Wonder Woman Movie (2017) Interesting Facts, Mistakes

Updated on November 28, 2023

Wonder Woman Movie Story Summary

When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, Diana, an Amazonian warrior in training, leaves home to fight a war, discovering her full powers and true destiny.

Wonder Woman Movie Stars

Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright

Wonder Woman Movie Storyline

Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when a pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers and her true destiny.

Wonder Woman Movie Interesting Facts

Gal Gadot got her part shortly after she decided to give up on acting, being unsuccessful at landing roles and tired of regularly taking 15-hour plane rides back to Israel. However, when she was invited for a screen test, she was not told what the film was about and she agreed as a kind of final fling before she quit. The screen test consisted largely of reading relatively anonymous dialogue and she left afterward to return to Israel. However, she received a call-back and only then was she told that she was short-listed to play Wonder Woman. Gadot was floored at the idea of playing the iconic superhero and she eagerly agreed to participate further.
The discussion in the boat about "the pleasures of the flesh" was improvised.
The scenes of Themyscira were shot in Southern Italy, on the Amalfi Coast. Production designer Aline Bonetto said the location was perfect: "Italy had beautiful weather, a beautiful blue-green sea, not too much tide, not too much wave."
Steve's timepiece is a pocket watch, adapted with a leather case to be worn on the wrist. Pocket watches were the norm at the time (they were usually worn on a chain), but they proved to be impractical in front line action. Because timing was critical for coordinating large-scale action (such as the use of infantry maneuvers in conjunction with artillery barrages), soldiers began wearing timepieces on their wrists. This fashion spread to civilians after the war and adapted pocket watches into wristwatches, which became as the preferred fashion of timepieces in the 20th century.
General Erich Ludendorff was a real person and he was ruthless, although not necessarily more so than any other high commander in any WWI nation. As supreme commander of the German forces, he authorized the use of mustard gas, a corrosive agent that could quite literally melt tissue, and that depending on the exposure would inflict temporary or permanent blindness, lasting damage to lungs and an extremely painful death. With the armistice, Ludendorff later supported Adolf Hitler's failed coup, but grew to dislike Hitler long before the Nazis actually took power.
Some of the Amazons have flesh colored cloth over one side of their chest, almost seeming like one breast was uncovered or nonexistent (this is very apparent in the opening sequence when young Diana watches the training and Antiope walks over to talk with an Amazon so clad). This may be a reference to the fact that Amazons are often depicted in art as having one breast exposed. Ancient sources even state that Amazons cut or burned off their breast on their dominant side so that it wouldn't interfere with combat, especially with a bow. Some ancient sources suggest that this is the source of their name; "a-mazos" in Greek means "without breast".
Gal Gadot trained for nine months to gain seventeen pounds of pure muscle, though it didn't show in the final film and many fans felt she looked too thin to play the character.
In Greco-Roman mythology, the Amazons of Themyscira and the Greek hero Heracles share a rivalry, since Heracles seduced Queen Hippolyta and stole her enchanted belt. This carried over into both DC and Marvel comics. In the DC Comics, Hercules (who is the Roman version of the Greek Heracles) is a misogynistic and villainous character who was punished by the Amazons for defiling them; he later became an anti-hero who sought redemption for his actions.
In the Marvel comics, it was the reverse. Hercules was a superhero (and Thor's best friend) and Hippolyta and the Amazons were villains. Hippolyta's daughter was called Artume, and she was a parallel to Wonder Woman.
In the comics, Steve Trevor and Diana met in the Second World War (1939-45). However, in the film, they meet in the First World War (1914-18). The change in World Wars was made because the filmmakers thought that era was more suitable: "World War I was the first time that civilization as we know it was finding its roots, but it's not something that we really know the history of. In this world, there are questions about women's rights, about a mechanized war where you don't see who you are killing. It's such an interesting time."
Diana's scenes in London are an homage to Superman (1978), where Superman encounters urban life for the first time: the protagonist gets a disguise of a formal bespectacled attire, stops a mugging attack and has some trouble with a revolving door.
Director Patty Jenkins was originally in talks with Warner Bros. to direct this film back in 2005, but due to her unexpected pregnancy, she had to step down. Jenkins claimed that Wonder Woman (2017) is the film she has been wanting to do her whole life and that she was fortunate to come back to it, even though she had only directed one low budget drama film in her career 14 years before and had no experience handling big budget action movie. Because of that many fans have wondered why she was hired rather than a more qualified director.
In this film, Wonder Woman's tiara is an heirloom from Antiope. In both the comics and Wonder Woman (1975), it can be used as a weapon.
This is the first female-dominant superhero film in twelve years since Elektra (2005).
In the comics, Wonder Woman got the alias Diana Prince during World War II from a U.S. Army nurse who was very similar in appearance to her and from whom she bought her credentials and name. In this movie, while she is posing as Steve Trevor's secretary, he interrupts her introduction of "I am Diana, Princess of..." and re-names her as "Prince. Diana Prince".
Director Patty Jenkins is a big fan of Wonder Woman (1975) and wanted Lynda Carter, who performed as Diana in that series, to make a cameo appearance in this film. Unfortunately, Lynda was unavailable due to conflicting schedules about her cabarets. Lyle Waggoner was not available for this cinematic production either. He was attending the cast reunion of Carol Burnett's variety show at the time.
Steve Trevor sarcastically refers to Diana's island home of Themyscira as "Paradise Island." This was the original name for the island in the early comics and Wonder Woman (1975). In the 1980s, the island received a formal Greek name, Themyscira, in George Perez' stories featuring an updated and revamped Wonder Woman.
This film is banned in Lebanon because its star, Gal Gadot, is an Israeli citizen and Lebanon is officially at war with Israel. Like the authorities in Tunisia and Qatar who banned the film, the official "explanation" for it being banned in Lebanon was that Gadot had expressed positive views of her country (and the IDF) along with negative views of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, implying that if Gadot was an anti-Zionist they would not have banned the movie at all.
The role of Queen Hippolyta was offered to Nicole Kidman but she passed on the role. She wanted to be part of the film because of Patty Jenkins, but scheduling conflicts with Big Little Lies (2017) prevented this. Kidman would later star in Aquaman (2018) as Queen Atlanna, mother of Aquaman/Arthur Curry (who is Wonder Woman's ally).
The scene where Diana eats ice cream for the first time and praises the vendor is an event from the "New 52" DC Comics (2011).
Every design decision made for Themyscira came down to director Patty Jenkins and designer Lindy Hemming asking, "How would women want to live that's badass?" Hemming crafted a look to show off the Amazons' ripped shoulders and toned legs, emphasized by wrist braces and heeled sandals, because, Jenkins explained, "As a woman, I want Wonder Woman to fight and look great at the same time. In my opinion, this means she has really long legs."
This film features Diana Prince, the original Wonder Woman, and Artemis and Orana, who briefly held the title of Wonder Woman in the comics. The actresses who played them, Gal Gadot, Ann Wolfe and Mayling Ng, were all trained in martial arts.
