Post by DC-Fan on Jul 25, 2017 4:47:49 GMT
Wonder Woman is better because:
1. WW does a better job than SMH (and every other MCU movie for that matter) of balancing the lighter moments with the more serious moments. That's something MCU still hasn't figured out how to do right after 16 movies. SMH (and every other MCU movie for that matter) always crack jokes and 1-liners even in serious moments, which results in trivializing those moments.
2. Diana's motivation in WW is from believing it's her duty to end war and bring peace to Mankind. Peter's motivation for being Spider-Man in SMH isn't because he believes he has a "great responsibility" to use his powers for good (as he learned from his failure to prevent Uncle Ben's death when he could've) but simply because he's hoping to get a reply from Happy Hogan. SMH reduces Peter to being just a simple show-off. There's nothing driving Peter other than wanting to look cool and impress Tony Stark - and that's a shallow reason which betrays Spider-Man's true comic origins.
3. SMH feels more like an Iron Man movie than a Spider-Man movie. Tony Stark is in the beginning, middle, and end of the movie. Iron Man saves Spider-Man after Vulture dumps Spider-Man into the water. And it's Iron man who comes to the rescue when the ferry boat splits into 2 halves. Just too much reliance on Iron Man in SMH. WW is a self-contained story and doesn't have to rely on cameos from characters in other DCEU movies.
4. WW has many likable characters. Diana and Steve are obviously the most likable characters, but Hippolyta, Antiope, Etta Candy, Sameer, Charlie, and the Chief are all likable characters as well. Not so with SMH. Peter - he just wants to show off his powers and impress Tony Stark. Happy Hogan - he's constantly looking annoyed that his boss is making him babysit a 15-year-old kid. Flash Thompson - he's just a wanna-be bully who doesn't even look threatening enough to be a bully. Ned? Liz? Michelle "Mary Jane" Watson? None of them are likable characters. The only likable character in the whole movie was Adrian Toomes and that's because he's an ordinary husband and father who's just trying to provide for his family and got screwed over by Tony Stark's Damage Control team, which threatened to shoot him with guns.
5. WW gives us a 1st act that's like a Greek myth. We hear a mythical story about the creation of Mankind, view the beauty of Themyscira, and see the Amazons in battle. SMH's 1st act gives us 10 minutes of shaky camcorder footage (like in The Blair Witch Project and Project Almanac) followed by 10 minutes of showing Peter Parker in physics class, then having lunch with his best friend at the geeks-only table, then in debate club, etc. We already know this movie is going to be a high school comedy. There's no need to waste 10 minutes of our time showing a day in the life of Peter Parker attending high school.
6. Better action scenes in WW. WW had an epic beach battle between the Amazons (with their ancient weapons - bows and arrows and swords) vs the German soldiers (with their modern rifles). And the No Man's Land scene is the 2nd-most iconic scene in CBM history, behind only Superman's 1st public appearance in Superman: The Movie, when Superman flies up, catches Lois, and then catches the falling helicopter with 1 hand, while John Williams' classic theme (1 of the most recognized themes in movie history) is playing. SMH? The Washington Monument scene and the ferry boat scene pale in comparison to the epic Themyscira beach battle scene and the iconic No Man's Land scene.
7. In WW, we get to see the Lasso of Truth and the bullet-deflecting bracelets (2 powers integral to the Wonder Woman character) in action. In SMH, we see an AI-type suit in action (is it a Spider-Man movie or an Iron Man movie?) but no Spider-Sense (a power integral to the Spider-Man character). When Peter ditches Liz at the Homecoming Dance and puts on his Spider-Man costume and runs out of the building, he gets ambushed by 1 of the bad guys and needs to be saved by Ned. No way that ambush should've happened with Spider-Sense so definitely no Spider-Sense in SMH and MCU.
8. WW uses color as part of its storytelling better than any other superhero movie ever made.
How Wonder Woman Uses Color
9. SMH is a high school comedy movie, which is why it's struggled to keep its target audience and had nosedives at the box office in its 2nd and 3rd weekends. WW is the 1st superhero movie that has brought in young and old and male and female audiences, which is why WW has held up better than any other superhero movie in 15 years and has become the #1 movie of the summer and #2 movie of the year so far (behind only Beauty and the Beast).
