Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
PG-13 | 2h 31min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Stars: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal
If you read comic books, you’ll like this film. Gal Gadot is easy on the eyes no doubt. That is worth the price of admission right there. It is written just like the classic wonder
woman tv series and comic books. True to
the genre. The more negative reviews a
film gets the more I want to see it. As
of my review IMDB.com has 6324 reviews on WW84.
Considering Casablanca (one of the best movies ever made) only has 1377
reviews that tells me WW84 was a good movie.
I rated the movie a 7 which is above average for me. I save the 9s and 10s for films that impress
me in several categories such as emotional impact on me, sublevels to story,
character development, music, costume, plot, etc. The more films you see over the course of
your life you begin to realize you must save the 9s and 10s for the utter
spectacular ones. Every film can’t be
your favorite. It may be your favorite
in a certain genre. I will say this is a
must see for all DC comics lovers. As I watched --the son intrigued me more
and more and his response to his father.
The plot is one I have contemplated strangely enough. It involves the fantasy of what might happen
if everyone got their greatest desires granted.
It reminded me a little of the film ‘Bruce Almighty’. I think everyone on earth could benefit from
this fantasy film. People need to
remember when watching Superhero films and critiquing them they are in the
realm of fantasy (not reality).
As a rule, any fantasy film is better on the big screen. Can’t have everything though which strangely
enough is the moral of this film. Many
humans think (especially in wealthier countries) they should have everything
they want when they want it. Not only is
that ridiculous, the truth is even if you got it you most certainly would not
be happy. All of life is a trade-off. For instance, if you ate only donuts you get
sick and eventually get diabetes and die sooner than you would have
otherwise. If you eat steak every day,
you’d get gout and be in pain and suffer which counters the joy of eating the
steak. If you train for years and gain a
spot on a professional team and actually win a championship ring the downside
is you must decide whether all that effort and time training away from family
and friends to get to that level was worth it.
Only you can decide that and only after you’ve already made the decision
strangely enough or else you would not be qualified to answer the question. All of life is a trade-off. The more we try to have it all the more we
ruin our lives. This film does a great job
of showing us to do the best we can with the cards we are dealt and enjoy the
simple yet wonderful things along the way. All jobs
and all people have their place and have value to society. We need plumbers and sewer workers, architects,
policemen, mothers who stay home to manage the family chaos. We need office workers, hotels, housekeepers,
child care, nursing homes, veterinarians, coaches, maintenance men, brick
layers, foreman, military, sailors, and the list is endless. We need you and you need us. That is the message. Not a one world government,
but each country being the best they can be for the sake of their citizens.
Life is not easy – its not meant to be, but each human
should have a chance to work and pursue their own happiness without trampling
the rights of others in the process of course.
When we allow even one person to be abused by the government or schools
etc. we give them the eternal right to do the same damn thing to any one of
you. It must be justice for all or we
are all in trouble. A timely example in
2021: Authorities imprisoned a small business owner named Marlena Pavlos-Hackney, of
Marlena’s Bistro and Pizzeria in Holland, Michigan for opening. This should never happen anywhere in the
world let alone America. Our beacon of
freedom for all is worthless if this can happen within our borders. If anyone wishes to frequent her bistro that
is their business and no one else’s. She
has the right to make a living and the locals have the right to frequent her establishment
as much as they desire. No one is forcing
anyone to frequent that bistro so why the imprisonment. Those scared of Covid can stay away if they
wish. Don’t you see those who wish to shut
us down have become the curse and worse than the disease. They are tyrants forcing others to do their
will. Freedom is gone at the price of
safety. We slaughter
roughly a million unborn babies each year and then shut down our entire economy
because one half of one percent of the population might die if they contract it. I will add that anyone can go to the great
state of Oregon and sign some papers and be put to death – it happens daily in
this country. So here is the truth of it
all: I can have myself killed legally,
but a bistro owner in Michigan goes to jail for opening her business and
letting guests eat 6ft apart because they say she is endangering people. It would seem if I can choose to have an abortion
or sign some papers and have myself put to death, I should be able to choose
whether I want to eat in a bistro in Holland Michigan. If we fight this nonsense,
we may yet save our freedoms, if not even though we sleep in our own homes, we
are prisoners who are not free to pursue or own happiness but only what the
state says we can pursue and when, and where we can do it.
Risk is part
of life – hundreds die daily in vehicle accidents but we don’t stop
driving. Fear perpetrated by the media
has cost us far too high a cost for anyone’s safety. Our lives are our own to risk as it has
always been. Lets not let the bureaucrats
slowly take away all our freedoms under the guise of keeping us SAFE. That my friend is not freedom it is safety at
way too high a cost. As Patrick Henry said
so long ago “give me liberty or give me death”!
