Meh

Rating: 3/10 (16 December 2018)

Notwithstanding being an absurd film, the characters have little purpose, are often unchallenged and everything seems to be oversimplified for the sake of having more stuff in the same film.
DC apparently likes to take one step forward and two back with their films. Aquaman is unfunny when it attempts at humour, its dull when it tries to be exciting and rather confusing in general.
I would particularly like to understand more about Atlantis. How does that work? Is it just a massive underwater authoritarian state with a mad, misguided king? Why exactly is he so obsessed with waging war? Why do some people can breathe air? Are they two species? Why exactly is his fiancÃ© looking for Aquaman? Actually, why was Aquaman's mum on the surface in the first place?
There are no answers here, just a bunch of crazy ideas tossed at the viewer with the promise we will understand everything eventually, and it never delivers those answers. Characters are shallow, unmotivated and just.. kind of.. there.
Come to think of it, Aquaman is an absurd character anyway. Perhaps that's why no one made a film with him before. If he is not surrounded by water and all the creatures living in it, his only assets are being really strong and really resistant, which are his only super powers. In which case.. probably Wonder Woman and Superman would be best suited to do whatever has to be done. At least Wonder Woman can make people speak the truth and bounce bullets back. What can Aquaman do besides hit people with his trident and wrestle bad guys? Well, the film doesn't tell.
Oh, the CGI is good. And there are some nice jokes and action sequences, so I rate it 3 out of 10. I wouldn't bother paying to see it, but it is worth a glimpse on the telly or some streaming service when it's available, if you like DC heroes, that is.