Is it a good movie? Yes it is...... Is it a great movie? No, far from it.

Rating: 7/10 (2 April 2019)

Mrs. Shullivan and I spent our Sunday afternoon waiting to relax in front of our TV while watching Aquaman and when I plopped the disc in and started to get involved with the characters we were both quite impressed. Nicole Kidman's performance as Queen Atlanna who falls in love with the lighthouse keeper Tom Curry (Temuera Morrison) was a great start. The birth of their son Arthur and his eventual maturity into our land and sea hero Aquaman (Jason Momoa) was very entertaining as well.
Willem Dafoe who plays Vulko, as both the principle advisor and conscience of the self-annointed King Orm (PatrickWilson) as well as the battle weary instructor to King Orm's half brother Aquaman is also a key role in the storyline.
My interest started waning when we were introduced to the cartoonish raven haired sea queen Mera (Amber Heard) who although she was promised to wed King Orm, is obviously smitten by Aquaman and his constant grunting. It is about at this juncture when Mera and Aquaman are teamed up with Vulko in an effort to stop King Orm from proceeding with his diabolical plan to join all the sea kings under his leadership against the earth's surface humans to wipe us off the face of the world when we realize a battle is brewing. Up until this juncture the use of CGI was utilized sparingly and with good taste. As the two half brothers King Orm (Patrick Wilson) and Aquaman (Jason Momoa) are pitted against each other both feeling the presence of their missing mother Atlanna (Nicole Kidman) the film takes a sharp turn to the left and the writer/producer/director's take the cheap way out and rely mainly on CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) to complete their epic story line. So much of the same crash and burn CGI as in many other prior Marvel films it is quite frankly a bore.
As the last ten (10) minutes of the film ending kind of redeems the preceding 45 minutes of far too much CGI, if a sequel is to be made Jasom Momoa as Aquaman, Patrick Wilson as King Orm and Nicole Kidman as Atlanna are worthy of a repeat, but I strongly urge the producers to forget about Mera (Amber Heard) and replace her with a more energized and realistic female lead that can act (boy was she baaaaad).
I have assessed the overall film with a decent 7 out of 10 rating. The first half is exciting - the second half is mostly CGI and a bit of a let down, not like in the ocean but similar to a stinky toilet flushing.