Not that good as the hype.

Rating: 6/10 (20 January 2019)

This movie has many good reviews compared to better movies, that get bad reviews.
First of all, why this movie isn't as bad as the other DCEU movies:
This movie has great visuals and a good cut. This movie is a difference to the really dark DC universe. This is very refreshing.
There are many actors who are very sympathetic and play well. I found Jason Momoa and Amber Heard very likable and they had good chemistry between each other. What I found sad was that Willem Dafoe did not have enough screentime or influence. He could have had many meaningful influences on the plot, but this was not realized. But that is not so tragic, because the film can convince by the sympathy of the characters. I want to see more of each character.
Why that movie is not that good:
This movie copies many elements from other movies. I know that most Hollywood movies are copying, but this movie is an embarrassing combination of elements. For example, the Post Credit Scene is mimicking the Post Credit Scene of Black Panther. Or, for example, the Trident of the Trident is imitating some other beings from other franchises. I do not mind, but it was painful to see how some of the movie elements were taken in a bad way.
Speaking of, Black Panther. This film has many parallels to Black Panther due to the royal theme. The difference, why Black Panther is better than Aquaman is simply that you experience many emotional scenes like important deaths at Black Panther. Black Panther shows many parallels to royal dramas like those of Shakespeare, but Aquaman has few scenes that really carry emotional weight. I had expected a superhero movie with parallels to royal dramas and elements of love, but was disappointed with a complete romance movie with CGI.
I know that the comparisons with Black Panther are exaggerated. But do you still know in what point Black Panther is better than Aquaman: the music. The Marvel movie had a soundtrack, especially composed by Kendrick Lamar in collaboration with other artists, while Aquaman has songs that are not compatible with each other (like Two Steps from Hell - None Shall Live and a Pitbull cover from Toto - Africa) a female singer) and can not make a uniform sound.
But what you can notice is that the dialogue between the characters is really very stupid. The producers should have allowed themselves time for production and had to revise the dialogue. Some statements from characters are sometimes exaggerated cheesy or ridiculous. Then you realize that they wanted to copy Marvel, but unfortunately failed, because most "jokes" have failed. With every joke, no audience laughed.
Towards the end, the film was so cheesy and so predictable that I was bored and expected the end of the film. The film was usually very predictable, especially at the end of the film.Maybe some people think I'm overdoing my criticism because it's a DC movie. But that's not true. I'm a big fan of DC Comics and I grew up with DC Comics when I was a kid. One of my favorite movies is The Dark Knight. I watch every DC movie, no matter how bad it may be. I'm not saying that this movie is a disaster, but for me it was very predictable and towards the end I was very bored. I will wait and I would be happy about an Aquaman 2, but hopefully it will be better implemented.

In summary:
I think, I would give this movie user-defined 6.7 points from 10 points. There are plenty of better superhero movies, but this movie is one of the best DC Extended Universe movies. I found the movie more exciting than Wonder Woman but not so exciting. If you judge him as a very ordinary movie, he is average and nothing special.