Well, in about 60 days (actually 61 for those who are counting) the very first Wonder Woman movie will hit screens and I can't wait.
It took 76 years for the Amazon Princess Warrior to hit the big screen, even after her male colleagues, Superman and Batman, had multiple films, some good some bad, in the multiplex, she waited her turn - patiently and perhaps angrily as she and those who supported her, knew she could do a better job than the boys at cinematic adventuring.
A great deal rests on her armored shoulders. Thus far the DC Extended Cinematic Universe has not been very impressive. Ever since the Christian Bale Batman series, DC has been trying desperately to re-capture that movie and financial magic. The Superman movie "The Man of Steel" received mixed reviews despite its well-crafted visual wonder and stand-out performances (you can tell I enjoyed it) but the follow-up "Batman v. Superman" was a mess and though it had incredible moments of super heroics (e.g. Batman and Wonder Woman) it fell short of the special event it should have been. DC's next outing was "Suicide Squad" and again though it had great artistic design elements and dead on performances by Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn and Viola Davis' Amanda Waller it, too, failed to catch fire and silence those critics who decried DC for its ham-handed attempts at trying to match Marvel at its super-hero film game. It seems that DC is on the ropes and that there is no one who can save it.
But just maybe...just maybe there is someone who can lead DC out of this dark night of the cinema soul and save the foundering ship which is the DCEU.
Wonder Woman.
Directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Godot, this first major motion picture featuring the prototype for all of today's female super heroes could be the salvation and resurrection of the DC film Universe.
That is a heavy burden for any hero or film. The previews thus far have been incredible and if the movie is at least half as good as the trailers then we will have a classic super-hero movie the likes of Christopher Reeve's "Superman: The Movie".
In 60 days we will see if Diana of Themyscira can right the wrongs of the early entries in the DCEU and then lead that Universe into a much brighter and successful chapter of film history.
I believe in Wonder Woman...I always have.
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