![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Every plane overhead acts as a reminder of his noble sacrifice, and while she finds thrills in stomping thugs in shopping mall food courts as the mysterious Wonder Woman, Diana can’t shake the raincloud over her head. She longs for Steve Trevor ( Chris Pine), who exited her life, and his, via poisonous fireball. Set decades after her last solo outing, the movie finds Diana having established Washington DC as her base of operations, spending her days as an anthropologist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. To mute their tone to achieve some form of authenticity is a horrendous misreading. Comics slap to gain their readers’ attention. They’re not dramatic they’re melodramatic, or hammy, overdone, exaggerated, or flamboyant. Stack all the synonyms together, and now you’re getting somewhere.Įvery panel in a superhero comic book is an explosion, and the frames they transform into on the big screen should be as bold as and as electric as their source. The stories are grounded on concepts and characters that scream and reach for the heavens. Comic books are a delight built around extremes, bright colors, and brighter ideas. On the other side, there is my adult self, who yearns to maintain a vanished childhood. Make Batman growl, but ground him in a recognizable Gotham. They’re a big deal and should be treated as such. He wants the grownups to take his passions seriously. Her adventure is loud, and the world constructed around it, even more so.Īs a comic book obsessive, I bounce back and forth between how I’d like to see adaptations handled. The front row gets the same performance as the back row. These are not reality’s representatives they’re champions of melodrama.Īs a product of the gods, Wonder Woman roots herself in the theater. All the world’s a stage, and every seat is cheap. When Diana Prince ( Gal Gadot) swings in on her lasso and yanks a jewel thief into the air, the extras plummet their jaws, and their eyes stretch to fill their entire faces. ![]() They’ll tell you everything you need to know about Patty Jenkins‘ intention. Watch the background characters in Wonder Woman 1984. ![]()
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