tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618321368988528322.post6290554059605956346..comments2024-03-27T09:28:28.880+00:00Comments on Narrative Drive: Wonder Woman by Allan HeinbergAndrew Cartmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13006683245337354886noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618321368988528322.post-20021149454361404262017-07-16T12:04:27.039+01:002017-07-16T12:04:27.039+01:00What a great comment! Thank you for providing such...What a great comment! Thank you for providing such a thoughtful note. You spotted a number of things I missed, too. As for the Uncanny Valley, how true! Thank you for reading.Andrew Cartmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13006683245337354886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618321368988528322.post-14449967851493152502017-07-09T17:49:28.308+01:002017-07-09T17:49:28.308+01:00While the opening bits on Paradise Island were a b...While the opening bits on Paradise Island were a bit too long, the only point I thought the movie really fell down was some of the CGI battle work. In particular, wide shots of Diana using the lasso in which Diana herself was also CGI just looked ... wrong. When the actress was on the screen herself, it all worked. CGI doesn't yet have the ability to create people who aren't in the uncanny valley.<br /><br />I liked the Chief pointing out the flaws of Steve Trevor's people because it ended up being a great bit of foreshadowing ... but I thought the bit of brotherly love among enemies after the Big Bad's defeat was a step too far.<br /><br />You're right about the heart in the script, though. That's what the recent Superman movies lacked. Superman loves this world and its people and especially Lois. They make him smile. I don't actually recall Superman smiling in the recent movies. (Batman is grim, but he's SUPPOSED to be grim. He's never gotten over the loss of his parents. That's his core trait.) Wonder Woman is a warrior, true, but in this movie she's a warrior who never had to fight a war, so she doesn't have the dark side of loss until the battle on the beach and those losses (and the later horrors) give her determination, not a dark soul like Batman. Luckily, this movie remembered that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com