What a godawful mess of a movie

Rating: 3/10 (31 December 2018)

"Aquaman" is a war movie without strategy or intrigue, a quest story with as little motivation as a Dungeons & Dragons game played by 8-year olds, a love story with no chemistry, and a rip-off of at least 20 other movies, from the Indiana Jones films to "The Princess Bride."
There is no character development sufficiently complex to interest anyone old enough to know what character development is. There are holes in the plot so large that the movie repeatedly disappears into them (Where do the ocean's denizens dispose of THEIR waste products and pollution? The Atlanteans are technologically sophisticated, but they are a culture that practices superstition and worships war. What is the source of production, and the power behind the production, of all that tech? What affect is the ocean dwelling civilization having on ocean temperatures? And how come the land dwellers don't know about all those creatures?). The acting is brutally melodramatic, and all the big "plot twists" can be foreseen ten minutes into the film.
But it is a fine looking movie, with lots of dazzling CGI effects.
If you've got a 4K tv, I suggest you wait until "Aquaman" releases on home video, then check out a copy from your local library.