{"id":21843,"date":"2020-12-23T20:30:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T04:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=21843"},"modified":"2020-12-23T20:30:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T04:30:44","slug":"wonder-woman-1984-improves-on-its-predecessor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=21843","title":{"rendered":"WONDER WOMAN 1984 Improves on Its Predecessor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This film will be released theatrically on December\n25th<\/sup> in operating cinemas and will also be available the same day\nfor streaming on HBO Max. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past few years, there have been dozens of movies based on comic books. Generally speaking, recent features from the DC Universe (that include superheroes like Superman, Batman, Aquaman and the Suicide Squad) have more often than not come up short in comparison with their Marvel counterparts. Still, one of the more well-received DC efforts was the 2017 film<\/a> based on the Wonder Woman character. While it was an improvement on some of the previous movies, this reviewer still thought that it had its fair share of issues. Thankfully, the new sequel Wonder Woman 1984<\/em> corrects many of the first film\u2019s problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The story jumps forward in time from the World War I era to\nthe 1980s, where Diana Prince aka Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) has taken up a\nposition as a senior anthropologist at the Smithsonian Museum. Still smarting\nfrom the loss of Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) six decades earlier, she keeps an emotional\ndistance from those around her. When a set of ancient and unusual artifacts\nappear at the museum, Diana and timid archeologist Barbara Minerva (Kristen\nWiig) take particular note of an unusual stone. It is soon revealed that\ngrasping the rock can grant its user any wish they desire. Suddenly, they are\napproached by oil magnate Max Lord (Pedro Pascal), who also takes a specific\ninterest in the item. Before long, Lord has control of the dangerous artifact\nand several characters have their desires fulfilled. However, these wishes come\nwith a dark and tumultuous twist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The movie does have a lengthy set up as it introduces\nseveral new roles and places its protagonist in a completely new environment. Admittedly,\nwhile the first set of wishes procured from the stone don\u2019t initially have\ndramatic ramifications, the story does eventually get cooking and events become\nconsiderably more exciting in the second half of the film. And the extended\nfirst section does allow for the Minerva and Lord characters to make an impression.\nWhile they\u2019re not the deepest and most complex parts, performers Wiig and\nPascal are very charismatic and make the most of any opportunity to add an\nextra depth wherever they can. They\u2019re both insecure and flawed individuals, which\nhelps make them relatable to a degree, even when they\u2019re out to do harm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In fact, these two new figures are far more memorable than supporting\ncharacters detailed in the previous feature. The action scenes are impressively\nshot and edited, including a well-orchestrated and elaborate car chase and a\nlengthy fight in the halls of the White House in which all of the players take\ntheir knocks. One of this reviewer\u2019s beefs with the original was that the\nprotagonist rarely seemed to be in grave danger. This sequel rectifies this\nproblem by making the villains just as powerful as Wonder Woman. And on an\nemotional level, Gadot is given more of an opportunity to show some range after\nbeing faced with a personal dilemma related to her wish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, there are a few clunky elements. There are also a\nlot of gags throughout that poke fun at the 80s. A couple of them are amusing,\nbut a little really does go a long way. Additionally, the finale is a bit\nungainly and the movie wraps things up too briskly (given what occurs during\nthe climax, it\u2019s remarkable how quickly everything goes back to normal). However,\nthis is a comic book movie with fantastic elements that can\u2019t all be neatly wrapped\nup with perfect logic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the end, this sequel features a solid cast and memorable new\ncharacters. It also ups the emotional stakes and presents more elaborate action\nsequences thrills than the previous film did. So, in this reviewer\u2019s eyes, that\nmakes Wonder Woman 1984<\/em> a fun superhero flick that delivers the goods\nand actually in many aspects is an improvement over its predecessor. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This film will be released theatrically on December 25th in operating cinemas and will also be available the same day for streaming on HBO Max. Over the past few years, there have been dozens of movies based on comic books. Generally speaking, recent features from the DC Universe (that include superheroes like Superman, Batman, Aquaman and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[198,697,785,4320,4668,5376,5380,8064,11899,15884,18035,19362,24449,24450,24451,24452,24453],"class_list":["post-21843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-198","tag-action","tag-adventure","tag-chris-pine","tag-comic-book","tag-dc","tag-dc-universe","tag-gal-gadot","tag-kristen-wiig","tag-pedro-pascal","tag-sequel","tag-superhero","tag-wonder-woman","tag-wonder-woman-1984","tag-wonder-woman-1984-film-review","tag-wonder-woman-1984-movie-review","tag-wonder-woman-1984-review"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21843\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}