It's Actually Quite Good

Rating: 8/10 (17 December 2018)

I actually saw this film as I had to take my mother to see it because she is a huge Jason Momoa fan, she first saw him as Ronon in Stargate Atlantis, and well I guess my mom likes Fantasy and Sci-Fi, go figure. Anyway, I did not have great expectations, but as it turns out it was actually quite good.
Momoa basically steals the show, he's pretty awesome as Aquaman, his portrayal of Aquaman as a tough but tongue in cheek super hero is really good, basically he nails it.
Regarding Mera, all I can say is that Amber Heard's acting is at best bland, I would have loved to see Emily Blunt as Mera, she is a much, much, much, much better actress and could have easily pulled this character out of the mediocrity Heard gave it. In all honesty, has Heard managed to actually act in any movie she has had a role in ?? I think she is by far the lowest point in the movie, unfortunately it is a leading role and it does hurt the movie.
Another low is, in my opinion, excessive violence. It is gratuitous, unnecessary, pointless and does not add anything to the movie. I will not let my son see it, he's 5 and way too young for this kind of violence. If there's a Lego version I will certainly let him see that.
The rest of the actors do a really great job.
Visuals are a mixed bag though, as they are at times quite amazing (almost on an Avatar, LOTR level), but at other moments they are not that good, specially when they modify some of the characters faces (Nicole Kidman, Willem Defoe, Temuera Morrison, etc.), as they try to make them younger and it does not work at all, but overall the visuals are really good, except for these aforementioned, lets call them minor, let downs.
All in all it is a very good movie, it also leaves the door very widely open for Aquaman 2, which I will definitely watch.
Go watch it, it's good fun. Don't take young kids though.