By: Anton Massopust III

“Everyone has to fight their own battles.”

Wonder Woman finds her way onto the big screen again. If you remember her in “Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice,” she was probably the most memorable part of that movie. Wonder Woman holds her own and is now featured in her own movie.

Diana is a princess who was sculpted out of clay from her mother and given Life by the powerful god Zeus. Diana wants to be a warrior, but her mother doesn’t want her to. Eventually she is trained as a warrior by the General of the Amazons who trains her to be as the greatest warrior like no ordinary Amazon. During World War One, Pilot Steve Trevor drops into their world who is pursued by Germans and almost drowns. Diana saves him. When she finds out about the war to end all wars, she believes that one of their Legends has come true and that Ares, the god of war is still alive and threatening the world.

She believes Ares is making mankind fight this terrible War. At first, her mother Queen Hippolyta forbids her to go, but eventually lets her go. Diana takes armor the lasso of Truth and the god killing sword which she believes is the only thing that can stop Ares. Their adventure begins as they Journey to the front of the war and team up with a small group of people with different nationalities including a Turkish Actor, Irish Sniper with Shell Shock, and an American Indian Smuggler of whom each goes to stop a German General who plans to use a gas weapon that will make the war even worse and his cruel chemist, Dr. Poison. Wonder Woman believes that one of them is Aries if she can stop him the war will end.

Finally, DC has a movie they can be proud of. Forget about the mess that “Batman vs. Superman or “Suicide Squad” was. This new movie is great! Wonder Woman has a long history as founding member of Justice League in the comics and even a World War II group called All-Star Squadron. There even was a time when she was powerless and no one thought that was a good idea. Probably most audiences know her from Lynda Carter television series first fighting the World War II Nazis and then as a spy in the modern age fighting power mad conspirators and aliens.

Can this new actress (Gal Gadot) fight her way onto the big screen and carry a whole movie by herself? You bet she can! This movie offers just enough character development and of course, plenty of superhero action. It’s visually interesting, jumping from an island to London during World War I to a German Castle. It reminds me of a Bond movie in many respects, except this lead is Wonder Woman. Take the whole family. Everyone will enjoy it she’s still a wonder – that Wonder Woman!

By: Katherine Massopust

Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) has come to the big screen. As a fan of the Wonder Woman TV Series in the 1970’s featuring Lynda Carter as the DC Comics Super Hero, I am thrilled to see Wonder Woman on the big screen.

“Wonder Woman” is about the horrors of war. Set during WWI (although in the DC Comic Wonder Woman’s origins are during WWII) Princess Diana grows up on the island Themyscira and is trained to be the greatest warrior among the Amazons by Antiope (Robin Wright). When United States Pilot Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) crashes in the ocean near the island, Diana rescues him. Diana chooses to go with Steve Trevor to London, England to find Ares, the god of war. Queen Hippolyta (Connie Nelson) reluctantly agrees and Diana leaves the island on a mission to end war. In London they are helped by Trevor’s Secretary Etta Candy (Lucy Davis) and later by a ragtag team of a Turkish Actor Sameer (Saïd Taghmaoui), an American Indian: The Chief (Eugene Brave Rock) and Charlie (Ewen Bremner) a sniper who suffers from Shell Shock to find Ludendorff (Danny Huston) and Dr. Poison (Elena Anaya) who is developing a gas so strong that it even penetrates gasmasks.

It’s refreshing to see a woman hero that can take care of herself and not depend on any man to give her orders or think for her. Wonder Woman does her own thing. She can fight better than any man and she knows it. She isn’t afraid to do what she believes is right.

Full of action, Wonder Woman is fun for kids of all ages and adults who were fan of the show in the ‘70’s and the comics. Visually, the movie is gorgeous and a “must see” on your list of movies.