The first film was set during the happiest time in human history: World War I. A tormented Wonder Woman took to the trenches and endured a solid hour of smoke and soot.
Squint and you could maybe spot the main character. “Wonder Woman 1984,” by contrast, is visually dazzling with kaleidoscopic color and buoyant action sequences.
The plot, thank Ares, is no longer so self-serious, even if it is a bit knotty. Amazonian Princess Diana (Gal Gadot), who does not age, still looks catwalk-ready in her new life as a Smithsonian scientist in 1984 Washington, DC.
She studies rare antiquities there, and is taken aback when an ancient wishing stone with a Latin inscription arrives at the office.
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