Alas, it appears that still required a special effects lapse to accomplish. Superman: Dawn of Justice.” Or that painful, painful stuff with Enchantress in “Suicide Squad.” Even the first “Wonder Woman” hit some big snags when it came to special effects - specifically, that hilariously awful, clearly forced-on-the-film CGI battle with Ares at the end.īut Patty Jenkins was given a lot more control over this film than she was over “Wonder Woman.” She even got to make the softer ending she wasn’t allowed to have last time. Who could forget about Doomsday in “Batman v. We know that this problem has of course plagued a lot of the recent movies based on DC Comics. Even so, we hated that the moment we spent the film waiting for knocked us completely out of the movie. It’s only marginally better than something out of 2019’s “Cats.” Thankfully, we suppose, it’s a short scene, and as a result we don’t have to spend too much time focusing on it. It can’t hide the weird, muddy, painted quality of CGI hair that looks more like a glaucoma test for the viewer than an effect.Īlso Read: 'Wonder Woman 1984': Everything You Need To Know About The DreamstoneĪnd we were particularly struck by how deep into the uncanny valley Cheetah gets during close ups. Darkness is of course a time honored trick for masking less-than-amazing SFX.īut the dimmer can’t conceal the weird non-presence of Wiig in the scene, the semi-floating quality that is the hallmark of subpar CGI. The clue, of course, was that the battle takes place outside, at night, under a moonlit sky - even though the scenes immediately before and after the climax take place in broad daylight. It’s too bad then that a lot of the impact of that turn is subsequently undermined by how bad she looks when fully transformed.Īnd boy, uh, we mean bad. And then right when it counts the most, it drops the GCI ball like pixelated dead weight.Īlso Read: The Crazy Climax of 'Wonder Woman 1984' ExplainedĪlso Read: 'Wonder Woman 1984' Mid-Credits Scene Explained: Who is Asteria?Īnd that provides the pleasant surprise of feeling pity for her, rather than revulsion when Barbara finally makes her villain-turn in the latter half of the film. And action choreography is ballerina-tight. The opening sequence is the equal of some of the more insane heights of “Aquaman.” The film overall is filled with bright, eye popping visuals that look as good in still photos as they do in motion. In fact, the strongest parts of the film are rooted in its characters: Diana’s struggle to choose the right thing over the easy thing her relationship with Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) Barbara Minerva’s (Kristen Wiig) loneliness, envy and frustration at being constantly ignored and Maxwell Lord’s (Pedro Pascal) desperation to be seen as important and successful at all costs.Īs for the other part? Well, “Wonder Woman 1984” contains approximately two hours of truly spectacular spectacle. “Wonder Woman 1984” definitely gets the first of those things right. Bad acting and writing can derail the first, and bad special effects can knock out the second. However, what the film focuses on is Minerva's relationship with Diana, with them being friends before fate turns the two against one another.Superhero movies really need just two things to successfully pull in an audience: Humanized, relatable characters, and the suspension of disbelief necessary to accept that those characters fly, wield magical lassos, and use powers in “real life” settings. Unlike the original Cheetah, Wonder Woman 1984's Cheetah is not a bloodthirsty beast. Therefore, Lord grants Minerva further gifts, transforming her into the Cheetah. Minerva doesn't want to give up her wish, so she defends Maxwell Lord, who has wished to become the stone. However, when Diana realizes the stone creates wishes with a dark twist, Wonder Woman sets out to destroy it. RELATED: Wonder Woman 1984 Hides a Black Adam Easter Egg The wish grants Minerva everything she asks for and thensome, including Amazonian strength and overwhelming popularity. When the two end up finding a stone cursed by the God of Lies to grant any single wish, Minerva wishes to be like Diana. She is virtually unnoticed by society, forgotten even by the people who hired her, but Diana is one of the few people who notices and appreciates her. In Wonder Woman 1984, Minerva is an American scientist working at the Smithsonian.
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