This film is part of a set up for Justice League (2017), is the start of a planned trilogy for Wonder Woman, and is the fourth film in the shared DC Extended Universe.
In the frame story, Diana is wearing a red turtleneck and ponytail. This is much similar to Diana's civilian attire in the second and third seasons of Wonder Woman (1975).
Diana in this film is always wearing her Amazonian clothing whenever she is wearing other dresses over it. There are no transformation scenes in this production.
This film had been in development since 1996, when Ivan Reitman was hired to write and direct it. In January 2001, Silver Pictures approached Todd Alcott to write a Wonder Woman script. He was replaced in August 2003 with Laeta Kalogridis. Later in March 2005, Joss Whedon was hired to not only write but also direct the film, but in February 2007, he left due to creative differences. On November 24, 2014, Michelle MacLaren was confirmed as director, but she dropped out on March 13, 2015 due to creative differences.
This is the first female-directed live-action film to have a $100 million+ budget. The film's estimated budget was $150 million.
Patty Jenkins cites the work of "Wonder Woman" creator William Moulton Marston (the early stories where Wonder Woman saved Steve from Germans) and George Pérez (Greek gods influencing the world) as an influence on the film.
This is the first film in Gal Gadot's acting career in which she received top billing.
The scam that Sameer is running in the pub bears some resemblance to the notorious "Nigerian Prince" that was propagated via the Internet. He states that he is from an African country and describes his wealth in extravagant terms, thereby setting up the false offer of a share of his wealth in exchange for a small fee to help him extract it from his country. This form of scam, known as the Advance-fee scam, has existed in various forms since the 18th century.
The god of war Ares' desire is to kill everyone. In the comics, he stopped this plan because Wonder Woman pointed out it would destroy him: no more people to make war meant no more war and no more Ares. In the film, he is a more spiteful character and envious of humanity, and he has a future beyond the destruction.
Diana is introduced as Capt. Steve Trevor's secretary in World War I England. This is an homage to the first season of Wonder Woman (1975), where she served as a clerical officer (United States Navy Yeoman, Petty officer, first class) to U.S. Army Maj. Steve Trevor during World War II.
A role was offered to Cate Blanchett, but she turned it down. She would take the role of Hela in Thor: Ragnarok (2017).
Ticket-selling site Fandango reported that Wonder Woman (2017) rounded the final leg of its marketing campaign as the most anticipated blockbuster of the summer of 2017, in a poll of 10,000 voters, the biggest survey in company history. Separately, Fandango also found that 92% of people surveyed said that they were looking forward to see a film that features a stand-alone female superhero, and 87% wished Hollywood would make more female-led superhero films.
The big fight on the beach was shot over a period of two weeks, involving two film units and six cameras. The shots in the scene were digital composites of two separate locations: one that had white cliffs in the background, and one with a beach big enough to accommodate the action. Director of photography Matthew Jensen said that, apart from shooting such a complex visual set-up with so many cameras, actors and stunt people, the biggest challenge was to keep the lighting consistent over two weeks of changing weather conditions.
Cobie Smulders was briefly considered for the role of Wonder Woman. Smulders went on to voice the character in the The Lego Movie (2014) and also appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Agent Maria Hill.
Patty Jenkins said the reason for Chris Pine's nude scene, was to get back at a lot of movies which had female frontal nudity in them.
Liam Hemsworth and Alexander Skarsgård were considered for the role of Steve Trevor. Liam Hemsworth's brother, Chris Hemsworth, and Alexander Skarsgård's father, Stellan Skarsgård, are part of Marvel's "Thor" films.
No one addresses Diana as "Wonder Woman" throughout this entire film.
Patty Jenkins admitted that she didn't really think Gal Gadot would suit Wonder Woman at first, but that after paying attention to her she thought she was perfect for the role.
Elena Anaya plays Dr Maru, a woman hidden behind plastic prosthesis. Anaya's casting is an homage to her performance in Pedro Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In (2011), where she wore a face mask. Patty Jenkins is a big fan of Almodovar.
In this film, Diana briefly wears glasses as a disguise, but Etta Candy points out their ineffectiveness and they are soon broken during a street fight scene. This is an allusion to Diana wearing glasses in her civilian guise throughout the first season of Wonder Woman (1975), similar to Superman's Clark Kent.
The World War I scenes were filmed at Upper Heyford air base in Bicester, England.
The first DCEU movie with 90+% Rating on Rotten Tomatoes (equivalent to critical acclaim)
After its domestic opening weekend, this film immediately became the highest grossing film about World War I (The Great War), and the first to gross over $100 million.
The filmmakers cite the superhero films Superman (1978) and Batman Begins (2005), the Indiana Jones retro adventure films, the wartime film Casablanca (1942) and the Disney adventure film The Little Mermaid (1989) as an influence.
Steve flies a short-range aeroplane from Turkey to Themyscira, suggesting that the island is in the eastern Mediterranean. In most comic books, Themyscira is somewhere in the Atlantic.
For his nude scene, Chris Pine wore Speedos that were later digitally removed.
Gal Gadot (Diana) and Emily Carey (young Diana) share the same birthday, April 30.
With an opening gross of over $103.3 million from 4,165 theaters, this film marked the highest U.S. opening for a female director. Previously, this record was held by Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) director Sam Taylor-Johnson.
In modern times, Diana works at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. In the comics, she briefly served at the Gateway Museum in California.
The film's closing credits contains thanks to the people who made significant contributions to Wonder Woman over the years. These include "Wonder Woman" comics writers William Moulton Marston, George Perez, Jim Lee and Cliff Chiang, and Lynda Carter
This is the first feature in which Wonder Woman does not wear earrings. She wore red circle earrings throughout the Wonder Woman (1975) live action television series and in Hanna-Barbera's long-running animated series Super Friends (1973), but wore white star earrings in Cartoon Network's television series Justice League (2001). In the early comic books, the earrings were said to grant the ability to breathe in any environment, including outer space, but the idea was dropped as Wonder Woman's abilities were increased.
The horse-whipping scene in the movie was shot after principal photography was completed. Director Patty Jenkins thought that the scenes where Diana approached the battlefront lacked tension, so added the scene to have Diana witness some brutality.
In 2005, Angelina Jolie was offered the chance to play the lead role, but she declined. In 2015, she was considered to direct it.
Kate Beckinsale, Sandra Bullock, Mischa Barton, Rachel Bilson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Angelina Jolie, Jessica Biel, Eva Green, Christina Hendricks, Kristen Stewart, Olga Kurylenko and Elodie Yung were considered to play the role of Wonder Woman throughout the years.
The DC Films intro debuts in this movie and will appear at the beginning of the next DCEU movies from now on. It features characters who have already made/will make their debut like Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Cyborg, the Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and John Stewart, Lex Luthor in a Battle Armor, The Joker, Black Adam, Ocean Master and Deathstroke, along with Mera, Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Enchantress and Captain Boomerang. Other characters in the intro who can be easily spotted are Green Arrow, Supergirl, Firestorm, Black Lightning, Darkseid, Martian Manhunter, Mr. Miracle, Big Barda, Catwoman, Nightwing, Batgirl, Mr. Freeze, Shazam (and Billy Batson), Solomon Grundy, Espectre, Swamp Thing, Kilowog, Mogo, Sinestro, Jessica Cruz, Atrocitus, Hawkman and Hawkgirl.
