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Diana Prince sweeping people including me off their feet

Ugh. This exact shot comparison had Margaret Atwoods “MALE GAZE! MALE GAZE!” alarm going off in my head when watching the Justice League trailer.

Slow mo panty shots are not the best way to use your female characters.

The framing of this is so lazy. Its such bad directing that it really highlights how blessed we were in Wonder Woman. It could have been the hot mess that is Justice League.

Dianas whole body vs Dianas butt centre frame.
Seeing the hit vs Did she get him? Can’t see, because BUTT is taking up whole screen.

Patty Jenkins used her slowed moments to do 4 things at once

1. To give the viewer an easier time following fast action sequences in the dull dc colour pallette.

This negated the ‘transformers effect’ of blurred blah hitting something that was batman vs superman. Marvels colour pallet allows for bright red guy, bright blue guy, big green guy to move through chaotic screens easier because the colour draws they eye and makes it easier to follow.

2. To emphasise Diana’s super strength.

By slowing down before the impact we feel the HIT harder when time speeds up again. In the Justice League trailer we don’t even really see the hit. Is that a guys leg? Did she get him? The slow mo in Justice League is used to have more time to focus on the panty shot, to make sure you didn’t miss your chance to sexualise her. It doesn’t even speed up as she hits. Its more like a cat knocking something off the shelf. Not that you are looking at the hit, it is barely in frame because we need more room for the Butt.

3. To show the difference between real time and relative time.

For characters like the Flash, Supes and Wondy they all perceive time differently from regular mortals. This allows for bullet dodging and other shennanigans. Slowing time down, gives us a glimpse into how they percieve time. You can focus on a body part but it has to be the part of them that is using that slowed time. Thier face – Are they strategising in extra time? Thier hands – reflecting bullets or moving something. Thier Butt – yeah, I got nothing.

4. To show what characters are feeling during fast paced combat scenes.

Antiope’s slow mo jump gives us time to see the satisfaction in her face before she shoots the soliders. Multiple times in Wondy we see Dianas joy, fear or determination in a fight thanks to slow mo. This happens because when you frame her whole body as much as possible we get to see her face and body language. The slowed time gives us a chance to interpret them without constantly having to insert closeups of her face, breaking up the action. It gives Dianas fight scenes a presence lacking in other Superhero films.

When I saw this the Justice League trailer the first time my disappointment lingered for days. My main take aways were “The Flash seems charming but his outfit is soooo bad” and “Ooooh boy, they don’t know how to do Wondy.” It didn’t help any that I watched the Justice League trailer and the Thor : Ragnarok trailer back to back. If we really wanna look at disappointing comparisons, look no further.