rhythm is marred by backstory, constrained comic attempts and a hesitant romantic angle - ***1/2

DC Entertainment President, Diane Nielson along with Warner Bros agreed that Wonder Woman is one of three priorities as solo film subjects that even though studies for this film had started since 1995, the idea to produce this film never fizzled out.  The material had gone through many changes and went through so many hands until it finally landed into the abled hands of screen writer Allan Heinberg in 2015.  According to a poll generated by Fandango with 10,000 respondents, Wonder Woman is the most anticipated summer movie of 2017 satisfying the high demand for a female superhero.

Thematically a coming of age story with World War I happening in the background.   An innocent Diana (Gal Gadot), Princess of Themyscera saved an american spy, Steve Trevor (Chris Pine),  working for the british intelligence whose plane crash landed in Themyscerian waters.  She learned of World War I and decided to finish it by killing Ares, the god of war. In his desperation to leave the island, Steve agreed to bring her where the war is even though the idea of killing one man to end the wars sounded a little silly to him.  She comes into the real world with fresh idealism and naivete but her exposure to the ravishes of war and the feeling of true love, allowed for her much strength and maturity to become the superhero we know now.

So many things I like in this film,  I like how the production created Themyscira, the island is fascinating,  the inhabitants' looks are consistent, the Amazons' costumes are feminine but not slutty.  The way the fighting scenes are staged they look like they have their own fighting style.  I love Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, she just grabs your attention with her beauty and you never get tired looking.  Her fight sequences were well crafted.  Her Wonder Woman started as innocent and pure but when she fights she still looks hot but being a 'badass' at the same time.

Between fight scenes is when you try to develop the story, or try to put in some comic relief to grab the audience attention.  This is where the movie fails a little. I got bored a little and almost fell asleep because of some lull in the story, some backstory that is not really necessary, comic scenes that were not quite there and a romantic angle that was not developed well.  It could be Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman fails to connect with other characters and it sort of makes the story a little messy. But overall I'm happy I saw this film and I am certainly looking forward for a sequel.