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Wonder Woman 1984 Was a Misstep - But It Was a Necessary One


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The DCEU featured its fair share of misfires, including Wonder Woman 1984. But the Patty Jenkins film may still have something to offer.

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WW84 was nowhere near as good as the first one, but there are things I like a lot; the Themyscira opening, the learning-to-fly sequence, the mall scene, Cheetah's design, the Wonder Woman-Cheetah fight near the end, Gadot's, Pine's, and Wiig's performances (nothing against Pascal - who I found entertaining - but he wasn't my idea of Max Lord).

There are faults; Too much Diana and Barbara, not enough Wonder Woman and Cheetah; having to wait two hours before we actually get to see Cheetah; and Cheetah having absolutely no bearing on the Max Lord story and its outcome. Max's story would play out exactly the same from beginning to end without Cheetah's presence. It's as though Patty Jenkins (or some exec) decided that Max Lord's story didn't deliver enough 'cool action', so they grafted Cheetah on as a quick fix.

6/10

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