A good, not great, movie

Rating: 7/10 (8 January 2019)

It's easy to give this movie 10/10 if you compare it solely to its DC movie peers, but that's not a very high bar.
It's fun, the visuals are incredible, but the humour is very obvious and therefore, unfunny, the love interest and the 'oh my, did we just hold hands?!' moments are worthy of some monstrous eye-rolls and, if I'm honest, there is just too many 'superhero pose' moments that it almost becomes irritating. Oh, and the black Manta looks like he's out of the power rangers. And I'm sorry, but if the villain has to say 'you can call me Black Manta' then they really need a kick up the backside. And there's an A-Team esque moment in there that makes you want to beat yourself to death with your own eyes.
Despite all of these negatives, it's an enjoyable movie. No, it's not the best DC movie ever made, as much as I wanted it to be, but it's a fun movie. The Atlantis scenes are beautifully visualised, and the action is very well done. But the brazen attempts to copy the humour of Thor Ragnarok and combine it with the upbeat, music driven abandon of Guardians of the Galaxy just doesn't quite hit the mark. Its too cheesy, too obvious and it's been done better elsewhere. If it can't decide if it wants to be serious or light hearted, then how is the audience supposed to decide. I came out having enjoyed a visual feast that had just a little too much ham and cheese.