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I must have missed something pivotal in the DC incorporated office universe because it seems they are not only kicking ass, but tearing that ass open like a proctologist.
Their newest tool to spread those cheeks open goes under the guise of a mild-mannered cartoon for the kids, and only the kids, Wonder Woman. Little did I know going into viewing this, that three people would be decapitated in the first 5 minutes (each cooler than the last, btw). Needless to say, I recommend this movie; not only for adults but little kids as well. If Pencilbot was still in robohigh-school and babysitting my 6 year old bro-ham-bot like back in the day, I’d thoroughly enjoy sitting back with a can of stolen beer and watching this with him.
This depiction of Wonder Woman works on many levels;
- Battle of the sexes… I love the battle of the sexes. Especially when males AND females learn a valuable lesson in stereotypes.
- New angle at Ancient Greek mythos… I’m a geek for that shiz.
- Her costume makes sense.
- It’s funny… from little things like Steve Trevor waking up in a crowd of Amazonian women and saying “I haven’t had this dream since I was 13″ to him trying to get Diana Prince wasted on tequila shots in a bar called the Rusty Nail. Things younger kids wouldn’t pick up on in a negative fashion while making it worthwhile spending time in front of the tube with the kids; delivered flawlessly by Nathan Fillion and Keri Russell (Waitress)
- Busty and un-busty women beating ass… throwing demons through walls, roundhousing Gods in the face and as previously mentioned cutting off the heads of harbingers of death. Not to worry though, women get their asses beat too; that’s what’s great about this movie, it’s an equal opportunity ass-kicking extravaganza.
Don’t bother renting it, just buy the damn thing. It’s worth it. The only thing wrong with this movie is that it leaves you with an insatiable desire to see more and wish it would go on for another 2-3 hours. Here’s a trailer to help convince the weary.
Responses to “REVIEW: Wonder Woman Animated DVD Movie”
on March 12th, 2009 at 3:41 pm said:
I liked it, but there were quite a few things that annoyed me- Steve randomly mentioning opening doors in the his little rant, when it had nothing to do with anything. That stank of someone ramming their own agenda into the movie. Etta Candy being a freaking anorexic stereotype, which is like making Jim Gordon show up in a Batman movie and be a dumb donut dunking cop. Diana’s fluctuating strength levels- Steve can land a punch on her? WTF? And how SHE had to change for Steve, but there was no EXPLICIT thing of him changing for her. Actually, I’ll just link my blog rant- http://nevermore999.livejournal.com/55196.html#cutid1
(I don’t have a problem with Diana learning men aren’t all bad and negative stereotyped about men being done away with (though Steve Trevor really kind of enforced them more than did away with them), but this was pretty hamhanded).
On all other points, I agree on the review. The action was amazing, the movie was well done and I really enjoyed it and hope for a sequel.
on March 12th, 2009 at 5:21 pm said:
Yo Nev, Pencilbot here.
Read your rant. Good stuff, made me laugh (with you not at you). I don’t read the comics so I personally don’t know who the hell Etta Candy is, so I could give two schnitzels about if she was rexy or not. I just thought they made her up on the spot due to the ridiculous name. Maybe you could elaborate; was she fat in the comic? Don’t a lot of women look anorexic in cartoons nowadays? Not condoning that sort of thing… I like women with meat on their bones.
Next, when did Steve punch Diana? I remember getting one weak kick in their fight, but she basically beat the shit out of him finishing him off with a Sagat-like uppercut.
After and before that, he basically makes typical male comments, tries to get her wasted and take advantage of her. There are also big hints that he used to be a womanizer. Now, if all he wanted was a good lay then he would have gone to Etta Candy at the end to keep that cycle going, however, he gets with Diana in the end? I thought that was pretty explicit, maybe just more for swingers like myself. What more in a time conducive way would you have included to make it more explicit? But yes, he rescues her once; she rescues him from alley thugs, a large monster with snakes on his chin, Hades henchmen etc. etc. More often than not they are being the perfect team, which is different from the usual battle of the sexes films I’ve seen in the late 20’s, early 30’s. Either one, female or male, is clearly right and clearly wrong.
Persephone’s character was the weakest, I agree. First of all because in mythos she’s Queen of Hades, and she basically falls in love with Ares? This makes no sense to me, but may make perfect sense in the DCU. I thought it was b.s. that Cerberus wouldn’t let her pass also. To me it was just a plot device which I let pass because its a cartoon.
The open door comment is about how sometimes she’s mistaking manners for males trying to weaken the state of females. Though I agree with you in a lot of your articles about feminine stereotypes in a lot of the depiction of characters, I didn’t find this movie as bad as you claim except for the aforementioned Persephone.
This movie kind of made me want to get into the comic. That’s just me. I’m pretty hard on reviewing things too if they suck. This did not, I was thoroughly entertained and wasn’t bored to tears.
I leave with the note that the story was by Gail Simone, one of my favorite comedic/Deadpool writers ever. She’s bomb.
P.S. What did Perez do with Ares and the lasso of truth, I’m just curious because I don’t read the comic.
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