Weekend adventure was well needed
Published 12:01 am Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Sometimes, a hard reset is needed.
Last weekend, a group of my best friends and myself met up just across the boarder in a town called Blakeley, Ga., to watch “Wonder Woman,” the newest film in the Detective Comics Extended Universe (DCEU). We went and watched the film at a theater in Dothan, which is located less than 30 minutes from Blakeley.
The film was fantastic and it proved to be a great climax to a great weekend.
Everything, from Friday night to Sunday afternoon when we left, went smoothly.
All three of us had our own individual beds and were all well-fed, breakfast style.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
On Saturday, we all were treated to a spread of eggs, bacon, pancakes and grits. On Sunday, add sausage and cinnamon rolls to the menu and you have a winner.
We saw “Wonder Woman” on Saturday night, so during the day, we hung around playing video and board games.
The video game of choice was “Injustice 2,” the second part of a DC Comics fighting video game. The board games included Hasbro Trivial Pursuit: 2000s and Pressman Toy’s The Oregon Trail Card Game.
Both games were so much fun to play and proved to be a good appetizer to the main event, which was “Wonder Woman.”
Before entering the movie theater, I made sure I was caffeinated up enough to last through the movie. I made sure to get a large Dr. Pepper for the film just in case.
“Wonder Woman” is a fantastic film, and I felt right at home while watching.
The last time I felt this way was while watching “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II” in a theater in Orlando, Fla., at LeakyCon 2011.
Throughout the film, I marveled at what was unfolding on the screen. To be honest, I felt like I was going to be distracted at Gal Gadot’s (Wonder Woman/Diana) beauty, but that wasn’t the case.
I viewed Gadot as Wonder Woman, a character who is strong, acts on her convictions and is quite smart.
In addition to Gadot’s performance, Chris Pine’s performance as Steve Trevor was quite good. This was his second-best acting job under “Star Trek,” an opinion my friends and I agree on wholeheartedly.
When the film was over, I felt inspired, happy and excited for what the DCEU has to unfold.
Later this year, “Justice League,” a film in the DCEU, will be released in November.
Wonder Woman is a part of this group of comic-book heroes, and I hope she takes the reign of leader after an impressive performance in the film I saw over the weekend.