Wonder Woman 1984 Review

Review of Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) by screenqueeen: 👎 2.5/5

Closest thing we've gotten from this studio since SUPERMAN in terms of fun optimism mixed with your super-powered heroics. But it feels like it's challenging its own lightheartedness with its faithful examination of Lord's greed (not unlike Belfort's WOLF plus a bit of Dudikoff's WISHMASTER as he becomes unhinged, and appears to be coming down with conjunctivitis later on? Like is that a sign of his rapidly declining health or was that a separate incident where he just didn't clean properly or shook a few too many hands?).

The ramifications for the monkey's paw wishes make perfect sense but the tone just didn't jive with me. Felt like a couple different projects smashed together. Trevor coming back wasn't done great but I enjoyed it well enough, except when you think that Diana has been without Steve for 65 or 66 years. Her one wish was to have him back again? It seemed like she had moved on well enough.

I was here for Cheetah and they de-Cheetah'd her way too prematurely and gave Wonder Woman a crushed black compressed (on streaming at least) pitch-black fight scene of diminished consequences.

Why do these DC movies make me feel like at some point a moral is being lectured to me? I didn't make these wishes. Still fun.