An entertaining movie about the Oedipus complex

Rating: 7/10 (14 January 2019)

Aquaman is an entertaining movie about the Oedipus complex. Two sons are separated from their mother. As a result, they are totally desperate. One son (Aquaman) blames Atlantis for his loss; the other son (King Orm) blames humans. He is desperate to the extent that he wants to destroy the world.
At the end of the movie, both sons reunite with their mother and it seems they are going to live happily ever after. I think this is a rather superficial ending. Both Aquaman and King Orm needed their mum when they were growing up. Not only they never fully experienced a (semi)healthy family life, but, most likely, they also projected all of their frustrations on the loss of mother. In other words, for both of them, mum symbolises both 'mother figure' and also everything that they lack in their lives (e.g. I could achieve this or that only if I had a mother). We know Atlanna (the mother) can't fill these roles now.
In a more realistic world, I bet after few days both Aquaman and king Orm are going to feel miserable again because "no one ever fully recovers from the sadomasochism of their childhood"(1).
(1) Adam Phillips, Psychotherapist and literary critic