How do people walk away thinking this was good...

Rating: 4/10 (5 January 2019)

The screenplay is an absolute train wreck. I don't know how the big wigs in charge of the DC universe continually higher such crappy writers and directors. The dialogue was painful, the story arc was numb, the plot was predictable, characters were...*yawn*. It had such potential to be good, but instead was a $400 million mess.
The acting is really poor. Jason Mamoa struggles to show any emotion. There is no crescendo for him. He's just static through the whole thing. Amber Heard is a poor mans mashup of Ariel and Scarlett Johanson's Black Widow. Willem Dafoe is generally a decent actor, but his character is written so poorly...don't get me started on Manta (honestly decent job acting but why on earth is his character in the movie?!) Oh and funniest part of the movie is when teenage Arthur says "Does she not love me?" In the highest pitch voice. It's just painfully bad. Like worse than Anakin Skywalker in the Phantom Menace. Actually 10x worse.
It's not worth your money or time. I went because it got solid reviews (especially for a DC movie) and my hopes were high after Wonder Woman. But this was just hot garbage.