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Posted on 12/25/20 at 11:20 pm to vilma4prez
Very few redeeming qualities about this movie save for getting to look at Gadot for over 2 hours.
Posted on 12/25/20 at 11:27 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
Nothing to say that hasn't been already hashed out. Lack of a real villain and some awful looking CGI predominantly when she was doing high scale jumps or flying.
Posted on 12/25/20 at 11:29 pm to CBandits82
People are overreacting just a bit here 
The movie wasn't Oscar-worthy, but it was all right. Gadot is beautiful, and the action was ok.
Re the villains- there really wasn't any. It was more a morality tale than a battle between good and evil; the moral being "don't cheat". You really could sympathize with both, up until Barbara makes her second wish.
Despite the title, there really was no reason for this to be "1984", other than maybe to make the Russian threat more frightening.
And really, the best thing you could say about it was this: it was "previously unseen", "anticipated", and we could watch it.
I find myself passing over movies I really like on streaming services, because I've seen them plenty enough for now. This was new.
The movie wasn't Oscar-worthy, but it was all right. Gadot is beautiful, and the action was ok.
Re the villains- there really wasn't any. It was more a morality tale than a battle between good and evil; the moral being "don't cheat". You really could sympathize with both, up until Barbara makes her second wish.
Despite the title, there really was no reason for this to be "1984", other than maybe to make the Russian threat more frightening.
And really, the best thing you could say about it was this: it was "previously unseen", "anticipated", and we could watch it.
I find myself passing over movies I really like on streaming services, because I've seen them plenty enough for now. This was new.
Posted on 12/25/20 at 11:37 pm to Athos
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Thought DC was turning a corner after the first WW and Aquaman
Does not. Compute. I think you mean Shazam.
I loved Shazam too. But the problem with bringing in Shazam is you also bring in this mystical/magic BS and it makes the stories just waaay over the top and downright insane if not managed right.
I mean, none of this movie made any sense and the magic stuff was just stupid. Pascal’s character was funny without trying to be. How did he go from being a TV oil pitchman to knowing all the details about this relic again? Tell me again, why did Steve Trevor take over another person’s body? Why not just come back out of thin air? The wall in Egypt appeared that way. So did the nukes.
I’ve finally put my finger on why this movie felt like I had seen it before - It is Batman and Robin. Pascal is Mr. Freeze. Cheetah is Poison Ivy. If they are not - they are damn close to it. All are just as bad.
Posted on 12/25/20 at 11:42 pm to TheeRealCarolina
Gadot is absolutely beautiful but wow is she a terrible actress. The movie was a huge letdown for me after really enjoying the first one. It was right to go direct to streaming.
Posted on 12/25/20 at 11:47 pm to LSUZombie
Just finished and I feel sorry for anyone that pays to see this in the theater. I had to force myself to finish and watched at home. It was just very forgettable. No action, which is a killer for a superhero movie.
Posted on 12/25/20 at 11:51 pm to JJ27
Midway through the movie, I'm confused about Pedro Pascal's character.
He's a latino who talks like a white guy in real life, but he's playing a white guy who talks like a latino. It's very weird.
He's a latino who talks like a white guy in real life, but he's playing a white guy who talks like a latino. It's very weird.
Posted on 12/25/20 at 11:58 pm to TheeRealCarolina
I laugh at people who thought that WW was a good movie. That movie sucked at nearly every level and it sounds like this one does, too, but people are no longer quite so hungry for anything to be excited about with DC.
Posted on 12/26/20 at 12:05 am to Broski
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Midway through the movie, I'm confused about Pedro Pascal's character.
He's a latino who talks like a white guy in real life, but he's playing a white guy who talks like a latino. It's very weird.
Wasn’t his kid . . . Asian maybe? Was there an adoption story I missed?
And I hate to harp back on this but . . . Did the before-becoming-Cheetah-lady sorta remind you also of Selina Kyle from Batman Returns - before she falls and cats bring her back? She was nice but no one recognizes her until the super rock, then she she is nice but with, what? , the super-ability to walk in heels? The ability to be a sharper dresser?
And within a few hours she has discovered the evil origins of this mystical rock then gets to the White House to stop WW because she doesn’t want people to ignore her again? Is that right? Seriously?
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Posted on 12/26/20 at 12:52 am to Bham4Tide
Wow this movie doesn’t live up to expectations, it wasn’t terrible, but it definitely wasn’t good. I have no interest to see anymore. Gadot was so hot though. The gold suit was absolutely pointless. The whip flying was dumb.
Posted on 12/26/20 at 1:01 am to Bham4Tide
I liked how the president (no way that was supposed to be Reagan and if it was...holy shite, did they throw a dart at headshots submitted for the part?) wished for all the nukes as a way to make Russia back down but when they fired he was like, oh yeah, we’d probably have done the same.
It’s not like that was some throw-away wish in the story line. It’s the wish that threw the gas on the fire, made Diana revoke Steve, and finally made Max Lord give up his powers.
All because the president’s wish was mmmmm...100 nukes!!!
It’s not like that was some throw-away wish in the story line. It’s the wish that threw the gas on the fire, made Diana revoke Steve, and finally made Max Lord give up his powers.
All because the president’s wish was mmmmm...100 nukes!!!
Posted on 12/26/20 at 1:15 am to Bham4Tide
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Wasn’t his kid . . . Asian maybe? Was there an adoption story I missed?
I'm just trying to figure out why a white dude named Max Lord speaks spanglish.
Posted on 12/26/20 at 1:53 am to Broski
quote:I thought his real last name was something Hispanic, that was dropped when his partner went off on him. I thought he was a bleach-blonde con man.
I'm just trying to figure out why a white dude named Max Lord speaks spanglish.
Sure, this was definitely light-weight. A little backstory on his interest in the stone was in order, it was supposed to be going to him already. Was he just a con running every possible angle, or was he an occultist?
I'll admit I watched it on HBOMax gladly, for the simple reason that I hadn't yet seen it (nor did I hunt down spoilers so I didn't know the plot). It's a pretty sad indictment of this year, that those stipulations were enough to make it worthwhile to me... but that's what I'm dealing with right now.
Heck, it's Christmas, I wanted something fun and light before the Saints game, ... I was entertained sufficiently for that purpose.
Posted on 12/26/20 at 2:27 am to Scoob
Going to post my full review later, but some of y’all really need to pull the finger out of your arse
Posted on 12/26/20 at 5:18 am to LuckySo-n-So
quote:did you miss Frankie goes to Hollywood?
movie set in 1984 and not ONE GODDAMN 80s SONG in the whole movie? WTF?
Posted on 12/26/20 at 5:20 am to stateofplay
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trying to figure out how she flew all that time through the air from the White House only to go to her apartment at the Watergate to get her gold suit??
same. She was lassoing lightning and shite for 10 minutes and ended up 3 blocks away.Posted on 12/26/20 at 5:24 am to 12
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would have been out of place. However, it seems his punishment for bringing the world to the brink of nuclear annihilation was admitting to his kid that he was a loser.
and somehow still got a ride back to the white house lawn on Marine One. I was like wtfPosted on 12/26/20 at 5:25 am to ell_13
quote:this for sure
Overlong for no reason.
Posted on 12/26/20 at 5:26 am to Purple Spoon
quote:yep. Don't fricking talk to me or you're a creepy guy.
She starts this movie as pessimistic and cold and antisocial. Almost bitchy.
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