Filmmaker Patty Jenkins had a profound cinematic experience as a young girl watching Richard Donner’s “Superman,” which inspired in her a kind of wonder and hope that she wanted to share with others through the magic of the movies. That sense of hope is a keystone of her work in “Wonder Woman” and its sequel, “Wonder Woman 1984,” films that embrace a sentiment that’s often missing in the superhero genre: sincerity. They’re not dark, gritty takes or sardonic quip-fests, but good old-fashioned bright, shiny spectacle, wherein good defeats evil. If the messages are a bit simple, they remain profo…
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