Puddleman is surprisingly entertaining

Rating: 5/10 (27 May 2019)

Director James Wan intended this film to be an high level superhero movie, one who could re-establish DC status as far as movies. It can be seen by his camera movements, forcedly ingenious that felt like he wanted to show how good he is as a director. The problem is that this feeling is not received, with numerous scenes that were annoying to watch and one in particular where the camera is moving excessively fast where I felt a bit of nausea. The direction was not all bad, indeed at the beginning of the third act there is a really beautiful scene, that shows Wan's history in the horror genere.
Another bad aspect of this movie was the CGI. The underwater setting was way distant to seem a bit realistic, with a lot of light effects so artificial that were disturbing to watch in a 2019 movie.
Also the plot was not that good, very linear, with some plot holes but in the grand scheme of the film it could have been acceptable if not for a narrative pattern overused. There are like 5 or 6 scene where the screenwriters didn't know how to start the action and so they decided to interrupt the dialogue between two or more characters with an explosion. The first time is ok, the second time you can accept it but when the third happens before the 40 minutes mark it's not good. Also the lenght was a bit excessive like a half an hour could be speared.
But why didn't I give Aquaman a terrible rating (less than 5)? Because at the end of the day it is an enjoyable film, with some big big problems but that entertains. Yes you will probably feel that some things are not working but you won't leave the cinema in pain.
In the end Aquaman is formally a bad movie but it has the rare power of entertaining, obviously not on an high level but it's not a poor experience.