It's an awkward transition from the Snyderverse to the future of DC

Rating: 7/10 (16 December 2018)

So I saw Aquaman anddddddddd ehhh? It's not bad but it's not goood? Let me just give you the bad first. This movie is too long. I kinda felt the same about Wonder Woman as well, but I really felt it here. You could've easily cut down a half hour of this movie and nothing about it would've changed. The story is serviceable but not new. It bears similar resemblance to a Marvel Phase 1 movie so like: Thor 1, Captain America 1, but it lacks the performances and charisma of either of those. I like Patrick Wilson as an actor but King Orm is no Loki. He's pretty one note and cliched as the movie's villain. The visuals were a double edged sword so for the bad I would say it just got way too distracting for me. Infinity War had tons of cgi too but I was invested enough to ignore what wasn't actually real. And lastly, I'm just gonna say it, Aquaman's story is NOT interesting. Call me a hater but I've never liked Aquaman I'm sorry! There's a reason Family Guy keeps making fun of him all the time. Ok but what's good about this movie? Actually there's a lot of good things. The movie's visuals while distracting were colorful. The DC cinematic universe has stumbled with the Zack Snyder look that's just gloomy, lifeless, and boring. Aquaman actually tries to course correct the ship by creating a really bright and well animated world through Atlantis. The action is epic and ambitious because I can tell James Wan is a confident director. He definitely gave this movie a nice look so kudos to him on that. And lastly Jason Momoa, I can't deny how much I love him in the role. His character isn't written as well as it could be, but he does what he can, and he's so goofy I love it. It sounds like I hate this movie but I actually don't. It just feels like it's trying to get out of their past mistakes by making a safe and marketable movie. Which is fine. But I wanted something new and different. Here's hoping Shazam can give me what I'm looking for from DC. Should you go see it? Well.. If you're not into superhero movies you're probably not gonna care for this one either. If you want to see some good action and Jason Momoa doin his thing then I'd say it's alright. 7/10.