Seriously?

Rating: 4/10 (11 January 2019)

I can't express or voice my disappointment in any form or fashion besides simply saying this. I expected a good movie (based off of the 10/10's on this site) but was let down after the screening. This film is essentially black panther, another fairly average movie, but killmonger and T'challa have switched roles.
The first and most important thing to address is the "romance". Aqua man and Ariel or whatever her name is have some of the most forced development I have ever seen. They just stare at each other and hold hands/kiss to show they are falling in love. They don't have a great dynamic or anything, it just kind of happens because the movie wants it to happen.
Another thing to address is the costume design. I feel like I could see these at a comic convention. Pretty solid for some random guy to design, but terrible for a movie with this budget. Everything looks like plastic with scales engraved in them. The worst part is the villains who aren't Atlantian. You would think they could've escaped the terrible costumes and they almost did. Then they come back dressed as one of the bad guys from power rangers.
Something else I have to mention, the cliché of it all. I know it's a super hero film, so it's bound to have something familiar but nonetheless, I hold this to the same standard as every other film. The underdog story resembles that of something from a Cars film, A boxing movie, a super hero movie, or literally any movie with the "Protagonist loses first major stand off and becomes better to beat the villain the next time. It's a played out way of representing character development and conveying a story. Superhero movies have done without this. Logan, The ENTIRE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY, and Watchmen to name a few.
The CGI. It's a DCEU film. That's all I have to say.
The action scenes are glorious (sarcasm). I kid you not, every five seconds, BOOM, an explosion from the side knocks a character off their feet. The bad guys come from either above or below, and mediocre coreography ensues. If there isn't an explosion to start, it's not an action scene. At least not to the poor saps who wrote this movie. A superhero movie should deliver on entertaining action and I was laughing, so props for that.
All in all, this is a film for kids looking to see the Stars wars to hit the ocean floor. It's not average, it's fairly below average and even laughable at times, but go watch it if your into cheesy stuff. It's a fun movie and you won't be bored. At least not during the action sequences. 4/10