I have a feeling the writers didn't know any of that history when they wrote this. I didn't, but weirdly not a lot of time is spent on WWI in American schools, WWII yes. We get the standard run-down, but not must on the specifics. So a lot of the things you listed aren't common knowledge. (Believe it or not, I have co-workers who don't know who Winston Churchill was, which blows my mind.) What most of us do know about it is unlike WWII, everybody was equally bad. There really were no good guys and bad guys necessarily in that war. And it most likely lead to or resulted in WWII. I wonder sometimes if there would have been a WWII if there wasn't a WWI.
I loved the origin story being placed in WWI as opposed to WWII - which is where it is placed in the comics. (The comics were created and written by an American psychologist and feminist in the 1940s, who based the character of Wonder Woman largely on Margaret Sanger, who also had a thing for, well, he deliberately put in the dominatrix outfit and gear.) So, there's a couple of interesting choices they made - that diverted from the comics -- WWI and starting in England, no the US.
I think WWI works better thematically -- because it explains better the anti-War theme. Which is a bit harder to push with WWII due to the craziness of the Nazis and the need to stop them at all costs. (Although everyone was horrible in WWII as well. ) And the twist -- that it's the British politician who is allegedly pushing peace, meanwhile whispering war in everyone's ears and pushing them to acts which further it was brilliant and an interesting commentary on how the British's own actions up to and including the first and second world wars in a way also created them.
I thought it was a very good anti-war movie.
Also I agree -- I loved how they portrayed Diana...as kind. There's good banter between her and Steve, and their romance worked. Well cast and one of the better written comic book movies to date. A far cry from the direness and misanthropy that DC had sunk into...in part due to Chris Nolan's take on Batman, and Synder's attempt to follow that lead. I'm hoping Whedon continue the more light-hearted trend with Justice League. (Apparently Whedon did a little script doctoring on both WW and Justice League.) Not sure if you saw that Whedon's script was leaked online? It's not very good and I'm glad this was made instead.
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I loved the origin story being placed in WWI as opposed to WWII - which is where it is placed in the comics. (The comics were created and written by an American psychologist and feminist in the 1940s, who based the character of Wonder Woman largely on Margaret Sanger, who also had a thing for, well, he deliberately put in the dominatrix outfit and gear.) So, there's a couple of interesting choices they made - that diverted from the comics -- WWI and starting in England, no the US.
I think WWI works better thematically -- because it explains better the anti-War theme. Which is a bit harder to push with WWII due to the craziness of the Nazis and the need to stop them at all costs. (Although everyone was horrible in WWII as well. )
And the twist -- that it's the British politician who is allegedly pushing peace, meanwhile whispering war in everyone's ears and pushing them to acts which further it was brilliant and an interesting commentary on how the British's own actions up to and including the first and second world wars in a way also created them.
I thought it was a very good anti-war movie.
Also I agree -- I loved how they portrayed Diana...as kind. There's good banter between her and Steve, and their romance worked. Well cast and one of the better written comic book movies to date. A far cry from the direness and misanthropy that DC had sunk into...in part due to Chris Nolan's take on Batman, and Synder's attempt to follow that lead. I'm hoping Whedon continue the more light-hearted trend with Justice League. (Apparently Whedon did a little script doctoring on both WW and Justice League.) Not sure if you saw that Whedon's script was leaked online? It's not very good and I'm glad this was made instead.