Wonder Woman: for my inner girl and all girls

posted by . Sunday, June 11, 2017 . / / / /

This was one of the movies I was so eager to watch: first blockbuster superhero movie directed by a woman starring a woman which had astounding critics' review and audience response. Let me tell you, the movie lived up to the hype and succeeded my expectations. 


Seeing a female superhero who’s not sexually objectified, or a sidekick was extremely refreshing. Seeing how Diane’s (Wonder Woman) values about compassion and her love for humanity were the things that propelled her to accomplish her mission; not revenge, love. I wish this movie had been around when I was a girl. Even though my entire world was built by strong women there was always an aspect of me who thought boys had more credibility, therefore they were smarter than I was. I was predisposed to doubt any girl’s or woman’s opinion thinking they somehow weren’t sure of what they were talking about in comparison to its male counterparts. Ridiculous. Even if I was certain of something I opted to doubt if some random boy contradicted me instead of defending my point. Or I had the sexist thought that thinking like a man was a compliment. It makes me sick to my stomach how little I thought of myself because of something so arbitrary as my gender. How weird and fucked up is to doubt your own potential just because you were a girl? but this was just a small aspect of my life, because as I said before I was raised by women (very matriarchal upbringing just like Wonder Woman’s) and I never doubted their capability to rule their world, but I did doubt myself. 


This badass heroine on the screen would have made me see that I, as a girl, was capable of anything and had every right to be in the same room without any doubt. That I could be strong, caring, loving, and smart at the same time without comprising one of the other. This is what Wonder Woman shows girls: love and determination. Superhero films can be more than summer blockbusters, they can have the capacity to uplift and inspire a whole new generation of girls and boys. 



These can all sound super corny/cheesy to you, but the way this film is transcending is so important. Its success at the box office will show Hollywood: people do want to see women stories on the big screen, not just the stereotypical man’s perspective of what a woman is. Hopefully, this will be part of a new era where big studios will fund women’s projects and give women directors the opportunities they deserve. The moment we know women directors have equality will be when they give them another chance to make a movie, regardless if their last project flunked at the box office.

  

 Films influence how people look at the world and having women stories on film will help close the inequality gap. Representation, diversity on film is important if you see yourself on screen you will feel/think that your possibilities and/or capabilities in this world are wider. If girls see themselves as strong badass heroines, a president, a scientist it will show them they can too. Society constantly puts people and especially minorities in these boxes full of stereotypes of who they are and should be and it's wrong; you are who you want to be. Your gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, shouldn't stop you from being who you truly want to be just because it's not what "your people do".

Extras 

Jessica Chastain at Cannes criticized how women were portrayed on film and how we need a realistic representation. 

Actress Connie Nielsen who plays Hippolyta (Goddess, mother of Wonder Woman) addresses internet troll who doubted Wonder Woman's feminism. 




Illustration of a New York Time's article on Wonder Woman's influence. In Spanish. I linked the article which is in english. 




This is the director of the movie Patty Jenkins receiving a letter from a teacher showing the impact the movie has had on little girls and boys. 



This was one of the movies I was so eager to watch: first blockbuster superhero movie directed by a woman starring a woman which had astounding critics' review and audience response. Let me tell you, the movie lived up to the hype and succeeded my expectations. 


Seeing a female superhero who’s not sexually objectified, or a sidekick was extremely refreshing. Seeing how Diane’s (Wonder Woman) values about compassion and her love for humanity were the things that propelled her to accomplish her mission; not revenge, love. I wish this movie had been around when I was a girl. Even though my entire world was built by strong women there was always an aspect of me who thought boys had more credibility, therefore they were smarter than I was. I was predisposed to doubt any girl’s or woman’s opinion thinking they somehow weren’t sure of what they were talking about in comparison to its male counterparts. Ridiculous. Even if I was certain of something I opted to doubt if some random boy contradicted me instead of defending my point. Or I had the sexist thought that thinking like a man was a compliment. It makes me sick to my stomach how little I thought of myself because of something so arbitrary as my gender. How weird and fucked up is to doubt your own potential just because you were a girl? but this was just a small aspect of my life, because as I said before I was raised by women (very matriarchal upbringing just like Wonder Woman’s) and I never doubted their capability to rule their world, but I did doubt myself. 


This badass heroine on the screen would have made me see that I, as a girl, was capable of anything and had every right to be in the same room without any doubt. That I could be strong, caring, loving, and smart at the same time without comprising one of the other. This is what Wonder Woman shows girls: love and determination. Superhero films can be more than summer blockbusters, they can have the capacity to uplift and inspire a whole new generation of girls and boys. 



These can all sound super corny/cheesy to you, but the way this film is transcending is so important. Its success at the box office will show Hollywood: people do want to see women stories on the big screen, not just the stereotypical man’s perspective of what a woman is. Hopefully, this will be part of a new era where big studios will fund women’s projects and give women directors the opportunities they deserve. The moment we know women directors have equality will be when they give them another chance to make a movie, regardless if their last project flunked at the box office.

  

 Films influence how people look at the world and having women stories on film will help close the inequality gap. Representation, diversity on film is important if you see yourself on screen you will feel/think that your possibilities and/or capabilities in this world are wider. If girls see themselves as strong badass heroines, a president, a scientist it will show them they can too. Society constantly puts people and especially minorities in these boxes full of stereotypes of who they are and should be and it's wrong; you are who you want to be. Your gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, shouldn't stop you from being who you truly want to be just because it's not what "your people do".

Extras 

Jessica Chastain at Cannes criticized how women were portrayed on film and how we need a realistic representation. 

Actress Connie Nielsen who plays Hippolyta (Goddess, mother of Wonder Woman) addresses internet troll who doubted Wonder Woman's feminism. 




Illustration of a New York Time's article on Wonder Woman's influence. In Spanish. I linked the article which is in english. 




This is the director of the movie Patty Jenkins receiving a letter from a teacher showing the impact the movie has had on little girls and boys. 


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