Injects some much needed magic to these types of films

Rating: 7/10 (30 October 2019)

I wholly expected to be rolling my eyes throughout this film, because I'm no fun of superhero fantasy. But that didn't happen, despite it being over 2 hours long. (well maybe I rolled my eyes a bit somewhere in the last 10mins after the 'final' sibling battle)
Superhero movies should be all about bringing a certain magic to the screen, a spectacle that you can marvel at and simply switch off and enjoy. And Aquaman does exactly that. Plenty of beautiful locations, lots of action/fighting, some awesome effects (especially all the under-water stuff) and a nice mix of Superman and Indiana Jones type adventure.
The kind of movie I could watch with my kid one day (when he's old enough) that will give him that sense of wonder and magic that some older movies from my childhood did for me.
I also think they did some justice to the whole Atlantis mythology here. Great stuff.
And having 'good guy' Patrick Wilson play the villain to good guy Willem Dafoe? A welcome and interesting choice.