Enjoyable and refreshing

Rating: 8/10 (30 April 2019)

Aquaman is a bit wooden and a bit cliche but overall a well made action movie that deliver what we would expect. And Atlantis is a fun topic!
However, what made Aquaman extra enjoyable to me is that it does not fight the culture war, except for a soft jibe at polluting the oceans. I saw some Marvel movie and it was increadibly politicized and preachy. That so many Hollywood movies are preachy and political have made me stop watching Hollywood movies, by and large.
Another aspect where Aquaman really really excells is that it does not divide the world into good vs evil. Instead it divides the world into factions pursuing their own self interest, with varying degrees of wisdom. The main "baddie" in Aquaman simply has another opinion of what is best for his faction and does his best to pursue such a course of action. But he is not demonized and he is not portrayed as dishonerable, unlike in "normal" hollywood movies that go out of their way to demonize and crush the faction or person that is the designated "baddie". This was immensely refreshing to me. I will definitively check out more movies made by the same company/director/producer/writer or whoever made this movie watchable.