There is a dedication in the closing credits to Patty Jenkins's father William T Jenkins. Jenkins was a former Air Force captain and fighter pilot, like Steve Trevor.
Both Gal Gadot and Connie Nielsen were up for roles in Man of Steel (2013), with Gadot as Faora and Nielsen as Lara.
Eva Green was considered for the role of Wonder Woman, and later for the role of Doctor Poison.
Ann Wolfe, regarded the best fighter in women's boxing, was cast as Artemis in the film because according to Patty Jenkins, "Who else should be one of the greatest warrior Amazons, but the best female boxer?"
When Diana rescues Steve from drowning, Steve awakens and utters, "Wow," an American English slang, used since the early part of the twentieth century. This would explain Diana first addressing him in English, though he was dressed as a German pilot.
Wonder Woman/Diana is of Scythian nationality in the comics. Gal Gadot, who plays her, was born in Israel and is of Jewish European descent.
Dr Poison (AKA Dr Isabel Maru) is a villain from the classic Wonder Woman Comics Rogue Gallery. In her first strip this character was appearing in disguise as a man, and only revealed herself to be a female in the last frame of the comic.
Languages spoken are English, and in few scenes German, Dutch (Flemish, spoken in Flanders, Belgium), French, (modern) Greek, Chinese (Cantonese/Mandarin) and Spanish. Scenes in the town of Veld where Flemish & French are both spoken, signs are also bilingual.
Gal Gadot worked on her character six months prior to shooting.
Filmmaker James Cameron, known for his movies that feature strong female action heroes, drew the ire of many Wonder Woman fans when he claimed that the film, while good, wasn't particularly groundbreaking and even a step backwards because of the way it sexualized its main character to appeal to teenage boys. He elaborated by saying that putting a formed model (Gal Gadot) into a skimpy, form-fitting costume had already been done in the 1960s, for example with Raquel Welch in movies like The Magic Christian (1969). Director Patty Jenkins retorted by stating that it should make no difference what Wonder Woman looks like; being strong is not a privilege of hard, tough and troubled women, so she has the right to be beautiful, attractive and powerful at the same time. Cameron stuck to his opinion, stating that he had purposely de-sexualized the Sarah Connor character (Linda Hamilton) in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) to focus on her personality rather than her looks, although he admitted that his initial reaction was "probably a little bit simplistic".
Contrary to public opinion and urban legends, Wonder Woman was not actually the first female superhero. The first known female superhero is writer-artist Fletcher Hanks' minor character Fantomah, an ageless, ancient Egyptian woman in the modern day who could transform into a skull-faced creature with superpowers to fight evil; she debuted in Fiction House's Jungle Comics #2 (Feb. 1940). This character was a minor character and basically a one-off though. She disappeared soon after her debut, never to be heard from again. She did not have the same sensational public response that Wonder Woman did. Wonder Woman was introduced in All Star Comics #8 (December 1941), during the era known to comics historians as the "Golden Age of Comic Books". Following this debut, which got a huge response from the public, she was featured in Sensation Comics #1 (January 1942), and six months later appeared in her own comic book series (Summer 1942). This is why we remember Wonder Woman and not Fantomah.
It is the first theatrical feature film Patty Jenkins has directed since 2003.
Just like her co-stars Ben Affleck and Ezra Miller, Gal Gadot is the third DC character to appear in two films released in the same year: this film and Justice League (2017).
Nicolas Winding Refn was interested in directing the film and insisted on Christina Hendricks for Wonder Woman.
Diana talks about Clio's treatises. In Greek mythology, Cleo is the goddess of writing. But Clio is the Muse of history.
The character of Etta Candy, Diana's best friend and hero partner, was part of the original Wonder Woman comics created by William Moulton Marston and H. G. Peter. She has been re-imagined several times, although she is almost always depicted as chunky. In this film, she resembles her earliest, original version in appearance (but has been changed from American to British), while the more recent comics version of the character is an African-American.
This film is the first live action appearance of Diana's childhood. All previous live action versions only showed her as an adult.
The actor who played Chief, Eugene Brave Rock, an indigenous Blackfoot, did not know he was auditioning for a Wonder Woman movie. Director Patty Jenkins asked him his views on stereotypes, and revealed that his character's name, "Chief", could not be changed due to obligations to DC Comics. Upon hearing the name DC Comics, he realized the part was for Wonder Woman. Jenkins then told him that he would never have to call himself "Chief" on screen, and that if he could speak his own language then he could introduce himself in the film and give himself a name. He introduces himself as Napi, a Blackfoot creator being and clever trickster. He later said that he was very proud to speak the language of the Blackfoot tribe in a major motion picture, and to say "Oki" (loosely translated as "hello" but closer to a wish of good life) to the world.
The top grossing film of summer 2017 in North America with a gross of over $410 million, the first time a live-action film with a female lead has led the summer box office since receipts were regularly tracked in the 1970s.
Wonder Woman (2017) is the fourth installment in the DC Extended Universe, with Man of Steel (2013) being the first, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) as the second, and Suicide Squad (2016) as the third.
This is the third comic book film to have a female director, after Tank Girl (1995) and Punisher: War Zone (2008).
Patty Jenkins and Geoff Johns rewrote much of Allan Heinberg's script. Much to the dismay of producer Charles Roven, the two of them did not get a prompt writing credit as they were overruled by the Writer's Guild arbitration. To compound further, Zack Snyder, along with Heinberg and Jason Fuchs were given story credit although they had provided little input into the final script. Roven also added, that Heinberg could have collaborated with Jenkins and Johns but commitments to his TV series project prevented him from continuing.
During development, Zack Snyder wanted a story set at the Crimean War, while original director Michelle MacLaren wanted it at World War I.
The movie screening in Tunisia was temporarily banned because Gal Gadot is Israeli and a former soldier in the Israeli Army.
This film marks Etta Candy's third feature appearance, after appearing in Wonder Woman (1975) (first season) and Wonder Woman (2009).
The license plate of the Wayne Enterprises armored van begins with the letters "JL," a possible reference to the Justice League.
Director Patty Jenkins shares a birthday with original Wonder Woman (1975) actress Lynda Carter: July 24.
The first DC film since Green Lantern (2011) that does not feature Batman or Superman. However, Diana is writing a letter to Batman in the frame story.
On the Blu-Ray version, there are a bunch of bonus features, including one 20 minutes segment where they show the various women training for months for the Amazon battle scenes at the beginning of the film - one is a professional boxer with several titles under her belt, another is an Olympic athlete, there are several pro martial artists, and another is Doutzen Kroes, a Dutch supermodel who has been featured in Victoria's Secret - you can see her in the hall when Diana is insisting that somebody should accompany Trevor back to the war.
This was the sixteenth superhero film to earn $100 million in its domestic box-office opening weekend.
The Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas held two special screenings of the film for women only. They took place on June 6, 2017 at 6:30 and 7 p.m.
Kathryn Bigelow, Catherine Hardwicke, Mimi Leder, Karyn Kusama, Julie Taymor and Tricia Brock were considered to direct the film. Michelle MacLaren originally took the job but had to decline.
The costume on this version of the character is an amalgam of traditional Wonder Woman and Xena: Warrior Princess (1995).
