Lighter, Better

Rating: 7/10 (31 December 2018)

As a box office success this entry for DC has almost made as much as Justice League in a week.
Aimed at a much younger demographic then the dark Batman V Superman films this movie is light, comedic and sometimes quite corny. What a DC movie should be. Aquaman was my favourite character in DC and he's done justice in this version.
However, it works and it is entertaining. A stellar cast including Nicole Kidman, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson do a great job with the source material. Jason Momoa is solid as the title character but far different to the Aquaman I remember as a kid back in the 80s. Amber Heard plays a pivotal role as the Princess and holds the movie together. Looks a lot like Scarlett Johansson.
Directed by James Wan who specialises in horror films the styling of this films was my major concern based on it being mostly underwater but it's done well and after a while you get used to the visual aspects of the movie. Whilst watching I felt aspects of movies like TRON, Guardians of the Galaxy and Flash Gordon!
As usual with superhero films the running time at 140 minutes is probably 25 minutes too long.
6.9/10
Couldn't quite give it 7 but good option at the cinema with the family ( probably not small children). There's quite a body count in a cartoon kind of way.