The worst superhero film of the year, and one of the year's worst full stop.

Rating: 4/10 (28 December 2018)

The DCEU has never produced a 'good' film and sadly 'Aquaman' is no exception. It's an overlong slog that has a terrible narrative, unbelievable CGI, average performances, and an awful exposition-filled screenplay. The film just gets worse as it progresses, and I had completely lost interest by around the half-way point. There is one good action sequence near the middle of the movie that is actually rather entertaining, and that is probably due to the fact that it uses real stunt-people and fight choreography as opposed to the awkward CGI body doubles that are used in 75% of the action set-pieces. The problem with these is that, since we don't care for any of the characters at all, it is easy to notice that CG has taken over. If we were invested in the narrative and were bothered by the film's stakes, then the CG replacement would probably be less of a problem. Talking about character, some of our hero's decisions are completely unbelievable and make him a totally unlikeable character. The film does use some good scene transitions sometimes, but that's hardly enough to save the picture. The worst thing about it, however, is that it's simply not fun. It could have at least been entertaining, and I could have even excused the bad narrative and dialogue if I was having some kind of fun. Yet, I was bored throughout most of it and was never invested within the story. It's the worst superhero film of the year, and one of the year's worst films full stop. 4/10