Review of Aquaman (2018) by Kenmei — 27 Dec 2018

This is a very self-aware movie that knows what it's doing by ignoring the many plot holes, to focus on the fun times offered by Jason Mamoa whenever he's on screen. Amber Heard does a great job as Mera, who really steals the show half the time she's on screen and has wonderful chemistry with Mamoa.

There are many plot holes however. Things that just aren't explained before they move onto the next portion of the movie. And the main villain is almost comically evil throughout the movie. Even though he's well acted, it comes off at a little bland for my tastes.

The visuals were great, even if most of the outfits throughout the movie are seemingly ripped from a bad 70's comic book movie. But there's just a ton of fun to be had with this movie. Especially considering the fact that the DC movies have just been utter garbage up to this point, besides Wonder Woman.

It was nice to watch a movie that didn't feel like it needed to be the savior of the DC cinematic universe. It knew what it wanted to be throughout the movie and it doesn't apologize for a lot of the negative aspects that come with it.

I respect the filmmakers decision to do that and it might have saved this movie from being a total piece of crap if they had tried to change anything.