I saw the Wonder Woman film today and was very impressed. It's a pity that this is the first live-action film for the character in 76 years, but it was well-made and entertaining.

Gal Gadot does a great job as the title character, and Chris Pine is good as Steve Trevor. Set during World War I, the movie tells the story of the photo seen in Batman v. Superman. I wouldn't recommend it for younger kids -- 11 or 12 would probably be the limit, due to all the violence (it is a war movie, and doesn't shy away from the horrors of war).

There's quite a bit of humor, but it's also bittersweet, especially when the war is described as the War to End All Wars, since anyone who knows their history knows what happened a generation later.

Interestingly enough, the movie has been banned in Lebanon because Gal Gadot is Israeli and served in the Israeli military. (This most likely means that the movie promptly became very popular in Lebanon, because the quickest way to get people to pay attention to something is to ban it, and in the Internet era it's virtually impossible to keep a movie out of the hands of people who want to see it; even if it's blocked, a proxy will allow it to be brought up in a hurry.)


"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”

- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland