WONDER WOMAN 1984 Director Patty Jenkins Comments On "Body Swap" Backlash - SPOILERS

, Your Honor.

@aresww3 - It's a fair criticism because Diana is portrayed as a deeply moral, ethical standard bearer. Yet she seemingly never spends 2 seconds thinking about the moral and ethical implications of Steve inhabiting another person's body (and yes, having sex with it). Seems like Diana has quite the moral/ethical blindspots.

@Rosraf - also, diana did show concern. she said to steve while they were in bed, we need to find out why you're inhabiting the body.

@Rosraf - she was supposed to be being selfish. that was the point. I don't think in the first half of the movie she even knew what was happening. She was discovering what was going on. Then by the time she discovered what was going on she was blinded by love, so she probably couldn't even consider that at that moment. The scene where clearly she says we have to find out why you're in someone else's body, was her showing concern and the fact she gave up Steve, was not just to get her powers back and save the world. It was for everything including getting the mans life back. But at the time clearly the more pressing issue was not a singular mans life, but what Max was doing with this powerful artifact that could destroy the world. I mean realistically how would they have even discussed that? There was one scene when before the Whitehouse where she realized she could renounce her wish. Then after the whitehouse scene, she sees the full consequences of what can happen and learns her lesson.

If there was anything at all I liked about the movie it was them showing that Diana caught in a morally impossible situation can be imperfect and do the wrong thing. It made her human and vulnerable. Again, the whole point of bringing Steve back was to show her weakness and vulnerability, while not compromising her overall nobility. That was the same theme as her cheating in the beginning of the film. She was a noble girl who wanted to win and be the best warrior so much that she took a short cut. Yet ultimately she learns her lesson when she came out of the other side and became a better warrior or hero for finally recognizing the TRUTH.

Honestly the film could have executed it better, but it was beautifully performed by the little girl and Gal Gadot. I especially like that Gal pulled the same face as the little girl after she lost the race (lilly aspel I believe) when she realized she'd have to give up Steve in the Whitehouse. I won't commend Gal for much in WW84 but the scene where Cheetah asked Diana "what do you have to give up?" And it dawned on Diana how wrong what everything she was doing was, was incredibly well done. I wondered where this Gal Gadot was the whole rest of the movie.