Aquaman (2018)

If you watch closely, with the plotline, you’d think you just watched a water logged version of THOR, but I think it’s a little better than that. As far as DC films go, it’s closer to Wonder Woman than Batman vs. Superman as far as quality. Aquaman, in my childhood watching Superfriends cartoons has always been a wimp who can talk to fish and somehow gets stuck in some seaweed or a giant clam. It takes his telepathy to get himself free. Never envisioned him to be a Hells Angel, but I get it and I think I liked this version better. If anything, he’s a lot more interesting and makes for a better movie. This film is too long. It’s great to look at and the story is actually pretty good, but man, if i could just trim about 20 minutes and make it tighter. There is also no shortage of stupid dialogue straight from a Dolph Lundgren film, who happens to be in this BTW. I like Dolph, but c’mon. The costumes are neat and the cast is top notch. Nicole Kidman and Willem Dafoe play supporting roles to Jason Mamoa and Amber Heard. I enjoyed the Black Manta side story and stick around during the end credits for more about him. The movie is fun. It’s not on the top Marvel level, but it’s not joyless like many of the early DC films have been. If you like the genre, it’s worth seeing. I got into it despite its problems.

Rating (***) (B)