Pretty cheesy, but okay at some points...

Rating: 5/10 (13 April 2019)

The movie was pretty cheesy not gonna lie. Arthur's mom just in general for example; she had to leave to "protect her family" and Arthur's dad walked to the edge of the pier everyday to see if she would come back. And how everyone thought she was dead but surprise surprise she wasn't dead, and of course both she and her son both recognized each other immediately when the reunited. Now I'll give it up for some of the fight scenes because they were kind of cool, and the crab king was actually cute which I don't really say that often so that's good I guess. if I have to sum it up, DC was intimidated by the awe that is Marvel's success, panicked, and created Aquaman. The build up was really rough; with all the exposition and drama. Aquaman didn't really have too much of a personality up until a 4th of the movie, just illustrating the kind of cocky hero-Type main character the box office thinks we want to see, and then giving him more of a reckless attitude later on. I'll also give it up for DC's attempt to keep both roles equal instead of empowering just the female role, like most movies nowadays. I'll end it with this: let's just be happy it's not Justice League.