The name on the German boats in the early part of the movie is Schwaben, indicating they are from a ship of that name. (Schwaben is the German name for Swabia.) There was an actual German battleship with that name; however, it spent the entire war in the Baltic Sea and on training duties.
Colonel Darnell who appears in this film is entirely based on a character from the comics. In this film, he is the only character to address Diana as "Miss Prince".
It takes seventy-one minutes for Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) to appear in her iconic (and updated) outfit.
It is the live action debut of Wonder Woman/DC Comics characters Antiope, Menalippe, Artemis of Bana-Mighdall, Ares and Dr. Maru/Dr. Poison. In fact, Antiope is not an original character from the comics. She made her appearance in DC comic books five years after the cancellation of the television series.
The costs for television advertisements for Wonder Woman (2017) were higher in comparison to that of previous DCEU film Suicide Squad (2016). Warner Bros. has spent over $3 million on advertisements for this film, whereas they spent $2.6 million on advertisements for Suicide Squad (2016).
It is the first live action solo theatrical film of the titular Amazonian character. Warner Brothers began developing this film in 1996, but no actress officially stepped into the role until 2013.
Artemis wields an axe in her battle with the Germans. In the DC comics, Artemis wielded an axe when she served with the Outlaw superhero group.
Is the third biggest gross for a DC Comics film in Imax theaters grossing $18.3 million globally and $9 million domestically.
Ann Wolfe plays Artemis, an Amazon. Diana is the Roman goddess equivalent to Artemis.
No. 1 opening debut in China grossing $38 million.
Charlize Theron was approached by Patty Jenkins to appear in the film but she had to turn it down.
This is the third comic-book movie for Danny Huston (after 30 Days of Night (2007) and X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)), and the second comic-book movie for Florence Kasumba (after Captain America: Civil War (2016)) and Samantha Win (after Man of Steel (2013)).
In the comics, the character of Mercy Graves, portrayed by Tao Okamoto in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) was introduced as an Amazon.
Many fans thought Wonder Woman (1975) star Lynda Carter would be elected for the role of Hippolyta (Diana's mother), but it ultimately went to Connie Nielsen.
Danny Huston plays a villainous WWI general who supports the use of disfiguring mustard gas that often resulted in WWI veterans needing painted tin facial prosthetics to cover their injuries upon returning from the war. Danny Huston's nephew, Jack Huston, portrayed a disfigured WWI veteran with a tin facial prosthetic in Boardwalk Empire (2010).
Lynda Carter (the television Wonder Woman (1975) of the 1970s) and Gal Gadot were both in pageants. Carter was in Miss America and Gal Gadot was in Miss Universe.
This is the third time Danny Huston appears in a film which features figures from Greek mythology. His previous role was that of the God Poseidon in both Clash of the Titans (2010) and Wrath of the Titans (2012).
In Hippolyta's story of the gods, Poseidon is seen wielding a trident. This is the same weapon Aquaman wields in the DC Universe films.
It is the first live action portrayal of Wonder Woman receiving a PG-13 rating.
The cast list states that one of the Amazons is named Menalippe, who in the DC Comics (at least after the Flashpoint event) is also Queen Hippolyta's sister, but is not a warrior but is a powerful Oracle. Hippolyta also had another sister, Myriana, who was the chief Amazon assassin and had a relationship with Darkseid, the warlord-king of the hell-world known as Apokolips, which resulted in her bearing Darkseid's daughter who is named Grail. Grail and Myriana were prominently featured in the last major DC Comics event under the New 52 imprint, known as The Darkseid War which was written by Geoff Johns. The Darkseid War also mentioned the character of Jason, who is Diana's little brother.
Near the beginning of the movie, during the scenes of Diana's childhood on Paradise Island, her mother Hippolyta tells her the early history of mankind and the Amazons through the use of an enchanted picture book which has moving pictures. The artwork appears to be similar to that of Renaissance paintings depicting Greek Mythology.
The first Wonder Woman film, Wonder Woman (1974), starred Ricardo Montalban as the villain. Montalban also played Khan on Startreck and in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). Chris Pine, who plays Steve Trevor in this film, had played Captain Kirk in Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and Star Trek Beyond (2016).
Actress Olga Kurylenko revealed in a December 2019 interview with The Hollywood Reporter that she was one of three actresses, including Gal Gadot, who made the final round of auditions for the role of Wonder Woman, which ultimately went to Gadot. Kurylenko said that during the audition process, she had to read lines wearing a bathing suit and leather boots. Ironically, she added that Gadot had also auditioned for the role of Camille Montes in Quantum of Solace (2008) which ended up going to Kurylenko.
The first super heroine film to generate more than $100 million domestically.
The film, about a superheroine inspired by Greco-Roman mythology, is produced by Atlas Entertainment. In Greek mythology, Atlas was the name of a giant who carried the earth on his back.
In Justice League of America (vol. 2) #13, Batman calls Wonder Woman "the best melee fighter in the world."
Reading through the credits, Steve Rogers is a 'Standby Carpenter'. That's the civilian name of Captain America from Marvel Comics, a character whose story arc has some similarities to Wonder Woman.
A gear set modeled after Wonder Woman's armor in the film is featured in the fighting game Injustice 2 (2017). Coincidentally, the film also premiered in Shanghai on 15 May 2017. One day before Injustice 2's initial release on 16 May 2017.
Director Patty Jenkins admitted in an interview that she wouldn't have cast Gal Gadot if it had been her choice originally. She later recanted that comment, but insiders felt she only did it so she wouldn't hurt her chances of being hired to direct the sequel since she was only contracted for the first one at that point.
David Thewlis and Steffan Rhodri were both in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010), although they did not share any scenes in that movie.
The scene where Steve Trevor finds the motor bike is similar to scenes in two other Chris Pine films: The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) and Star Trek Beyond (2016).
The second time Danny Huston plays the antagonist in a superhero movie, after X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009). Both films were a prequel to a previously-released film that featured multiple superheroes: The latter is a prequel to X-Men (2000) and its sequels, while this film is a prequel to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).
This is Ewen Bremner's second time appearing in a film with actors who portray a current DC character. He was in Pearl Harbor (2001) with Ben Affleck and Michael Shannon who play Bruce Wayne/Batman and General Zod.
When the armistice was signed in 1918, the real Erich Ludendorff was approximately 53 years old. Danny Huston was also about 53 years old when portraying Ludendorff.
The fourth film in the DC Extended Universe.
Featured in "The A to Z of Superhero Movies: From Abar to ZsaZsa via the MCU", written by Rob Hill.
Sameer and Charlie both shoot their rifles left handed.
Cameo
Zack Snyder: producer has a cameo as a combat soldier.
Chief's first words to Wonder Woman are, "Oki, niitaniiko Napi" in Blackfoot. This means, "Hello, my name is Napi." Napi, in Blackfoot mythology, is a creator being and trickster; he is known for being very clever and resourceful. The filmmakers have confirmed that the Chief is in fact a god.
Although it is hinted that Dr. Maru's scars were made by fire, her face disfigurement is more consistent with the effects of real mustard gas. The gas is corrosive and attacks mucous tissue such as the eyes, the mouth and nose leaving permanent scars. Her mask, as well, is based on the actual prosthetic created to conceal face injuries. Developed by the French and British after the war, they were made out of tin, painted flesh color, attached real hair if necessary and adjusted to the patient's face using glasses or straps. These were the first aesthetic prosthetics ever created to help injured soldiers regain some normality in their lives.
