Flashy, immature, and ridiculous

Rating: 2/10 (26 July 2019)

The issues with this film are numerous:
1. Every time Jason Momoa delivered a line I had to resist the urge to swallow my own tongue. His portrayal of Aquaman was irreverent and immature, which I suppose was meant to provide levity, but only made his character a laughable choice for "king."
2. The film was too artificial. While I understand a movie set in an underwater kingdom requires the use of CGI, there was still too much of it where it wasn't needed. And where CGI was needed, it was egregious and off-putting. All the scenes set in Atlantis felt like Tron under water.
3. The plot was convoluted and contrived. This movie offered nothing interesting about the super hero trope, and there were far too many moving cogs that only added clutter, rather than depth.
TLDR: not worth paying for. Wait until you can watch it on a long flight. It'll put you right out.