How to evaluate the film Wonder Woman?

Wonder woman not only gained nearly explosive praise and reputation, but also set a number of records and refreshed the film history.

This is the highest budget live-action movie ever directed by a woman ($65.438+49 billion), and it is the first movie that has been well received by film critics since DC established the film universe. It is likely to become the highest-grossing live-action movie directed by a woman.

Director Patty Jenkins created a romantic tone between fantasy and reality for this film. Paradise Island, where Amazon people live in seclusion, is picturesque, quiet and peaceful. In contrast, the darkness and chaos of the human world and the cruelty and hardship of the front line make people lament that war has turned the world into a "hell on earth".

△ Diana, a child, galloped carefree on Paradise Island.

△ Adult Diana is worried about being killed at the front line.

This story spans the world of God and the world of man, blending myth and real history, from Mount Olympus ruled by ancient gods to the brightly lit Louvre in the modern world.

△ Amazon Queen hippolyte and her daughter on a certain day.

△ A pub in London during World War I

△ 265438+Louvre in the 20th century

Therefore, we can see exquisite silks and satins, leather armor and metal ornaments in ancient Greek mythology, and we can also see machine guns and cannons, lapel coats and prosthetic masks in the industrial age. Together with this story, these items full of the imprint of the times have laid a magnificent epic structure for the film.

Under this framework, Jenkins tells a heartfelt growth story, a delicate and touching love story and a gripping spy war story.

Diana, the princess of Amazon, we see, has girlish innocence, childlike curiosity and wise erudition.

△ Diana, who first arrived in London, looked innocent.

She is a real superhero, optimistic but not naive, tough but not scary, and her eyes are always full of warmth and sympathy. However, she has never had the mind of a savior, and she will not be confused by the responsibility and pressure to save the world. She just happens to have the skills to help the weak and protect those who can't fight for themselves.

△ She is the one who rushed out of the trench without hesitation.

Humans never need to worry about her. She doesn't have to fight the devil. If she is not careful, she will be hacked and won't be trapped in life entanglements.

Director Jenkins misses the positive energy conveyed by the first Superman movie-how to be a hero in his life and how to be a better person. She not only made Diana a role model, but also paid tribute to the classic bridge in 1978 Superman in the film.

△ "I will take a bullet for you": wonder woman vs Superman.

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Of course, Diana also has shortcomings, such as arrogance, ignorance and even some blind self-confidence, so she will pay for her shortcomings. From the moment she stepped into human society, she needed to complete her own project like all living things.

Fortunately, she had a companion to accompany her on this precious journey, and he was Steve Trevor. From the moment Diana lifted the unfortunate pilot from the sea, the fate of the two people was intertwined.

△ Steve falling from the sky

He and Diana are both comrades-in-arms and lovers. Together, they dedicated some of the most touching scenes in the film: Steve took Diana, who came to London for the first time, clumsily held her cloak like a child to stop her from harassing a baby and bought her the first ice cream in his life; Under the fierce fire of the enemy in no man's land, the two men tacitly cooperated to break through. They danced romantically and had a short heart-to-heart conversation in the quiet of the town.

△ A dance, a snow, a kiss

Diana saw the excellent qualities of human beings and the weaknesses of human beings from Steve. In a sense, Steve is Diana's guide in the human world, and it is also a part of catalyzing her growth. This growth promotion is mutual.

They gave each other enough understanding and tolerance and respected each other's goals, even though one said to stop the gas war and the other said to kill Ares. In the end, they realized that their goal was the same-ending the war.

△ lovers fighting side by side

The romantic feelings between Diana and Steve seem calm, but in fact they are hidden between dribs and drabs, casual eye contact, taking bullets for each other, jokes and urgent disputes.

Director Jenkins found inspiration from Casablanca: "I like that kind of profound love story, where two lovers face a difficult and complicated problem."

△ Eventually, someone will board that plane.

These two important characters are very successful, and people praise the wonderful spark between Gal Gadot and chris pine, which may be the most convincing romantic relationship in superhero movies.

Israeli actress Gal Gadot has a noble and classical appearance, and her temperament is between sweet and sexy. Smiling can melt ice and snow. The experience of serving in the Israeli army also made her look calm, firm and powerful. She almost perfectly balances her gentle personality with her strong spirit.

△ Gal Gadot with unique temperament

Steve created by chris pine has a firm belief and will, but he still keeps a sense of humor in the most severe war environment, even being naughty. Director Jenkins wants Steve to be an interesting character, just like Indiana Jones, naughty and manly. He is not a heroic figure, but a grounded soldier.

△ chris pine who likes to play with treasures

A female directors, a superhero, this film has been endowed with feminist color from the beginning, but to my relief, there is no exaggeration in the film, which is rare nowadays.

