The first 20 minutes of Wonder Woman were my favorite 20 minutes of any movie I’ve ever seen. I can’t think of another chunk of a major motion picture—a major comic book motion picture, no less—with NO men. None! It was just a bunch of women being amazing together, supporting one another, learning from one another, and having a happy existence that was in no way hindered by men. This was a breath of fresh air I hadn’t realized I desperately needed, and Wonder Woman’s box-office domination shows that the rest of the moviegoing public felt the same way. Minus, of course, a handful of whiny men who were outraged that they were excluded from something for the first time in their lives... which really only added to my love for Wonder Woman not only as a film, but as representative of a moment in American life that might be the start of the Fall of Men. Pass the popcorn; I could watch this forever. (dir. Patty Jenkins; available digitally and on Blu-ray)
The Portland Mercury's Super Cinema Strikeforceâ„¢ had a bunch of other favorite movies in 2017, too! Check them all out here.
