Wonder Woman 1984
Published January 16, 2021
Film info
- Title Wonder Woman 1984
- Director Patty Jenkins
- Year 2020
- Run time 1hr 46m
- Genres Adventure, Action, Fantasy
- Tagline A new era of wonder begins
Wonder Woman musters all of her strength, wisdom and courage as she finds herself squaring off against Maxwell Lord and the Cheetah, a villainess who possesses superhuman strength and agility.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 3:30 | A gong seems a very inefficient way to start a race. |
| 4:14 | Loving the Krypton Factor obstacle course. |
| 10:17 | “No true hero is born from lies.” |
| 13:14 | They turned Pedro Pascal into Biff, it’s hideous! |
| 34:09 | I like starting a story with: “headline” and then tell it. |
| 39:47 | As always, the 80s tech is blowing my mind. |
| 43:00 | “Never accept the limitations of nature.” BLEURGH. |
| 48:50 | “Yea, the phonebook. I guess some things are futureproof.” |
| 1:04:10 | Gal makes anything look good and Steve’s eighties outfits are just proving that. |
| 1:10:08 | I’ll grant you that the fundamentals of flying don’t change but surely you can’t just hop in a fighter after forty years and know how to fly it. |
| 1:15:06 | Men are really not well represented in this film. |
| 1:21:21 | Now is not the time but I do love a good tank. |
| 1:39:56 | Everyone keeps getting distracted from their main missions. |
| 1:43:03 | Adam actual Klaus is the President?? |
| 1:45:52 | Am I the only one who feels like the end of the sentence “I wish for…” is world peace? No one has said it! |
| 1:53:08 | What is the monkey’s paw? |
| 2:01:28 | I have a penchant for dark eyes, the badder people get in this, the darker their eyeshadow. Oops. |
| 2:04:20 | God I’m going to be so careful what I wish for in future. |
| 2:12:20 | How is he hearing all the wishes back? Satellites don’t work like that… do they? |
| 2:19:39 | That was so powerful and then.. . he just ran off, exit stage left. |
Thoughts
Well, the obvious review of this film is that it’s nowhere near as good as the first one. Gal Gadot is great, as always, and Pedro Pascal was amazing at that heightened caricature of a baddie. The good bits were really good, but there was a lot that wasn’t good. The story didn’t make a lot of sense, there was a lot unexplained, and it raised questions that were far bigger than the space of a movie allowed.
The best bit was the gladiators style race at the beginning… I can’t believe it was disappointing once the eighties kicked in!
Also, Adam Klaus was the president. What a world.
Rating: 2 / 5