It's so busy

Rating: 5/10 (13 June 2019)

Aquaman:
Directed by James Wan. Written by Geoff Johns, James Wan, David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and Will Beall
Aquaman is a character that many people have long since thought to be an incredibly silly idea. He talks to fish and lives underwater. He will sometimes fight crimes taking place on the high seas. Justice League introduced him to the world as a beer chugging bad ass saving the world from aliens. No one and I mean nobody thought this movie would have been good or even a success for that matter. It was a huge success. Was the movie any good though? Eh somewhat.
This is a very busy film. Something is always happening at a fast pace. They are having a scene on the beach where Willem Dafoe's character Vulko is training Jason Momoa's Aquaman to fight for the throne in the future, the camera is spinning around and around and around. This is just one example. The underwater scenes are filled with so much detail. It is incredible to watch what all these animators are able to accomplish. What those hundreds of thousands of animators working overtime for exposure were able to accomplish is impressive. I am of the mind that when a movie is this full of CGI, it might as well be an animated movie. There is almost nothing in it that's real. It's beautiful and impressive but not real.
The thing about this movie is it's not a superhero film. At least not in the traditional sense. It's a prophecy film, a fantasy film. Kingdoms warring over the throne. It's without a doubt a fantasy film. It works in those perimeters. It delivers this world and all the characters work in simplistic terms. The movie is incredibly flashy and won't stop. It tells you what you're supposed at every turn. While all the visuals are filled with details, the script and characters are delivered in the most basic way. They have only character trait and they play it well. I didn't believe a word of it with the exception of Patrick Wilson as Ocean Master.
Man he plays it up. He is acting his ass off. Most of the time he is solemn and barely shows emotion. Not as Ocean Master, he is selling the evil and his bigotry against the surface dwellers and his brother. He was the best part for me. I don't know why but man I laughed at him calling himself Ocean Master but he was going to be the best Ocean Master he could be. He was true to Atlantis and its way of life. He's tired of the pollution and he wants to control all the kingdoms to wage war against the surface for their constant crap.
I didn't feel any suspense because Aquaman is basically invincible unless he's fighting King Orm. This is a trend in recent superhero movies, I know this is not a superhero film generally, where the hero is so powerful that nothing seems to phase them. I hate it. My favorite heroes have flaws and have to work to win or survive. Aquaman is way too powerful to feel like anything won't go his way.
In the end, it's entirely too long. It is entirely too flashy. It could have benefited from slowing down just a bit but the visuals are terrific, Patrick Wilson is stealing the show and it is fun for most of the runtime. I give this movie a C.