Predictable and disjointed

Rating: 3/10 (6 January 2019)

I really wanted to like this movie. I'll list the things I liked first:
Nicole Kidman as a hero....she never plays characters like this and I liked her casting.
Jason Mamoa is cast well for this part.
Visuals are mostly very good.
Now what I didn't like:
Amber Heard is AWFUL. She has no dimension and no chemistry between her and Momoa. She's not believable as an action star. Her line delivery is so bad it makes you cringe.
The plot...predictable and rushed. If you've seen any superhero movie you'll know the plot within the first 10 minutes.
Script. Wow. It's bad. They don't develop any character, including Momoa, and rush every cliche in the book to try and make this work. Jokes fall flat. Everything just feels halfway done. It's disjointed and relies too heavily on battles that you aren't even sure why they are really happening. It was like we have to introduce this whole world in 2.5 hours so here is as thin as we can do it.
It's way too long. I was bored about halfway through.
The visuals, although good, don't give you enough detail to get invested. And the underwater hair bothered me....sometimes it floated, sometimes it didn't.
Too many villains. Just pick one! The brother or Manta (I think that's his name but honestly I'm not even sure).

I really feel like they should have done the origin story first and only. Tell me how Momoa was taught about his two worlds. How did he decide to become this hero? How does he meet Dafoe's Character? What does he do on a daily basis? How does he find out about all these issues at sea that he needs to fix?
Then next movie is finding his mom and fighting his brother.
Then next movie is fighting Manta.
I'm really giving this 3 stars for Momoa's abs. Other than that, save your $10 and go watch the previews and you'll know what happens.