Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Diagonaldi Very well executed

ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

xamtaro Wonder Woman makes her live action solo movie debut in 2017, but that is not her first feature length film. In 2009, the animated Wonder Woman movie was produced by Warner Premiere as part of its then-new direct to video series of movies. Overshadowed by higher profile releases like Batman Gotham Knights (no doubt bolstered by the success of Christopher Nolan's dark knight trilogy), the 2009 Wonder Woman animated movie failed to perform as well in terms of sales. Surprising when you consider that on its own, WONDER WOMAN is a well made, thought provoking, energetic little movie that deserved much more recognition than it got.Our story opens in ancient times where the amazon women wage a bloody war which ended with he imprisonment of Ares, but at the cost of many lives. As a reward, the Greek gods grant the amazon queen Hippolyta a child fashioned from clay: Diana. The amazons flourish in isolation on paradise island where Diana grows up into a fine young warrior. But a part of her seeks greater adventure outside the boundaries of the island. Her chance comes when pilot Steve Trevor survives a frantic mid air battle and crashes on the island.As the amazons hold a contest to determine the one most worthy to escort Trevor back to America, Ares escapes with the help of a traitor just as Diana wins the contest. Tasked with tracking down Ares, Trevor opts to help Diana as the enter man's world in search of the missing god of war. But Ares has a far more sinister plan in the work, one that could spell the doom of the world and the extinction of the amazons.Right from the get go, the first thing that struck me was the dialogue in the movie. Written by comic scribe Gail Simone, the dialogue is witty, clever and mature. Take the visuals out of the equation and it feels like watching a well written live action movie or prime time TV show.Our characters are brought to life by a perfect cast; Alfred Molina is truly menacing as Ares, Rosario Dawson as the regal queen, and Keri Russell imbuing a nuanced inner strength to Diana.However the true standout performance is Firefly's Nathan Fillon as daring scoundrel pilot Steve Trevor. Steve is part Han Solo, part Maverick Mitchell from Top Gun and Fillon slips into it perfectly. He completely owns the roll, delivering his dialogue in the most natural way possible, sharing a magnificent chemistry with Russell.The story is deeper than your average cartoon. Aside from being an origin story for Wonder Woman, showing her growth from reluctant and slightly defiant girl to a champion of the oppressed, the narrative weaves in many underlying themes relevant to our times.Themes of sexism, gender bias, racial privilege and the differing expectations on man and woman are all interwoven into the narrative and brought to the forefront. It is refreshing to find a movie that is this smart in its handling of such themes; indeed a rarity in American animated works.Unfortunately, the movie is not without its flaws and WONDER WOMAN's flaws are in the visuals. The animation was done by Moi Animation, a Korean studio who worked on many critically acclaimed works such as Legend of Korra and Young Justice. WONDER WOMAN was their first feature length work, having only done animation in the past for TV shows like TEEN TITANS and BOONDOCKS. The animation is OK. Nothing horrible but nothing as stunning as their later works. The often uninspired way the fight scenes are done does not help matters. Fights either involve one too many cuts or just do not feel as dynamic as other later DC animated movies.The art work is also up to personal taste. Director Lauren Montgomery brings a look that mixes 90s Disney cartoon aesthetic with the more simplistic designs of the Bruce Timm cartoons, but the mix tends to look a bit lazy at times.I personally did not like it as all the women looked the same, with big emphasised lips and angular hips, only differentiated by different hair styles. The few attempts at using CGI for vehicles just came off looking cheap and unprofessional.On the bright side, composer Christopher Drake bring an epic score to the movie, giving otherwise mediocre fight scenes a sense of intensity and danger.At 75 minutes, some would call the movie short, but i call it succinct. A lot happens in that time, going from paradise island, to America, to the depths of the underworld, and then to a climatic showdown in Washington DC. This brisk pace may leave it up to the viewer to connect some of the sub plots but the main story of Diana's more innocent nature contrasting with the ways of the modern world works to develop her character from sheltered princess into a true warrior and hero. This movie in a word is terrific, let down only by its technical shortcomings. If you can forgive that, that you would be in for a truly wonderful experience.

