There’s stuff to like about Wonder Woman 1984, and some stuff to dislike, but it is all spoiled by one horrible, horrible plot thread.
Joker is not a bad movie, nor is it unworthy of your attention. But it is not the work of genius that it so desperately wishes it were.
After decades of cosplay which should have inured us against this, Gadot doesn’t look like she’s dressed up as Wonder Woman – she just looks like Wonder Woman. In a film about an icon, she looks iconic.
How do you film a comic book when the award-winning creator hasn’t actually got his finger out and finished it yet? Someone’s had a stab at it, and Tony Keen reports on the results… Save your money.