Cheesy dude-bro humour and a boring plot

Rating: 4/10 (13 January 2019)

I thought after Wonder Woman, which was fantastic, these DC films had turned a corner. But no. Aquaman, for any good points it has, is legit a bad film. I spent most of it hoping it would be over soon. It's all endless, over-long CGI and boring, protracted dialogue. Literally everything a character says is either dull, tedious, flat exposition or some cheesy, CHEESY joke. The script is terrible and the plot is meaningless and the whole thing looks like it's straight out of 1994. The costumes deserve a particular mention because they look exactly like a 1990s TV sci-fi show. Some of the costumes, notably Nicole Kidman's, got a laugh in the cinema I was in. And I don't think that was intentional. The only saving grace for me is Jason Momoa. He seems likeable and made the best of some genuinely bad lines. He looks the part too. And I suppose it is MARGINALLY better than Justice League, though not by much.
Personally, if I'd known what it's like I wouldn't have gone to see it. I seriously considered leaving the cinema halfway (which I've never done) out of boredom. There's plenty of other stuff at the cinema right now so save your time for those better films instead.