Did I just watch a super hero movie or a live action animé?

Rating: 6/10 (2 June 2019)

Let me start off my simply putting, NO- I did not like this movie. I will get into that later. However, there is some impressive work done in this movie that does deserve credit.
The visuals of the whole film are pretty well done. Most of what I am referring to takes place in the under water CGI world. Director James Wan has always liked soft blue's and strong red's in his movies. It is cool to see how that transitioned into an underwater action film. The visual world can SOMEWHAT be compared to the visual world of James Cameron's Avatar.
The action was another crowing jewel in the film. The section of the storyboard which was action did better than any other DCU movie. Everything about it was entertaining and left my attention closely tied to the screen. The fighting choreography was very impressive.
When you combine the amazing visuals with creative action- you really do find something to awe at. If you watch this movie for any reason, watch it for this.
...and I guess Jason Momoa is a pretty fun actor.
Now for why I did not particularly love this move...
Did anybody else feel like they were watching a live action animé? This film had every cliché moment and cheesy line in the book. The whole thing is built much like an animé piece. Corny screen play, corny dialogue between characters, rushed dialogue, rushed story board, and corny movie scores that come on too often and too hard. Not to diss on animé, I just don't think it works well within live action hero movies.
Its tasking for the audience to take any serious moment honestly serious. This film was just written with too many cheese filled lines. It is easy to feel like you are watching a Disney Channel Orignal Movie.
With a cool actor like Jason Momoa, you have the opportunity to have some pretty good comic relief. Though the writers of the film did try to capitalize on this, they failed epically. To make it worse, any funny part of this movie was scored with stupid piano Disney style music.
The movies cheese and corn meter sky-rocketed as the film went down the montage check list. The "falling in love montage", the "training montage", the "bad guy gearing up montage" and enough surprise explosions to make a montage.
Over all, I was pretty disappointed with the film.
If you ever find your self just wanting to watch a popcorn action flick, this one isn't too bad. If you ever find yourself wanting to watch a well written and creative film, avoid this one at all costs.