I really liked WONDER WOMAN. It was fun and refreshing for a DC Extended Universe movie. At least until the final battle when it became what has become a redundant problem with DCEU movies. The hero versus the big bad in an over-the-top showdown that is on the edge of being too ridiculous. This is the norm after being seen again and again in MAN OF STEEL, BATMAN V. SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE, SUICIDE SQUAD and now WONDER WOMAN. (And probably in JUSTICE LEAGUE, too, since Steppenwolf looks like the next villain in line for the over-the-top fight in ACT III.)
I will say that the Wonder Woman v. Ares fight was not as bad as the end battle debacle of SUICIDE SQUAD, but it was not as good as Superman v. Zod in MAN OF STEEL. (Yes, I liked that over-the-top battle in MAN OF STEEL because it is two of the most powerful alien beings and there needed to be mass destruction all around them.)
Anyway, back to WONDER WOMAN, and my problem with her final battle. It went on it too long and made me feel like Zack Synder once again got his own vision incepted into the head of another DCEU director. He had to have it his way and not the way Patty Jenkins really wanted it to be. She will probably never admit this, but my gut says it could be true.
Even the movie look of Ares was too Synder-like for me and this seems more evident as concept art of the villain has emerged which looks so much better than how he looked in the movie.
Big fan of this version of Ares and I wish Jenkins would have used it instead. But what's done is done and WONDER WOMAN was still the DCEU's most successful film when you combine its critical acclaim and worldwide box office performance.
WONDER WOMAN 2 has been green lit and will hit theaters on December 13, 2019.
Written by Daniel Wolf, DailySuperHero.com Founder & Publisher
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