They managed to turn a worthless superhero into a decent movie

Rating: 7/10 (4 November 2019)

Aquaman stars Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, and Patrick Wilson. Aquaman is how the story of how Aquaman became the king of Atlantis. I was never a big fan of Aquaman because he talks to fish and that's not really a superpower and he's the useless superhero in the D.C. universe. But D.C. had an idea to give Aquaman a makeover and make a movie where audiences around the world could respect him. I didn't think it was possible, but they did that and I was wrong. After seeing Jason Momoa's performance as Aquaman, my opinion on Aquaman is changed and he did a fantastic job. I could see that he wanted to take the role seriously and bring an Aquaman to life that we've never seen before. There was a show called Entourage and one of the seasons involved Vincent Chase as Aquaman. So when I watch Jason Momoa's portrayal of Aquaman compared to the fictionalized portrayal of Vincent Chase's Aquaman I believe that Jason Momoa would blow Vincent Chase out of the water. I wonder if the Entourage Aquaman was released how would they have stuck with this plot that I saw now or come up with a different one? We'll never know, but I would like to think that what I just watch would be what they had in mind. I felt a slight beacon of hope for the D.C. universe cause I see that they're trying to do, but the movie does have its problems. The problem that I found was the villains and how they chose to handle them. We have Oceanmaster who is the main villain and then we have Black Manta. When they first mentioned Black Manta I was excited because I remember him from the Challenge of the Super Friends and how I always wanted to see him on the big screen. And we finally have him, but unfortunately he has little screen time and I was disappointed because I was hoping for him to be the main villain and not Oceanmaster. Also we don't see much of Atlantis at all. We see Atlantis, but not very much that we don't get to explore enough of Atlantis to enjoy. The director of Aquaman is James Wan who directed Furious 7 who I thought was a great choice of a director as the action sequences are very well choreographed that even if I found the movie to be average it does make up for its action scenes. So overall, D.C. is on the right track with a movie that has problems here and there, but I found that they did a great job in turning the worst superhero into something fantastic.