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Wonder Woman 1984 | Review and OT Thread
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When I first saw Barbara I thought that's what they were doing i.e. a reworking of the Circe arc where she makes herself into a blonde with glasses and becomes one of Diana's better/best friends. I was totally prepared for her to be a slow burn character that would be villain in the 3rd film and then they gave her super strength and said Barbara's last name was Minerva....
Also I'm 100% Team Barbara. Yeah she wanted to hold on to some superpowers after being bullied her entire life and then sexually assaulted, can't blame her. Thankfully they explored that aspect by turning her into a cat person and then electrocuting her.
Cannot agree more, it's so bad.
Just finished watching it, don't think it's great, but also don't think it's horrible, it's another just there movie, like Aquaman.
Just finished it. I thought it was to be generous. A poor film. There's some funny moments with Pine. Overall Pedro Pascal did a great job. But the film was really not good.
The first film was actually better.
The first film was actually better.
Movie was a disappointment considering how much I enjoyed the first one. I hated that
like Michael Scott declaring bankruptcy. The CGI was laughable and WW looked like Dot Matrix from Spaceballs in her gold suit. Hopefully the next entry I'm the series gets things back on track.
people could just renounce a wish
I don't mind the 80s aesthetic when it's done well and warrants it
This really neither needed it for the story it was telling not did it really do the setting well (I know it's an incredibly pretty complaint, but it was weird to see the arcade at the beginning be full of games that weren't out in 84)
except he doesn't do that for the most part barring one chase sequence and during the 3rd act he definitely doesn't do that whereas all of marvels movies are so formulaic to the point that there will always be hordes vs hordes taking up the 3rd act
Plot sloppiness aside, I enjoyed it. It would have been a lot better if it clarified the rules of the stone earlier (and stayed consistent) and how Lord was rules lawyering it (which was a clever notion, but way confusing at first)
That would be petty if 1984 wasn't actually part of the title. But if the year is so important at least maintain some factually accurate details (especially since the arcades are so easy to fact check).
what about all the protesters who likely voted for Nukes to vanish? Or world peace?? how does the wishing stone deal with conflicting wi— oh no, I've gone cross eyed.
I also have a hard time understanding Wiig's motivations for joining mando at the White House, other then potentially being infatuated with him somehow? Her reason for turning into a villain is blurry there.
LOL.
I don't like Star Wars, but I do feel bad for the many Star Wars fans on here that Jenkins is being given a Star Wars movie.
I really enjoyed the first film and pretty much consider it to be the best female superhero movie of all time.
Just finished watching WW84 with the fam, and we were all a bit disappointed. It's like going from the masterpiece of the LotR trilogy to the Hobbit films. Wonder Woman should never be boring.
Just finished watching WW84 with the fam, and we were all a bit disappointed. It's like going from the masterpiece of the LotR trilogy to the Hobbit films. Wonder Woman should never be boring.
This was one of the worst movies ive ever had the displeasure of watching, full stop. I know critics are afraid to totally lash this movie because of reasons, but it really does deserve 15% on RT.
How is it blurry? It's pretty simple to follow. The price of her power was her kindness. So she's left only with the part of her that has envy of Diana and wants to keep her super strength, speed, and durability along with good looks.
I think that can be explained that since she essentially gave up her humanity, she wanted to keep the new persona at all costs which is why she was protecting Lord. Also, he did give her the time of day earlier in the movie (albeit under false pretenses). I took it as the longer she was under the influence of the wish, the more it corrupted her.
The movie taking place in the 80's would have been more thematically appropriate if they'd focused on the "greed" aspect of wishes instead of going in a weird "truth vs. lies" direction.
Apart from some fashion jokes, it could have been set in any period with no issue.
Lord was picking the wishes to grant, I thought.
And Barbara joined him because she wanted to protect him and keep her power.
Her motivation is to stop Diana, because she believes if Wiig is stopped she'll lose all the powers she's gained. Why she's there bothers me less than how she knew where to go. The whole wishes thing counter-acting does bother me but I tried not to think too hard so my head wouldn't hurt.
I think she literally just didn't want him to die so she could keep her powers. She and Diana had the phone call where they determined that the only way to reverse the spell was to destroy the stone (Max) or renounce the wish. So if Diana had killed Max, Kristen Wiig would lose her powers. So that's why she protects him.
But towards the end when everyone with a tv got a wish it should have been a moot point.
He still chose who to grant wishes too. He knew who and what they were wishing cause he was choosing whose organs and life force he took.
Yeah, he can pick and choose what he grants, and what he takes from people - living monkey paw. Like, when he son is making wishes, but they're not what he's trying to make him say, so he doesn't grant them. Otherwise the movie would be over pretty quick - you can just have Steve grab him and go "I wish that Maxwell Lord never had the power to grant wishes" and everything fixes itself immediately.
Like, it makes sense and is as consistent as "magic wishing rock" can really be.
Pedro Pascal is having the time of his life
Some other very obvious shots designed in screen play for marketing material ending up terribly edited into the movie.
Some other very obvious shots designed in screen play for marketing material ending up terribly edited into the movie.
Yeah, the movie is just incredibly slippy with its own rules and logic.
Ok....I liked it, but it was an ODD movie. Very cartoony feel. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT play the drinking game where you take a shot when someone says "wish".
"This stone was made by an evil trickster God and has destroyed countless of civilizations"
"Sounds bad, so how do we stop it"
"You have to destroy the stone or everybody just has to say they are super sorry and that will solve it I guess."
Did the "I wish for a coffe guy" ever renounce his wish, though?
"Sounds bad, so how do we stop it"
"You have to destroy the stone or everybody just has to say they are super sorry and that will solve it I guess."
Did the "I wish for a coffe guy" ever renounce his wish, though?
She was in modern times for a few moments and never had a reason to fly.
Funnily enough, I actually didn't mind that. It's the type of comic book silliness I can excuse.
I think it's less flying and more of a superior Batman's cape glide without the cape. After all why would she need to swing off the lightning if she can fly? The whole sequence was just odd in hindsight. Then again she did move a bit faster when she did the Superman 1 arm pose.