We can see that the female roles in movies are getting stronger and stronger. Usually, a female character whose thoughts and actions are extremely modern will be placed in an era environment that is incompatible with her, just like a girl from 2 1 century who has traveled back to18th century, and there must be one or a group of vulgar male characters around her to set off her uniqueness.

It's not that women in those days couldn't have the characteristics of modern women, but that this way was really lazy. Wonder woman expressed women's rights in a smarter and more elegant way.

This story reverses the gender in the familiar romantic adventure story. A hero saves beauty and turns into a beauty to save a hero. We are no strangers to the scene where Diana and Steve first met. It's just that the hero usually rescues the drowning heroine generously, but here Steve looks at Diana with surprise and gratitude.

△ Inner Play: My God, have I been saved by the gods?

The scene of a beautiful woman taking a bath in a cave is usually the heroine shyly flirting with the hero, but Steve is therefore "indecent" and is in a very helpless position, because Diana has no concept of gender difference at all, and only the civilization from Steve will treat men and women differently.

These knowledge from different civilizations also contributed to the dialogue between the two on board, and Diana's incisive views on gender relations left Steve speechless.

In London, Diana's corset as armor became an unintentional joke. The commotion caused by her appearance in the conference room and her reckless condemnation of the general are questioning this society that ignores women.

△ "Is this your armor?"

Steve said to Diana before boarding the plane, "I save today and you save the world." After that, I gave the world to Diana with confidence. In his eyes, whether men or women, as long as they can end this damn war, they should stand up without hesitation.

In the end, this war, which was started by men and made the world a mess, was put down by a woman. The film can hardly be more feminist, but it doesn't blame men for the war. Everyone is a part of this war, whether it is Steve or Dr. Maru. As Steve said, maybe we are all at fault.

△ "Maybe we are all at fault."

Wonder woman was born during World War II, but the film changed the story background to World War I, making the killing harvester-machine gun the mainstream war, and letting people see the gas war for the first time, all of which are reflected in the film.

The beach battle between the Germans and the Amazons is a cruel confrontation between cold weapons and heavy firepower. The close-up of the bullet's relentless penetration through the flesh also makes us feel the great threat faced by a civilization that has not been eroded for a long time.

△ The engagement of two civilizations

Diana single-handedly blocked all machine gun fire with a shield, and Steve did his best to stop the transportation of gas bombs, which made us hope that wonder woman and Steve Trevor really existed in our world.

△ "She blocked all the firepower!"

The most touching thing about this film is that both the relaxed and humorous dialogue and the tragic and tragic action scenes are full of emotion, which is an important part of shaping these characters and forming stories, rather than the mechanized narrative requirements: it's too boring here, let's have some jokes; Or there are too many literary dramas here. Let's put on an action drama.

Diana finally understood at the last minute that the real war existed in her heart. As her comrades once said, everyone has to face his own war. And Diana's war is whether she still believes in human nature after seeing the crimes committed by human beings.

It was "love" that finally freed her from the bondage of Ares, gave her extraordinary strength and chose to trust human beings.

△ "Love" gave Diana unlimited energy.

So our story has a happy ending, but what price did Diana pay?

Now we finally understand Diana's narration at the beginning of the film: "I used to want to save this world, this beautiful world." But the closer you get, the more you see. You know there is endless darkness here. Long ago, I learned this in the most difficult way. "

At the end of the film, we finally understand the significance of this old photo of MacGuffin, a key prop. At this time, there is another watch, which only represents time and eternity.

△ This old photo is their memory.

Obviously, DC also learned how to tell a story beautifully in the most difficult way, so that DC happily took June 3rd (the day after the film was released) as "wonder woman Day", which happened to be the 75th anniversary of the birth of independent cartoons in wonder woman.

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Sean Robbins, chief analyst of BoxOffice.com, a box office analysis website, said, "This movie has put DC on the right track." .

Investment company Needham &；; Laura Martin, a media analyst at Co., said: "If wonder woman can achieve the success of Iron Man, it will help narrow the pay gap between men and women in Hollywood."

After Patty Jenkins, other female directors will continue to contribute their own big-budget films. Anna boden will co-direct Marvel Comics' Captain Surprise with Ryan Flack, Gina Prince Bouisse Wood will direct Spider-Man's spin-off films Silver Ferret and Black Cat, and Ava DuVernay will direct Disney's Time Wrinkle.

Wonder woman jumped into the night sky under the call of justice, and more and more women were ready to save the world.

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Reference:

IMDb.com

Wonder Woman may subvert the superhero script, Ryan Fuente, miamiherald.com.

The film influence of Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins may surprise you, C. Molly Smith, hellogiggles.com.