Wonder Woman and Spider-Man: Homecoming both bagged rave critical reviews, and they’ve both performed impressively at the box office. Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman has already grossed over $389 million in North America, and recently blew by Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 to become the eighth-biggest comic book adaptation of all time. Jon Watts’ Homecoming, now in its third week in theaters, has already sailed past the $250 million milestone at the domestic box office. And acclaimed comic book writer Frank Miller believes their success is well earned.
Miller, who’s usually not easily impressed, sang the praises of both Wonder Woman and Spider-Man: Homecoming while speaking with Deadline at San Diego Comic-Con International 2017. Claiming that the current era has been "the best period for superhero movies we’ve ever had", he dubbed the first standalone Wonder Woman movie "the crown jewel".
When the interviewer asked him to elaborate, Miller declared:
Without question. She is perfect"¦[Wonder Woman] managed to do everything right. The Israeli actress Gal Gadot, not only is she spectacularly beautiful, but she's heroic. And she gets away with that costume. Having Chris Pine, the guy who used to be Captain Kirk, play Steve Trevor"¦he was impeccable in that role. Evil Nazis always work. I just thought they managed to have a real good rock 'em, sock 'em adventure movie with a genuine sense of mythology to it. The parts in Amazonia were breathtaking. Her mother, played by Connie Nielsen, she was just wonderful.
The 60-year-old writer also loved the first standalone movie for Tom Holland's webslinger, but for different reasons:
It's funny. I found Wonder Woman breathtaking and exhilarating, and with Spider-Man, I felt like I was a little kid rocking along with Spider-Man. They've had good luck casting Spider-Man, haven't they? This one was a lot more fun, down to the music. When he was jumping across the rooftop and they were just boogie-ing with it, it was just so much fun. This has been a great era for superhero movies, without question. It's like they came back, and it's like everybody is riding a wave of simply wanting to bring the joy of the genre in and lose the cynicism.
