It doesn't really feel like Timm is moving forward in the animation. It's not like Batman: Gotham Knight where it looks completely different than Batman: The Animated Series. So watching this felt like I was watching the series. It's not exactly the same design but it's very close. The animation is great except it's just like Justice League. The actors do fine work but I think their few lines should have been rewritten first.

It's distracting since the Amazons talk more formally, like you would expect someone of ancient times to talk. For Greek gods they talk quite modern, even in the prologue. My only quibble is the dialog of Zeus, Hera, and Hades. Not a single role is miscast or not done well. There's different kinds of jokes but generally it's not geared towards kids. Jokes about sex, Wonder Woman's outfit, just stuff like that. There's a lot of stuff like that which parents should watch out for. But again this isn't necessarily for kids. From comical moments in fight scenes to the well delivered jokes. This movie had the theater busting their guts with laughter. It's not all that suspenseful so you're not really on the edge of your seats hoping that they get out if it, but it's enjoyable nonetheless. This isn't television, people die in this.

There are impalements, decapitations, crotch kicking, neck snapping and that's all in the prologue not to mention the larger final battle. This is not necessarily one you would want to show to young kids. Bruce Timm said they did have more in it but it got an R rating and they had to tone it down.

In fact I recall only three, maybe four instances of blood actually appearing. When it comes to action there is plenty of it. Not entirely original but no complaints here. It's not based on any one story, but rather it goes through the typical Wonder Woman origins mixed with a supervillain story. And both parts are done wonderfully that makes this accessible to men, women, geek, and non-geek. It's part action-adventure film and part romantic-comedy. Perhaps the best of any of DC's animated features so far. Perhaps I was swept up in the excitement of so many fans around me, but I found this to be quite enjoyable. I was lucky enough to attend the early screening of Wonder Woman at Wondercon '09.

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