Wonder Woman 2009
Starring: Keri RussellStudio: Warner Home Video
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Format: Animated, NTSC
Running Time: 74 minutes
DVD Release: March 3rd 2009
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User Reviews
A real Wonder Woman for the new Millennium - Rating: 5/5
DC's latest animated release is a fitting addition to the Wonder Woman mythos. The performances are uniformly strong, the animation is excellent and the script is engaging. The film weaves the Wonder Woman origin with a classic battle of the Greek gods for a very satisfying story. The cat and mouse between Diana and Steve Trevor is sophisticated and clever. A strong point of the feature. I was skeptical of "Felicity" voicing such a strong female character, but was pleasantly surprised. The chemistry between Russell and Fillion resulted in a satisfying pay-off.
As a parent of young children (7, 5, and 13 months), I'm giving fair warning of the violence level. This feature includes strong battle violence, including decapitation and sword thrusts through the chest. It's not gratuitous, but this is an unabashed PG/PG-13 film.
All in all, my favorite of the DC Universe efforts so far. This was the only of the features that left me wanting future installments. One can only hope that the forthcoming live action movie is as good.
The best straight to DVD release out there - Rating: 5/5
DC is doing way better than Marvel with there animated releases over the past few years and this movie is the best out of all.
The story is really good with an excellent voice acting cast, animation is good, very funny and topped up with adult content. Oh yes and more action than anything else out there i.e. Avengers 1 & 11, Iron man, Dr Strange, Young Avengers, Hulk vs., its even better than Batman: Gothem Knights "now my second favorite", Justice League: The New Frontier, Superman: Doomsday.
Bottom line this is an epic that delivers!
BEST (animated) SUPERHERO MOVIE IN YEARS!!!! - Rating: 5/5
I just got done watching Wonder Woman and this pushes "Girl Power" to the next level!! The story is amazing, not to mention the brutal fighting throughout the movie. These woman fight and they fight HARD!! The animation is top notch and surprisingly its a very funny movie, with the underlying tone of Battle-of-the-Sexes.
Keri Russell does a terrific job as Wonder Woman, although I feel her charecter could have had more of a personal outlook. Steve Trevor steals most of the thunder because of his many one liners, while WW is the muscle and driving force. The rest of the charecters are dead on. The Queen shows you why she is Queen in the first 3 minutes of the movie, which is a thrill ride. A GREAT way to start things off!!
The music is epic, as it should be since it is dealing with Greek mythology. There are times I thought "how come this is not in the movie theatres?"
This is NOT for kids, although it is something I would show my niece. She is 9, but I want her to have a strong female role model to at least watch. The fight scenes are vicious, cold, unforgiving, and keeps on coming till the end!! In fact, I found that the MPAA gave this movie a rated "R" so Bruce Timm (producer & director) and his team had to edit some of the film. Trust me, you will see why, and he hinted that that if this movie has enough sales and enough demands they will release the "Unrated" version. YES!!
If I had to compare it to the other DC movies, Wonder Woman is FAR at the top and will be hard to beat. Marvel has never come close to anything like DC did here. Hulk VS was just mindless violence with no story. It might just be me, but I have to like the charecters and care about them if I'm going to enjoy it. Plus, I find Marvel's animated style is very choppy. I have been patient with them coming up with a good animated film, but DC owns this department.
Do yourself a favor and pick it up as soon as its released. I saw a special preview of it (tee hee). It was only a one time watch and now I can't wait to watch it on my HD screen. If I had to rate DC's movies from favorite to least favorite it would be:
1) Wonder Woman
2) Justice League: The New Frontier
3) Batman: Gothem Knights
4) Superman: Doomsday
I'm not saying Superman was horrible by any means. Its just you can really see the progress DC has made with their movies. They are learning and doing it well every step of the way. Batman: GK was a TERRIFIC story, but lacked the action I think most of us were hoping to find.
Because of this film I'm now a Wonder Woman fan. I have already been reading her comics of the past few months (Rise of the Olympians) and its truely great writing thanks to Gail Simone. I love her work. Well, I think I'm done for the review. I hope you all will enjoy the movie as much as I have. I can't wait to see what the other reviewers like yourselves have to say. I have read others on the movie and they are just as excited as I was watching the movie!! Enjoy. :)
Wonder-ful! - Rating: 5/5
When I first heard rumors of a Wonder Woman movie being written by Joss Whedon a few years back, all of my inner (and outer) geek squealed with delight. So imagine my disappointment upon hearing that WW had fallen through. Then along came this animated film. I wasn't sure what to expect. The voice actors have some serious credentials to their names, mostly big time film & t.v. stars. I loved the caliber of work done in the Justice League series but hoped for something a little more adult-friendly. And this is exactly what we've got. I've seen it mentioned that this film is rated PG-13 and that's exactly on the nose. The worst word is "crap" but there is some heavy violence with little to no blood spilt. Though I think some of the voice actors got a little overzealous with some of their (at times, cheesy) lines (Rosario Dawson AND Keri Russell), overall I felt that it went well. A co-producer of the film is Bruce Timm, of Batman & Robin fame (I thought I saw some of his handiwork in some of the art...)
The bottom line: I would highly recommend this film to any Justice League, Trinity, Bruce Tim, Batman & Robin animated series and, of course, Wonder Woman fans. It also bears mentioning that Gail Simone, alongside another writer, wrote the script and is the current writer for Wonder Woman as well as the past writer for the great series "Birds of Prey." I know I'll be getting my copy.
maybe i'm a just geek, but... - Rating: 5/5
i long anticipated this wonder woman animated flick and i must say, it did not disappoint. the story is solid as both an origin and the first part of what could be several sequels. it really lays the ground work to leave you thirsty for more! the highlight for me was definitely nathan fillion as steve t. he brought just the right amount of humor. of course, that the story was co-written by gail simone is a help. she had the best run of birds of prey comics i have ever read. i expect a lot of action from a wonder woman feature and this had more than i hoped for with its bullets, beheadings and, of course, babes. "keri russell as wonder woman..." was never the beginning of a sentence i thought i would say, but i must admit, she pulled it off. and kudos need to be given to both virginia madsen and rosario dawson. this flick is a must for any ww or dc fan.