When Sir Patrick is first seen speaking at the Council, he sees Diana among the crowd, and supposedly reacts in shock at seeing a woman in the council chamber. A closer look shows that his expression is one of fear, as Ares recognizes the Godkiller sent to destroy him. He regains his composure and covers up his fright by offering the other explanation.
Near the end of the film when Wonder Woman is back in London staring at a display of pictures of what is implied are dead soldiers (including Steve Trevor) portraits of real-life war poets, Britain's Captain Siegfried Sassoon, Second Lieutenant Wilfred Owen, Canada's Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae and America's Sergeant Joyce Kilmer (author of "a poem as lovely as a tree") are included (even though Sassoon did not die in the war and lived to the age of 80, unlike the others).
For the scene of Steve blowing up the plane, director Patty Jenkins insisted that the cockpit set be built on a gimbal, so that the set would mimic the movement of the plane. Even though nothing of this movement would be seen on camera, she wanted Chris Pine to feel the tilt of the plane when his character starts his ascent, as she felt it would be instrumental to his performance.
The No Man's Land sequence initially caused confusion for some people on the film's creative team. They thought it was meant to be an action sequence and didn't understand how it could work without Diana fighting a villain. Patty Jenkins insisted that the scene was a pivotal dramatic moment, underscoring Diana's self-affirmation and her resolution.
The gala guest whose dress Diana steals is credited as Fausta Grables, who was a Swiss Nazi villain from the "Wonder Woman" comics. Fausta was played by Lynda Day George in Wonder Woman: Fausta, the Nazi Wonder Woman (1976).
Ares is based on is various incarnations across the DC comics:
As in the original comics (from around World War 2), he manipulates people into waging war
He takes on a human guise to fit with modern times (in the DC Comics after the Crisis on Infinite Earths event)
His line that "war is truth" comes from the "Warkiller" storyline
His final form bears Roman armor, from the George Pérez "Wonder Woman" comics (1987-92)
From the "New 52" DC comics (2011), he is Wonder Woman's relative and is a negative-minded character who attempts to educate her on the moral grayness of the world.
In the epilogue, the drawing of the device Etta is trying to recover is a Motherbox.
Parallels Marvel's Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) in several ways: -Both films take place during a World War -Both films are chronologically first in their respective film universes -Both films serve as the final film before the first big "team" film in their respective universes (Marvel's The Avengers (2012) and DC's Justice League (2017)) -A German military officer with enhanced powers is a major antagonist in both films -A character named "Steve" played by an actor named Chris seemingly dies in a plane crash/explosion in the climax of both films ("Steve Trevor" in this film and "Steve Rogers" aka Captain America himself).
The photograph of Steve Trevor in London in his memorial after the war ends is based on a photograph of Eddie Rickenbacker who was a World War I American fighter Ace. They used the same squadron logo, the "hat in the ring" of the 94th Aero Squadron, and plane number (5), but the photographs of Rickenbacker have him leaning on the plane, not with his back to the plane.
Ares commands Wonder Woman to kill Dr Poison, but she refuses and he turns on her in disappointment. This event had occurred in the "New 52" DC comics, but with the Minotaur.
Following the battle on the beach between the Amazons and the German sailors, Hippolyta and Diana argue over the information that Steve Trevor gave about the Great War and whether or not if the Amazons should intervene. The reason that Hippolyta more than likely doesn't want to leave Themyscira undefended, aside from wanting to protect Diana from Ares, is that she wants to make sure the Germans don't attack again and claim one of the three Mother Boxes still on Earth, as featured in Justice League (2017).
Some locations give hints as to Diana's divine heritage: At the tower containing the Godkiller, a bull appears on the cliff behind Diana. In Greek mythology, Zeus often takes the form of a bull. At the Belgian village of Veld, a major fight for Diana takes place at a church. Diana is seen working at the Louvre Museum at Paris. According to a popular conspiracy theory, spread partly by Dan Brown's conspiracy novel "The Da Vinci Code", the Louvre is the resting place of at least one member of Jesus' human family.
The primary posters of the movie have a specific color theme. Either it is blue, orange (yellowish), or red. Blue signifies Themyscira island, orange signifies the use of mustard gas on the village saved by Diana, and red signifies the battle against Ares in the climax of the movie that heavily featured fire.
Towards the end when Diana is fighting Ares, they show her harnessing the lightning that Ares draws down from the sky. She is able to harness this since she is the daughter of Zeus. And Ares was able to harness it as there was no more Zeus.
The gas Ludendorff used may have been a form of Miraclo, the drug that gave Hourman his powers.
In Greco-Roman mythology Ares had a demigod son named Remus. David Thewlis plays Ares in Wonder Woman, and Professor Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter franchise. Both Remuses are connected with wolves.
As made very clear in this film, Ares has a form of influence over humanity in regards to waging war and fighting. At the end of the film, after he is destroyed by Diana, both sides on the Great War cease hostilities. It could be possible, probable even, that Ares was using the Anti-Life equation to control both sides and manipulate them into going to war.
When Steve hands his watch to Diana, the time shows about 3 minutes to 10:00. Back to the present, at the Louvre, as DIANA looks at the watch, and the original plate of the photo in Veld, the time says about 10 minutes after 10:00, when Steve blew up the plane, killing himself in the explosion, the watch stopped. This piece of trivia is backed up in the movie novelization. Yes, it can be used in a game.
In the film, Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff die in 1918. In actual history, Hindenburg lived until 1934 and Ludendorff until 1937. This film may be set in an alternate history.
It is revealed in this film that the Old Gods including Zeus and Ares are partially mortal, as only Gods can kill each other. However, it is also implied they have immortality, like the elves in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth, but can be wounded or at least feel pain, much like the Asgardians of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's various films.
Although Diana cannot fly in the movie, it is implied that she can float in the air after the final battle with Ares. The shot of her slowly landing looks like a slow motion but if you look closely, her hair waving to the wind shows that the sequence is in normal speed
Aside from moving the setting from World War II America to World War I Europe, the film takes numerous liberties with the original origin story: Themyscira didn't have a protective bubble and was undiscovered by Man until Steve crash-landed on it when his plane ran out of fuel as he pursued a Nazi; the Amazons had guns; the Amazons were created by Aphrodite after Ares taunted her with the success of his plan of keeping Man's World in perpetual war; Diana becomes "Wonder Woman" after defeating the other Amazons in a tournament decreed by Hippolyte, after counsel from Aphrodite and Athena, to earn the right to escort Steve back to Man's World; Hippolyte gives Diana the name "Diana" after the tournament; Diana, who has fallen in love with Steve, surrenders her heritage and her immortality in order to take Steve back to Man's World.
When Diana meets Steve for the first time, he is rescued from a plane disguised as a German soldier. When Steve decides to sacrifice himself and parts ways with Diana, he jumps into a plane disguised as a German soldier.

