It's a good movie, admittedly a step down from it's predecessor, that got brigaded and dragged by the internet. This happens every now and again when the internet comes together and decides to collectively mock a movie.
I remember before the first Wonder Woman came out that there were many misogynistic and anti-semitic posts about it, many were rooting for it to crash and burn but when the critics gave it a resounding thumbs up and the box office figures started rolling in then all of a sudden all the trollish bores crawled back under their rocks... only to resurface two years later when they decided to try ruin Captain Marvel, their attempts so robustly co-ordinated that Rotten Tomatoes had to change their user reviews system. I believe IMDb had to alter their user ratings for it too. During this attack they loved referencing Wonder Woman in a "I'm not racist I have a black friend" manner. They obviously couldn't be misogynistic trolls because they loved Wonder Woman.
Wonder Woman 1984 got more mixed review from critics and since it was released peak pandemic as a day and date release on HBO Max it's box office figures were poor and the trolls crawled back out and managed to successfully drag it this time around.
For the record WW84 made more money than The Suicide Squad, Shazam! Fury of the Gods and Blue Beetle even though it had much worse circumstances. It's a mystery as to how much it would have made had the pandemic never happend.
Critics wise WW84 has a superior tomatometer than Man of Steel and Batman v Superman. It's just 5% below The Flash and 7% below Aquaman which are two of the more well recieved entries amongst IMDb users and DC fans online.
It's Metacritic score is joint fifth best for the DCEU. It's CinemaScore is joint fifth also (admittedly joint with a lot of the DCEU, a B+ is the most common score for the franchise).
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