Wonder Woman: 10 Reasons It's Actually Overrated

To this day, World War I is viewed by historians as an immensely complex and misunderstood period in history, and as such it's a hugely controversial subject.

So whilst Wonder Woman should be admired for its willingness to set the action in and amongst the horrors of The Great War, a territory that most action films these days - especially superhero movies - would be eager to steer clear of, it does ultimately end up feeling like something of a missed opportunity.

There were no clear bad guys in World War I, after all; no easy-to-hate Nazis to fight, like in the far more clear-cut conflict that was World War II. But the complex nature of the war isn't really explored: the Germans are still painted as pretty generic bad guys, and there's no attempt in the movie to explore the war as anything other than a "setting." It serves as an aesthetic, when it could have been a whole lot more.

In an interview on the subject, director Patty Jenkins stated: "Even the way that it was unclear who was in the right of WWI is a really interesting parallel to this time." Whilst she's right on the money, those with little knowledge of World War I are unlikely to get a feel of its complexities whilst watching Wonder Woman.