Wonder Woman Movie Mistakes

The song sung by Charlie in the village cafe, "I'll Walk Beside You," was written in 1939.
In the French village scene, you can see modern vehicles in the background.
When the party lands in Belgium, one can see a river boat named after Édith Piaf, who was only 3 years old at the time.
Steve Trevor spots a motorcycle to make a getaway on. The bike shown is a period-correct machine, probably a Douglas or a Triumph, with a drive belt made from leather links. The scene cuts to him riding through a forest on a much faster, much more modern machine with telescopic suspension forks - which weren't invented until 1935 by BMW for the R12.
When Steve gets dressed after his bath, we hear the sound of a zip. During WWI the zipper was a new invention and only being used in American uniforms, not in other nations uniforms or civilian clothes, and Steve is an American serving in British intelligence.
When Dr Maru and Ludendorff are taking in Dr Maru's lab, there is an Avometer on the bench in the background. This was not invented until 1923.
While the song that plays in the cafe in Belgium ("Sous Les Ponts De Paris" or "Under the Bridges of Paris") was written in 1913 and therefore period-appropriate for WWI, the recording is by French singer Lucienne Delyle, who was born in 1913 and didn't record the song until 1950.
When Steve is telling the Amazons about the Germans having Turks build bombs for them, the facility shown has two Ottoman flags that feature a white crescent moon and a white star on red. Those flags belong to present-day Turkey. The Ottoman/Turkish flag used between 1844 and 1936 was very similar, but had a visibly thicker moon and a plumper star on it. Since the movie is set in 1918, the Ottoman Empire would still be using that flag.
At the airfield in the final battle the background shows third-generation (1980s) hardened aircraft shelters.
Steve Trevor and Etta Candy use the word "intel" instead of "intelligence". Merriam-Webster says "intel" didn't enter the English language until the 1960's.
Aside from the fact that it has no telephone poles (at least the part of it that was liberated), it would have been impossible for Steve to telephone Morgan from Veld. Although the Post Office exchange in London had opened telephone service with Belgium in 1903, telephone service did not reach small towns and villages such as Veld until much later. In real life, Steve or a member of his team would have had to have traveled west to Olsene or north to Deinze to send Morgan a telegram.
The railway carriage (US "railroad car") at the port in 1918 is named "Southern Railway". The Southern Railway did not come into existence until 1 January 1923.
The Fokker Eindecker monoplane Steve Trever used to escape the Germans was only used very early in the war, it was the first plane to shoot the machine gun between the propeller blades using an interrupter gear. They were obsolete and out of service 2 years before the U.S. entered the war.
Steve gives the Amazons his serial number as "8141921". The Army began to issue service (or serial) numbers in February 1918 to its enlisted personnel. Service numbers were not issued by the Army to its officers until 1920. Steve, a captain in the Army's American Expeditionary Forces, would not only not have such a ridiculously high service number, he would not have a service number at all.
The back of the bullet Ludendorff's henchman shoots at Steve and Diana stops is dimpled. Dimpled bullet casings were not being produced in 1918. The bullets the German soldiers shoot at the Amazons do not have dimpled casings.
Briefly during the first London rail terminus scene, overhead wire gantries can be seen in the background of a type that were not in use until the 1950s onwards.
The license plate of the Wayne Enterprises armored van "JL-828-VZM" (shown in the Paris located opening sequence) is wrong. In the current French license plates format, there are only two characters in the last group.
Diana at age 8 speaks in a Scottish accent which changes to an English accent to almost no accent to a "Themysciran" accent.
The English subtitle during their multilingual "smack-down" has Sammy "say" to Diana in Mandarin: "I know Chinese, too, tricky girl". Although Mandarin is often referred to as 'Chinese' by laypeople, this is not a proper alternative and someone like Sammy should definitely not be making this mistake.
Steve tells the Amazons that 27 countries are involved in World War I, with 25 million dead. World War I involved 32 countries total, with over 16 million dead.
Diana opens Maru's book near the middle instead of at the beginning.
Hippolyte tells Diana that the Amazons were created by the gods to fill men's hearts with love and bring peace, then she says the Amazon queen lead a revolt to free her people from bondage. Hippolyte never explains how or why the Amazons were in bondage.
Steve tells Diana that the front is 400 miles, from the Alps to the North Sea. The Western Front was 440 miles long, from the French-Swiss border near Basel, Switzerland to Nieuwpoort, Belgium.
When Diana is racing away from the gala on a horse back to the village, the blue dress she was wearing flies off, leaving her in her Wonder Woman costume. However, if she had been wearing her costume under the dress at the gala, it would've easily been seen peeking out the top of the dress, since the dress is much lower cut across her chest than her costume is.
After liberating the town of Veld, Diana and Steve are seated in the town square with mugs of beer. Diana has a beer in her left hand and sets it on the fountain. When Steve stands to ask her to dance, she is holding the beer in her right hand and sets it down again.
When Diana and Steve are having a meeting with the generals and it is discovered Diana can read Dr. Poison's book of formulas, there is a shot where Diana is missing a button on her overcoat. In the very next shot, it is back on but askew, and in the shot after that it is back in alignment with the other buttons.
Throughout the movie, Diana's wristbands appear/disappear without any explanation.
The aeroplane in which Steve Trevor escapes from Ludendorff's base is white when he steals it in the flashback, but red in his first scene when he crashed it into the ocean off of Themyscira.
After walking through the mud, Diana's boots are spotless.
During the battle scenes, Diana's hair goes from messy to perfectly curly and neat. This occurs multiple times during fight scenes.
While standing outside Cafe Buvette, Diana and Steve go from no cold breath to cold breath (where it looks like steam), to no cold breath again.
In Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and in this film, in the glass photo of Diana and the team, she is seen wearing the cross-body strap on her right shoulder. However, as seen when when the photo is taken, she is wearing it on her left shoulder.
When Steve and Diana are in London, they are faced with gun-wielding robbers in an alley, the first thing seen is a revolver pointed at them with the hammer fully cocked back, in the immediate next scene with the robber holding the gun, the hammer is not cocked, the robber then cocks it back.
During the gala, Steve's not wearing a hat. He wears one when leaving the castle for about ten seconds and goes to the forest with Diana with it missing for the rest of the film.
During the trench scene where Diana is arguing with Steve about rescuing the citizens of Veld, there is a soldier on the ladder behind her (looking across No Man's Land). The shot momentarily changes to Steve and back to Diana, at which point the soldier vanishes.
Ludendorff's henchman follows Steve and Diana out of the boutique, then walks past them in the opposite direction.
When Diana gets to the gassed out village, she just jumps off her horse and walks into the gas. When she returns to the horse (after arguing with Steve), it is secured to the ground by its rein.
Upon meeting The Chief for the first time Steve goes to give Chief a handshake. The Chief removes his right glove, gives Steve a handshake, hugs Charlie and hugs Sameer. Then moving to Diana he is shown removing his right glove again.
In Veld, you hear some locals comment on Wonder Woman's destruction of the church tower. They do it in Flemish, but not with a West-Flemish accent (as spoken by some at the time in Hazebrouck).
The license plate of the truck which drives past Diana and Steve when they arrive in London begins with an "L". When the British Government issued vehicle license plates in 1903, it designated the letters "I" - "Z" to Ireland. The truck's license plate should begin with "A" for "London".
When Diana crosses No Man's Land, the rate of fire of the German machine guns is much too high. The standard 08/15 Spandau MG would fire about half that many rounds per minute, just like the one in the armored car she flips a few minutes later.
In the credits, the word "Cavalry" (horse-bound soldiers) is spelled "Calvary" (Latin word for skull, name of the hill of crucifixions). Big difference in meaning, but a common spelling error.
The film repeats the common thought that British General officers stayed far behind the lines and were callous regarding the deaths of their men. In fact 78 British Generals were killed in action in World War I. British Generals above Division command did stay behind the lines.
In the trenches Steve says the battalion has been there a year. British battalions were put forward into the front trenches for a few days at a time then sent to the rear for recovery and rest. By the end of the War in 1918, the fighting is much more mobile. In German advances around April 1918 (Spring Offensive) British and French positions were pushed back several miles. And after July the Allies, reinforced with US troops and using improved tactics and tanks, have been advancing miles at a time in what is known as the "Hundred Days Offensive".
General Erich Ludendorff was head of the German Imperial General Staff. It was he, not Paul von Hindenburg, who in the Fall of 1918 advised Kaiser Wilhelm II to accept the armistice as the German army could not stop the combined Anglo-American army from taking Berlin. The film probably changed this because Hindenburg's name would be too well known. At the end of WWI, Hindenburg was still a field commander.
Steve escapes the Germans by jumping into a plane that has its engine idling while the pilot is standing next to it. WWI aircraft had no wheel brakes, and rotary engines had no throttle - they ran at full power or not at all. Power was controlled by the pilot using a button that turned off the ignition, "blipping" the engine in short bursts if full power was not needed. With no pilot on board, the engine would have been at full power and the plane would not have been stationary.
The glass plate photograph is not a negative image.
Neither Hindenburg nor Ludendorff died during World War I. Rather the opposite, both lived for many years after, to be very elderly, and were alive in the 1930s playing major roles in the assumption of Adolf Hitler to power.
In Greek mythology, Prometheus created humans, not Zeus.
Searchlights were used in World War I to create "artificial moonlight" to enhance opportunities for night attacks by reflecting beams off of clouds. The searchlights at the camp Diana and her friends infiltrate all but advertise the Germans' presence to the enemy.
