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Okay, I have now watched Wonder Woman 1984 & I HAVE THOUGHTS. And they’re almost certainly NOT what you’re expecting.+
I’ve been watching the Twitter reaction to this movie all day, & I have a couple of counter-reactions.
1. Some people seem never to have read a DC comic, or a Wonder Woman comic, like ever.
2. Some people seem to be utterly unfamiliar w this character & what she’s about. +
1. Some people seem never to have read a DC comic, or a Wonder Woman comic, like ever.
2. Some people seem to be utterly unfamiliar w this character & what she’s about. +
3. Some people seem to be looking for reasons to be angry at the film, & to be willfully ignoring other things in it that refute their hot takes.
4. I don’t think I’ve EVER seen the Internet be more Internetty about 2 movies in 1 day than I’ve seen it be about #SoulMovie
& #WW84 
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4. I don’t think I’ve EVER seen the Internet be more Internetty about 2 movies in 1 day than I’ve seen it be about #SoulMovie
& #WW84 +
5. #WW84 is, in spirit, the closest thing the modern DCCU has made to Superman: The Movie. Which is a huge COMPLIMENT.
6. Every choice in #WW84 comes from a deep appreciation of the characters & their relationship dynamics. Every single one.
7. I’m not saying you have to like it+
is, in spirit, the closest thing the modern DCCU has made to Superman: The Movie. Which is a huge COMPLIMENT.6. Every choice in #WW84
comes from a deep appreciation of the characters & their relationship dynamics. Every single one.7. I’m not saying you have to like it+
7 cont’d. you do have to acknowledge that fact.
8. As a result, every beat makes logical sense EMOTIONALLY. Which is an important thing to point out, bcs
9. Like #BirdsOfPrey, another movie made by women, #WW84 is not a superhero story told by men from a male POV. WHICH MATTERS.+
8. As a result, every beat makes logical sense EMOTIONALLY. Which is an important thing to point out, bcs
9. Like #BirdsOfPrey, another movie made by women, #WW84
is not a superhero story told by men from a male POV. WHICH MATTERS.+
10. THIS IS A DECEPTIVELY RADICAL FACT. We are not at all used to such things (all of us, regardless of gender; we’re all acculturated similarly). A story about love, understanding, empathy, self-sacrifice often can feel unfamiliar, even off-putting. Not a surprising truth. +
11. I’ll fight anyone who disagrees w the above. Again, you don’t have to like it, but you have to—to borrow a theme from the film—acknowledge the truth of what it is/what it’s doing. & making mountains out of minor plot molehills while ignoring the big picture is disingenuous. +
12. @PattyJenks has now made 2 excellent WW films that get the core of the character going back to Marsters’ admittedly unusual intentions/work. If it puts you off, that’s because HE INTENDED IT TO. Love & self-sacrifice as an ethos are an uncommon focus in media created by men.+
13. That’s not a bug, it’s a feature. & it’s so perfect for Diana, & so far from the Snyder vision for these characters, that it can feel confusing. Wrong, even. It’s not. It’s just, in the context of most superhero cinema—most cinema, period—unusual. Radical. Revolutionary.
BECAUSE IT’S NOT MALE IN ORIENTATION.
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14. This is to be celebrated. Instead, I see people rushing to find fault—assuming lots of things about intentions, while ignoring elements in the movie that might contradict their hot takes. I find it banal, even offensive. They’re willfully refusing to see what’s before them. +
15. I won’t. The movie I just watched is true in every sense to its characters, its ethos, its POV. Beautifully & movingly so. Those facts far outshine its flaws, & any discussion of its flaws which does not acknowledge those facts is, IMHO, lazy, superficial, unworthy of it. +
16. The mid-credits scene is one of the most wonderful such things I’ve ever seen. The smile on my face is still a mile wide. I won’t spoil it, but if you’re old enough, yours will be too.
17. Here endeth my counter-response. If you can’t be fair, then shut up, already. Damn. ;-)
17. Here endeth my counter-response. If you can’t be fair, then shut up, already. Damn. ;-)
