A visual tour-de-force that has a pretty standard sibling-rivalry story, back-boned by Jason Momoa's loveable take on Aquaman.

Rating: 7/10 (22 January 2019)

Aquaman feels like one of those movies that's long overdue in its being released to the world. It's a wonder why this fella never got one theatrical release pre-2018, because so many iconic characters out there are just busting to be featured in these kinds of movies. Aquaman feels like it could have been released in 2004 and still would have had a similar response at the box office. It's got water, action, photogenic people populating the world it's set in and pop-music ranging from the 80s to now. It's got all the hallmarks of a blockbuster that's trying to cater to EVERYONE it possibly can. I guess this is something of a course correction for DC Comics Films.
Aquaman is a step in the right direction in that it's more confident in its direction than Justice League or Suicide Squad were, but it's not the near-perfect movie-comic-mythology synthesis Wonder Woman had going for it. However a step in the right direction is better than a gigantic step backwards. I'm eager to see where the rest of Arthur Curry's story goes from here.
Here's hoping that the rest of DC's upcoming movies can have the same self-confidence Aquaman does in its story and bombastic action.