Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017)

Don't listen to the negative reviews

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Typical comic book artists would purely utilise their imagination to create fictional worlds and leading superheroes. William Marston was slightly different, in the fact he incorporated his own personal life into the character of Wonder Woman. He amalgamated the best qualities from the women he loved most to create the perfect liberal Amazonian princess. The biopic explores the invention of the lie detector, with his wife Elizabeth, and the engagement of a polyamorous relationship with research assistant Olive. I can't quite overstate how much there is to digest in this glorious biopic. Robinson's direction was nearly flawless. Aside from a few rushed scenes towards the end, every single plot point was a building block in conceptualising Wonder Woman. Her Lasso of Truth symbolising their lie detecting invention. Her gauntlets inspired by Olive's silver bracelets. The symbology behind Wonder Woman consisting of liberalism, feminism and virtuosity. Her comic strips depicting Marston's DISC theory which had the possibility of being viewed as fetish art, with some accusing him of featuring sadomasochism and lesbianism. So much content in less than two hours! Yet every fragment of its runtime felt pivotal. But it's not just a wondrous biopic, it's a love story. An unconventional relationship that shared the perspective of normality. Both the conflict and adoration they each shared with each other was extraordinary, delicately illustrated onscreen. Again, highlighting his DISC theory within his own life. Each of the leading stars were exceptional, but Hall was mesmerising as the most conflicted character. Even the inclusion of an American/British twang in her pronunciation accentuates the details in her performance. Simply exquisite. The lighting was also noteworthy, particularly a scene where Olive wears the prototype costume in the lingerie shop. Suffice to say, I absolutely adored this biopic. Female empowerment through history, what a wondrous sight to behold.

Near the end of the film Marston writes "SUBMISSION" on the board. When he underlines it, the "O" is in different writing.

When Wonder Woman made her live action big screen debut on opening weekend, a teaser for a movie based on the life of the creator and his relationship with his wife and her friends made the rounds causing lots of buzz. The thing is, the movie was better than the teaser. It's very accurate based on the time period and the casting is great. Unlike the wonder woman movie, this one is not for kids. It's rated R for sex and nudity and it shows. Luke Evans plays the lead role as Prof. Marston, who created the lie detector test and is on his way to create a game changing female super hero who would become the most famous of them all: Wonder Woman. I'm surprised that this movie didn't get any Oscar love (same for Wonder Woman 2017). Give this one a rental and see for yourself how wonderful this movie is.

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women is a nice biography, a story worth to be told about the inventor of the lie detector and the creator of the superhero Wonder Woman. I never heared of it before so that was a bonus for me. But there is more to it than just the story about his invention and his creation. It's also a love story, about a love triangle, and about dominance and submission. Nobody would take offence by that now but at that time it was something scandalous and unheared of. I can't see why someone couldn't love more than one person at once and that's what this story is about. Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall and Bella Heathcote are the actors playing the characters of the love triangle. Good-looking people and that's the funny thing about it. It's obviously a Hollywood production so the actors have to be good-looking. Because in the end credits you get to see some pictures of the real people from that time and the least you could say is that they were not as good-looking. I guess beauty sells better. Nevertheless Professor Marston and the Wonder Women is certainly worth watching.