Ares tells Diana "only a god can kill another god". In Greek mythology, a god can be injured but not killed, even by another god. The bedtime story Hippolyte tells Diana has Ares killing his fellow gods, stopped only by a dying Zeus, who zaps Ares off of Olympus with a lightening bolt.
It's never explained how the broke Steve can afford clothes for himself and Diana at the high-end boutique Selfridges.
None of the characters call or describe Diana as Wonder Woman -- odd for a movie titled "Wonder Woman".
In any pre-industrial society, ceramic jars would be much too valuable for mere target practice when you could just as well use much cheaper items like bales of hay or straw. However, they might well be cracked, contaminated, or otherwise unusable.
When Diana and Steve are sailing to London, they both fall asleep near Turkey (where Steve's plane was shot down) and wake up, seemingly the next morning, in London. Not only would an unhelmed sailboat almost immediately drift off course, a sailboat trip from the Eastern Mediterranean to London would take several weeks. Arriving in London, Steve says "We caught a ride." The boat is tied to a steamer and is being towed. There is no reference in the movie as to the location of the Amazon Island (in the comics it is in the Atlantic). This could be a enchanted boat, possibly over 2000 years old, so may travel by its own means and travel where it needs to go while they sleep.
By November 1918, the war had become very mobile, and while elaborate fixed defenses still existed, "No Man's Land" was still a shell-blasted wilderness; the Allied troops' greatest problem was dealing with the Germans who dug new trenches every evening.
In the initial battle with the Germans on the beach all of the Amazons are on top of a cliff, from which they are easily able to reach and kill many Germans who are still in their boats. Yet they give up the high ground from which they can safely and easily pick off the Germans. They then engage in hand to hand combat on the ground with enemies who clearly have superior weapons. For a group of warriors who have spent their whole lives training and fighting they would know that giving up their strategic advantage would be foolish and put many of their lives at risk. It could be reasoned that they gave up the high ground because Diana was down on the beach, alone with a stranger. They knew Diana's secret and protecting her would have been their priority, not their own safety.
When the Germans attack Themyscira early in the film, they are in small boats launched from a larger boat, maybe a cruiser or destroyer, that has penetrated the island's protection. As the Germans and Amazons fight, the larger ship is shown to be listing further and further, to the point of capsizing. This would explain why it is never seen again.
The village of Veld is allegedly a French village (the name of the town Hazebrouck is on the map and information on buildings are all in French). However on the awning of the bar, there is the word "bier" which is in Flemish or German. In French, it should be "bière". However, this might be correct, as Hazebrouck is in French-Flanders, where a lot of people used a dialect of Flemish at that time.
Diana speaks English to Steve before she knows what language he speaks. Steve reacts to seeing Diana for the first time by saying: "Wow". With her knowledge of languages, she would know the word "wow" comes from Scottish English, hence, why she deduces that he speaks English.
World War I ended in 1918. Diana was perhaps 20 at the time. She later worked at the Louvre, some time after the pyramid was built in 1989. That's over 70 years, making her at least 90 when she worked there. She looks pretty good for a nonagenarian. (She obviously aged while on the island.)
Diana Prince is an immortal Amazon princess and thus would not be subject to the normal rigors of aging. The time frame of her childhood and upbringing are deliberately obscure. She may be hundreds of years old at the time of these events.
It would have been next-to-impossible for The Louvre to hire Diana and secure a work visa for her in real life because she is not a European. However, given that she's from an undiscovered island she does not exist in bureaucratic terms and could therefore pretend to be from anywhere she wanted. Also, she is apparently being bankrolled by Bruce Wayne, a master of deception and rule bending.
As in many Hollywood movies, the German-spoken parts on the battle field and in the small towns are gibberish and make absolutely no sense. It is also fascinating to see that the German high command hosts a huge ball but not one character speaks German, instead everyone speaks English with a mock German accent. However, movies with a foreign language and subtitles are harder to follow, so this may be permitted as artistic license.
The Gods charged the Amazons with keeping Ares in check, yet none of them know about World War I.
After Diana reads from Maru's book, no one in the room shows any interest in what else is in the book.
Hippolyte tells Diana that Zeus created Themyscira "to shield us from the outside world. Somewhere Ares could not find us", yet Steve and the Germans find Themyscira without even trying to.
Maru conducts her top secret experiment at the factory in full view of everyone there.
Maru develops a formula to give Ludendorff super-strength, but she doesn't do any testing before presenting it to him.
Given where Steve crash-lands, there is no way that any pieces of the plane would have floated to the edge of Themyscira's protective bubble to be discovered by the Germans minutes later.
The team is on a covert mission unsanctioned by the British, yet everyone in the trenches accepts the team's presence there without question.
The very men who were angered at Diana "crashing" their meeting tolerate her presence at their next meeting, where she reads from Maru's book.
Diana doesn't know what a "secretary" is, even though she (like all of the Amazonians) is fluent in hundreds of languages.
The "Ottoman" texts has nothing to do with the gases and stuff. They are just words that make no sense together. And the drawings between the words are meaningless. Some of the words in the book translate as: "animals", "situations", "right", "dog", "human", "hundred", "me", "there is", "feelings".
Maru's book should have been damaged severely from being under water, despite it being in a leather pouch, but Steve hands it to Darnell in pristine condition.
When Diana is dancing at the gala with the sword in the back of her blue dress, the hilt of the fake sword leans far to the right when Steve is with her, showing that there is no sword at all, just the hilt.
When Diana is using an iPad and typing on a BlueTooth keyboard, a virtual keyboard is visible on the screen. In reality, when such a keyboard is connected, the virtual keyboard is automatically hidden.
When Diana questions Hippolyta about where the god-killer weapon is kept, tan lines from sunglasses are visible on Hippolyta's face.
Wonder Woman's armoured boots have wedge heels in close-ups and in peaceful scenes, but are flat during fights and stunts. This is especially obvious during the start of the occupied town fight: there are some close-ups of her obviously high-heeled boots deflecting bullets, immediately followed by slow-motion scenes of her flipping and jumping in flat-soled boots.
After they save the town of Veld, 'Sammy' brings beers to Diana and Steve - he walks off with a glass still on the tray, and despite the fact that he tilts the tray, the mug doesn't move, and the liquid in the glass doesn't move.
An obvious male dressed as an Amazonian can be seen next to Antiope as they race to the beach during the first fight scene.
Steve opens the door to the bomber prototype with ease.
The Germans can see Themyscira before they penetrate its protective bubble.
Steve and Diana recall interactions between Maru and Ludendorff that neither could possible have been privy to.
When Diana rescues Steve Trevor from drowning, the characters can be seen exhaling air on the way to the surface. The only reason to do that is if they had been breathing from a tank of pressurized air while being underwater.
Cyanide pills weren't used until WWII.
Steve's watch falling into the ocean at the end credits shows a closeup of the dial with the second hand ticking, instead of sweeping. Ticking second hands only came into existence with the invention of quartz movements in the 1970's.
There is no blood on Diana's sword after she kills Ludendorff.
In the climatic battle when Ares escapes from the Lasso of Hestia and throws Diana away with a blast, she falls on the ground with the lasso folded and fastened on her belt.
After Diana defeats Ares, there is a man bent over the dead body of his comrade near her. In the wide shot of her standing among the soldiers, another dead body is to her right while the man and his dead comrade are gone.
The film takes numerous liberties with Greek mythology, vis-à-vis Ares's relationship with the other gods and with the Amazons. Ares was expelled from Olympus not because he tried to warn the gods about Man, but because his parents Zeus and Hera couldn't stand him. The Amazons were not created by the gods, but by Ares to "stick it" to Aphrodite. In "real life", Ares was Diana's father, not her half-brother.
The film takes numerous liberties with Wonder Woman's origin story: Themyscira has no protective bubble; Themyscira was undiscovered until Steve crash-landed on it when his plane ran out of fuel as he pursued a Nazi; Diana is not given the name "Diana" until after she wins a contest against the other Amazons to become Wonder Woman; the Amazons have guns; Diana gives up her heritage and her immortality to escort Steve (whom she has fallen in love with) back to Man's World.
In the final battle, when Diana is fighting Ares, there is a Mark V Tank, and then later one is picked up by Diana. The Mark V is a British design and is unusual to be found in a German staging area. However, this is military research facility and it is quite possible that the Germans have captured British tanks for research purposes and developing more effective weapons against it.
The movie takes many liberties with Erich Ludendorff's biography, from murdering his superiors with chemical weapons to his death date. However, these are deliberate products of a plot that diverges significantly from real-life history in many other respects. They are not goofs.
When the agent in the alley takes his cyanide pill and kills himself, Diana and Steve seem oblivious to the fact that there are 5 other agents still alive and unconscious in the alley that they could get information from. They simply walk away, leaving the information these agents have undiscovered, and a bunch of German agents in the alleyway to go on their merry way once they wake up.
Ludendorff's London henchmen recognized Steve, but neither the guards nor anyone else at Ludendorff's ball recognize him.
Ares reveals to Diana that she is The God Killer: "Only a god can kill another god. Zeus left the child he had with the Queen of the Amazons as a weapon to use against me." This is impossible, as Hippolyta is a demigod, meaning Diana is a demigod. In this re-imagining of Wonder Woman's origin story, only a god from Olympus can be The God Killer.
It would be impossible for the Amazon who is shot and killed by a bullet while coming down from the cliff during the fight on the beach to be moving fast enough to be hit.

