Nicely Done -Straight Forward & Effective

Rating: 8/10 (28 December 2018)

James Wan, Director extrodinare of the Saw movies goes beyond cutting up here in an adaption of AquaMan which would make it's creators proud if they can see it (RIP). A lot of people worked on this film done in 12 filming locations and that shows very much in the finished product. It sticks with Aquamans original themes and characters and manages to get some humor into the film. This is the best Warner/DC effort in a while.
It works well because the script is better than a lot of DC films have been recently. It is predictable, all the way to the sequel sequence during the credits, but it is going to take some extra effort to make a better film than this one. It does have the one drawback many cgi movies have, no matter how much dirt there is in a sequence, the stars always come out squeaky clean with even a hair out of place.
Nicole Kidman (age 51, are you kidding?) is very good as the Queen of Atlantis. Amber Heard is the Red Haired Princess who helps the light house keepers son become the hero Aquaman we are all in need of. The thing good about this film is that there are no wrinkles or curves thrown at the viewer. The flashbacks make sense (for once), and all the script makes sense too.
Major Spoiler-
We all expect the Queen to still be alive even after we are told she is not. Aquaman finally finds his mom and it is a satisfying moment in this one. After all, moms treat their hero sons the best.