Man99204 This is not just a simple animated comic book. This film contains a disturbing "metaphysical tone" which is totally inappropriate for this type of genre.This is not the classic character you grew up with. These Amazons have become angry and hostile and stridently political. It infers that women have to prove themselves by being violent and hostile.With one exception the voice actors are outstanding. Nathan Fillion, as the voice of Steve Trevor, makes absolutely no effort to become the Steve Trevor character. He remains at all times the same annoying character he plays on "Castle".This film is NOT suitable for viewers under 12.

kieran42-16-812263 I am currently going through a stage of watching all of the animated DC movies. I was honestly going to straight up miss this one out as it's, you know, not Superman, Batman etc. But I am so glad I didn't as this is by far the best animated DC movie to date. I think in today's society, what with Christopher Nolans Batman,the popularity they gain and what have you, it's easy to forget or downright exclude other superheroes, especially ones that aren't included or seen as popular in the eyes of your average Joe. But this animated movie and the way it handles the origin story of Wonder Woman, very much impressed me. I only hope that further down the line, they decide to do another Wonder Woman animated film, not one with the rest of the JLA as I feel the rest of the cast over shadow her.

dee.reid In the 2009 DC Universe animated film, "Wonder Woman," the first noted super-heroine of any significance in modern superhero comic books is given her own beautifully animated first cinematic direct-to-video outing. It's a great animated movie, much like the great "Green Lantern: First Flight" (2009), which was released the same year as this film. One of the greatest things to be said about that earlier "Green Lantern: First Flight" is that it was far, far better than the live-action "Green Lantern" (2011) from last year.What's most incredible about that statement is that now, Wonder Woman is likely to experience the same fate, that a short animated film is likely to be far better than any live-action adaptation could ever be. Admittedly, while I'm largely a Marvel Comics reader and my favorite super-heroine is Fathom (as created by the late Michael Turner), I've always admired Wonder Woman, but at arm's length only. When watching this movie (and reading up on the history of the character), my interest for the character certainly deepened a lot more.Psychologist William Moulton Marston (who apparently also invented the polygraph machine) co-created Wonder Woman for DC Comics with his wife Elizabeth and their live-in mutual lover Olive Byrne, and she first appeared in "All Star Comics #8" in December of 1941. Wonder Woman was seen as a feminist icon, a kind of female Superman, yet still possessing the love and compassion that is unique of a woman. I also remember reading that some social critics accused the character of condoning the hatreds of men by women (misandry), promoting bondage fantasies and other aberrant sexual behaviors/fetishes, and also encouraging lesbianism (!?!). And despite Wonder Woman's obvious appeal to young female readers, there's also the tiny little fact that she just looks smoking-hot in that get-up (in case you haven't already figured it out yet, I'm a guy).Speaking of the movie, boy, is it entertaining and gripping. Like "Green Lantern: First Flight," "Wonder Woman" establishes itself in pretty quick-step tempo: on the island of Themyscira, a proud, strong race of eternally youthful Amazon women (based on the ancient Amazons of Greek mythology) live in peaceful seclusion from the evil Man's World (the rest of human society). A millennium ago, the malevolent god Ares (voiced by Alfred Molina), the God of War, was defeated in battle by Hippolyta (voiced by Virginia Madsen), queen of the Amazons, and sentenced to eternal imprisonment by the god Zeus (voiced by David McCallum) and Hera (Marg Helgenberger).Years later, an internal betrayal allows Ares to escape, and Hippolyta's strong, courageous daughter Diana (voiced by Keri Russell), earns the right to not only track down Ares and bring him to justice, but to escort downed fighter pilot Steve Trevor (voiced by "Firefly" Nathan Fillion) back to human civilization. And thus, Diana quickly earns her "Wonder Woman" namesake as she tracks down - using her patented, Amazonian-forged Lasso of Truth and indestructible bracelets - the nefarious God of War as he seeks to turn Earth into a graveyard."Wonder Woman" is fantastic! The film's story is apparently loosely adapted from a specific run in "Wonder Woman" comics called "Gods and Mortals" by artists George Perez, Len Wein, and Greg Potter in 1987. The voice acting by a first-rate cast made the film extremely watchable. Even more so, there's some strong character development here, one of the main criticisms I had with "Green Lantern: First Flight," which plunged head-first into the action without really letting us get to know who Hal Jordan (voiced there by former "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" star Christopher Meloni) was before he was given a power ring and thus became the Green Lantern. Keri Russell gives the film's best voice acting performance as Wonder Woman, whose character is tracked to the beginnings of her DC Comics super-heroine career. Additionally, Nathan Fillion gives the film's most enthusiastic performance as the wise-cracking hot-shot pilot Steve Trevor.Although it runs only at a brisk 74 minutes and is deftly directed by Lauren Montgomery (who also directed "Green Lantern: First Flight"), it's still an engaging, action-packed thrill ride of an animated superhero adventure. Its violence could be pushing it for a "PG-13" rating, so I'd be a bit more careful when watching this around young children. I can only hope that unlike last year's "Green Lantern," the live-action adaptation of "Wonder Woman" will be something worth watching more than once.8/10