{"id":7347,"date":"2016-06-24T07:01:18","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T01:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=7347"},"modified":"2026-07-17T22:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T17:17:00","slug":"wonder-woman-1984-movie-watch-dc-comics-superhero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=7347","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons Why Wonder Woman 1984 Should Be on Your Weekend Watch List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

S<\/span>uperhero movies have evolved from being fist-fights between typically good and bad men to a lens through which we can look at humanity in different ways. The first Wonder Woman film was an all-round victory lap for the long-due portrayal of a female superhero on screen. Not only was Gal Gadot\u2019s portrayal remarkable for the ease with which it repelled comparisons with her male counterparts, but also how the character was weaved through the relatable emotions of love and loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wonder Woman 1984<\/a>, streaming on Amazon Prime Video, is the sequel that etches another layer into the superhero\u2019s character, making her even more human than before, all through the irresistible joy of a nostalgia trip and the nerve-wracking action that no one can have enough of. It\u2019s everything you want from a summer blockbuster. Here are five reasons why Wonder Woman 1984 should be on your weekend watch list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A nostalgia trip through the \u201980s<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Can anyone get enough of the \u201980s? The heavy suits, the bell-bottoms, the sneaker revolution, the satchels, the music, the cars, the over-the-top hairstyles \u2013 everything about the \u201980s seems illuminated by the yearning for a simpler time. This was after all the era just preceding the internet and mobile phone. People still socialised and celebrated the little things. Identity was a singular narrative, not inspired, say by something that goes viral or is popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even popularity for that matter had to be earned which placed a premium on building relationships. In summary, everything had some thought put to it. WW84 cleverly reproduces a period where the sight of a firecracker lighting up the sky could still leave people in awe, neighbours ushered in the festive season together, and there seemed to be a sense of harmony around the idea of contentment. It\u2019s a trip worth taking given the time we are all going through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kirsten Wiig\u2019s dark side\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So who could have thought of casting the impossibly charming and funny Kristen Wiig in a role where she must carry the sinister veneer of a nobody who has just come onto significant power. It sounds like a pipe dream, because even in her role as the Gadot\u2019s nerdy coworker Wiig is so effortlessly magnetic and funny it is hard to see how she could transform into the frighteningly vengeful Cheetah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wiig has essayed so many quirky and wickedly funny roles, her transformation from the office paperweight to a feisty, animalistic villain is a treat for both her fans and people who like to box actors into types. It\u2019s also one of the more inspired castings in recent memory, asking Wiig to retrace her somewhat familiar streak of playing the ignored loser and urge her to transform into something stubborn and fearsome. Her transformation, especially her portrayal of the angst she carries within is a worthy contestant to Wonder Woman\u2019s aura of sanity and wisdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gal Gadot\u2019s effortless grace\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To say Gal Gadot\u2019s personality, her captivating grace, is what has lent Wonder Woman it\u2019s distinct identity in the pantheon of superheroes is an understatement. Gadot has, in fact, changed how you view and consume action sequences. She brings a certain poise to these marvellously choreographed sequences that turns explosions into concerts of her power, movement, and energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also Gadot does the heavy lifting with wide-eyed clarity, unlike most male superheroes who just grumble and scream incessantly. Masculinity has conditioned our idea of the superhero to the image of the brooding male, bursting at his seams. Gadot instead centres her anger, and relays it through her lasso with such finesse it comes across as a radical detour from the pulpy, brutishness of everyone else. It\u2019s refreshing, and thrilling all the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is nothing like love<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Wonder Woman series is perhaps one of the only franchises that rather than do lip service to relationships, has built its narratives around them. Chris Pine and Wonder Woman\u2019s chemistry is one for the ages, and not just because Pine plays the humble sidekick to an alpha partner, society usually considers the weakest, but because they seem genuinely in love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this sequel, Steve returns as a happenstance that lasts, like a fond getaway until things get serious and both realise the price they must pay for setting the world right. There are several sub-plots in the film, but it is Pine and Gadot\u2019s chemistry that proves to be the wind in the film\u2019s sails. It\u2019s a toast to the idea of love being both eternal and un-detachable from the concept of superheroes and supervillains. Nothing\u2019s bigger, the film says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A scathing review of humanity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In Wonder Woman 1984, Pedro Pascal plays Maxwell Lord, a doomed oil guy who happens to get hold of a stone that allows him to grant everyone\u2019s wish. Desperate, Lord jumps onto the opportunity as a means to take over the world. Let\u2019s just say, he learns his lesson soon enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s in the wishes that many people make that Lord grants that the film essays the social fissures that most of us tend to fill with greed or hate. It\u2019s a scathing criticism of humanity, where even when granted the wish for anything, most wish for pain and suffering for others. Though it philosophises a film where many may just expect action sequences, it makes for fascinating practical commentary on the condition of mankind, something that you should watch and give thought to, even after the film ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of late, we\u2019ve all been complaining that our weekends look the same. Wonder Woman 1984 will make sure that that doesn\u2019t happen. Wonder Woman 1984 is streaming on Amazon Prime Video<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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