A well directed bland movie

Rating: 6/10 (25 January 2019)

First of all, based on the title what I'd like to praise about the movie is the direction, the VFX and the acting. I thought the direction and the acting waswere really good, and the Visuals were amazing. This is definitely one of the best looking comic book movies. It almost looks like a comic book that came to life.
Now that all the positives are done, let me tell you why I didn't like this movie. First of all, I just didn't like the protagonists in the movie : Aquaman & Mera. I thought the actors did a fairly good job but I just couldn't connect with their characters and that just took me out of the movie. Secondly, the non stop barrage of action sequences which would have felt awesome if I had time to pause and take a break after each sequences. It almost felt like the director was putting on one action scene after another to make up for Aquaman and Mera. By the time the movie reached it's climax I was completely exhausted and I couldn't focus much on the the battle with the Ocean master. Thirdly, they could have done a better job with the Ocean master. The actor who plays him is such an amazing actor, and I thought they kind of wasted his potential.
Aquaman IMO is not a terrible or a bad movie but just that I didn't find the central characters appealing and that just made the movie mediocre for me.