1. WW does a better job than SMH (and every other MCU movie for that matter) of balancing the lighter moments with the more serious moments. That's something MCU still hasn't figured out how to do right after 16 movies. SMH (and every other MCU movie for that matter) always crack jokes and 1-liners even in serious moments, which results in trivializing those moments.
2. Diana's motivation in WW is from believing it's her duty to end war and bring peace to Mankind. Peter's motivation for being Spider-Man in SMH isn't because he believes he has a "great responsibility" to use his powers for good (as he learned from his failure to prevent Uncle Ben's death when he could've) but simply because he's hoping to get a reply from Happy Hogan. SMH reduces Peter to being just a simple show-off. There's nothing driving Peter other than wanting to look cool and impress Tony Stark - and that's a shallow reason which betrays Spider-Man's true comic origins.
3. SMH feels more like an Iron Man movie than a Spider-Man movie. Tony Stark is in the beginning, middle, and end of the movie. Iron Man saves Spider-Man after Vulture dumps Spider-Man into the water. And it's Iron man who comes to the rescue when the ferry boat splits into 2 halves. Just too much reliance on Iron Man in SMH. WW is a self-contained story and doesn't have to rely on cameos from characters in other DCEU movies.
4. WW has many likable characters. Diana and Steve are obviously the most likable characters, but Hippolyta, Antiope, Etta Candy, Sameer, Charlie, and the Chief are all likable characters as well. Not so with SMH. Peter - he just wants to show off his powers and impress Tony Stark. Happy Hogan - he's constantly looking annoyed that his boss is making him babysit a 15-year-old kid. Flash Thompson - he's just a wanna-be bully who doesn't even look threatening enough to be a bully. Ned? Liz? Michelle "Mary Jane" Watson? None of them are likable characters. The only likable character in the whole movie was Adrian Toomes and that's because he's an ordinary husband and father who's just trying to provide for his family and got screwed over by Tony Stark's Damage Control team, which threatened to shoot him with guns.
5. WW gives us a 1st act that's like a Greek myth. We hear a mythical story about the creation of Mankind, view the beauty of Themyscira, and see the Amazons in battle. SMH's 1st act gives us 10 minutes of shaky camcorder footage (like in The Blair Witch Project and Project Almanac) followed by 10 minutes of showing Peter Parker in physics class, then having lunch with his best friend at the geeks-only table, then in debate club, etc. We already know this movie is going to be a high school comedy. There's no need to waste 10 minutes of our time showing a day in the life of Peter Parker attending high school.
6. Better action scenes in WW. WW had an epic beach battle between the Amazons (with their ancient weapons - bows and arrows and swords) vs the German soldiers (with their modern rifles). And the No Man's Land scene is the 2nd-most iconic scene in CBM history, behind only Superman's 1st public appearance in Superman: The Movie, when Superman flies up, catches Lois, and then catches the falling helicopter with 1 hand, while John Williams' classic theme (1 of the most recognized themes in movie history) is playing. SMH? The Washington Monument scene and the ferry boat scene pale in comparison to the epic Themyscira beach battle scene and the iconic No Man's Land scene.
7. In WW, we get to see the Lasso of Truth and the bullet-deflecting bracelets (2 powers integral to the Wonder Woman character) in action. In SMH, we see an AI-type suit in action (is it a Spider-Man movie or an Iron Man movie?) but no Spider-Sense (a power integral to the Spider-Man character). When Peter ditches Liz at the Homecoming Dance and puts on his Spider-Man costume and runs out of the building, he gets ambushed by 1 of the bad guys and needs to be saved by Ned. No way that ambush should've happened with Spider-Sense so definitely no Spider-Sense in SMH and MCU.
8. WW uses color as part of its storytelling better than any other superhero movie ever made.
How Wonder Woman Uses Color
9. SMH is a high school comedy movie, which is why it's struggled to keep its target audience and had nosedives at the box office in its 2nd and 3rd weekends. WW is the 1st superhero movie that has brought in young and old and male and female audiences, which is why WW has held up better than any other superhero movie in 15 years and has become the #1 movie of the summer and #2 movie of the year so far (behind only Beauty and the Beast).