I agree about Wonder Woman's message. It handled the topic of man's capacity for good and evil quite well, IMO, and Diana's heroism in the face of that evil was inspiring. Without spoiling too much I really liked the movie's portrayal of Ares as well.
Also, I loved that the film was essentially a war movie, and set in WWI at that. WWII gets all the attention nowadays, so it was refreshing to see some Great War stuff in there. It reminded me of the first Captain America in some ways, although it was much more of a war movie than Cap was, I thought.
Speaking of war movies, Hacksaw Ridge is great. Really great. I didn't really want to get into it on family movie night, but I was sucked right in. Oh, and to keep this from totally derailing the thread's theme, the kid who played the new Spider-man stars, and does a very good job.
Thus it is not by incessant care that we become faithful and exact in the smallest things, but simply by a love which is free from the reflections and fears of restless and scrupulous souls. - Fénelon
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two impostors just the same...
I take the message of the movie as saying that human beings are both inherently good and inherently evil. There is also a message about making the world a better place through compassion and courage. I'm interested if that is what others got out of it as well.
A good war movie uses war as the backdrop for more powerful messages.
Thus it is not by incessant care that we become faithful and exact in the smallest things, but simply by a love which is free from the reflections and fears of restless and scrupulous souls. - Fénelon
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two impostors just the same...
(06-20-2017, 05:39 PM)leo the lamb Wrote: A good war movie uses war as the backdrop for more powerful messages.
Yep. I meant it was a war movie in that the setting was WWI. Not just as a time period (I wouldn't consider The King's Speech a war movie despite taking place during WWII), but as a prominent backdrop. They spent significant time in the trenches, in occupied towns, and behind enemy lines. It morphed into more traditional superhero fare toward the end, but the middle act had all the trappings of a war film. It used that to speak to the good and evil inherent in mankind, as is often a theme in war movies since acts of heroism and horror are frequent in war.
It was good but not great, inspirational story/message but honestly thought the third part/ending was disappointing. While others say they liked him, I wasn't a fan of the villain. Gadot & Pine on the other hand - great chemistry.
