Amazons to accompany him back to the United States and take a boring desk job as a lowly secretary in the army. She even trades in her cool Amazon garb for a pair of gl...
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There have been questions about it for quite a few years. Why hasn’t DC/Warner Bros made a show about Wonder Woman? She’s the third most popular of all of the company’s characters. Then I saw an article Spinoff Online which talks about how they almost made a Black Widow movie. Buy why didn’t they?