FAQ on Wonder Woman Movie

Do I need to watch Batman v. Superman to better understand this movie?

No. This film's story takes place 100 years before the events of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice and seeing the previously released film does not give any major insight into the story or characters of Wonder Woman. However, this film does begin and end with a framing scene set in modern day, where Diana Prince, the secret identity of Wonder Woman, receives the original glass photo plate of the photograph she took during World War I, which leads into the flashback of the rest of the film. This ties into Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice from a scene where Bruce Wayne discovers a digital copy of the photo which lead to him learning that Diana Prince was Wonder Woman.

How does time pass on Themyscira versus on Earth? It's not about time, but how people view time.

Diana asks Steve Trevor what that little thing is on his wrist. He says it's a wristwatch: It tells us when to eat, when to go to bed, etc. Diana answers with, "You let that little thing tell you what do do?" It may be the best line in the movie.It's possible to answer this question by comparing the pieces of evidence made available by the film. First, because Diana is the only child on the island, we can assume that Diana's and Themyscira's ages are one and the same. We have no way of knowing how old Diana is in this story, so it makes the most sense to tie her chronological age to Gal Gadot, who was 32 when this movie was released. Second, Greek Mythology's tradition dates back to the 9th century BC, although historians theorize that those written traditions are recording oral history that dates as far back as the 12th century BC. Therefore, by comparing those two time spans, we can postulate that for every year that passes on the island of Themyscira, about 100 years have passed in the world of Man. This estimate of time ratio (or rather ageing ratio) is supported by Diana seeming to be almost the same age in the present day, as she was during WW1.

How was Steve able to enter the island when one can only leave, not enter?

No one can enter because no one knows where it is. Steve and the troops after him accidentally entered the hidden zone.

Given the ending does this mean there won't be a World War II?

No, nothing that happens at the end of Wonder Woman indicates that World War II would no longer happen within the DC Extended Universe movies. This question comes up because Ares, the god of war, is killed by Wonder Woman at the end of the film, which leads some viewers to think this means war will never break out among humans again. However, when Ares reveals his true identity to Wonder Woman, he explains that he does not create the desire in humans to start war but simply sees the wars that humans start, and pushes them along so that it feeds his power. So the death of Ares in this film does not mean that humans would no longer engage in war. A hundred years later, we see in Man of Steel, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad that the nations of the world still have militaries. Also, in a real life historical context, World War II began as a direct result of the sociopolitical climate in Germany after the First World War. Wonder Woman killing Ares allows the Armistice to end the First World War, but does not have any part on the larger historical factors which cause Hitler's later rise to power.

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