Review of Aquaman (2018) by Jonathan D — 05 Jan 2019

Unfortunately, Aquaman is a film gasping for air. Hobbled by a messy and overstuffed screenplay, poorly developed characters, and a patchwork of unimaginative action sequences stretched across bloated running time. The film suffers through an identity crisis. It wants to embrace the campy Silver Age comics but it also wants to try to be serious and feels like a patchwork of many films. Yet Aquaman shows sparks of hope throughout, with visual finesse and one of the most fantastic openings in the genre. At times, Aquaman contains the hints of a blockbuster ready to engulf the world.

From giant sea creatures swimming around to Vulko riding a giant hammerhead shark, the film doesnt lack In its imaginative ways to transform the ocean into a wonderous setting.But its default mode is paint-by-the-numbers action, by the time youve reached the finale there has been over a dozen or so clashes with very little character work injected into the film which makes the 3rd act quite hollow despite its spectacle. Instead of making one Aquaman movie, James Wan has made three or four films. Wasting away what could have been great storylines for future films. The film never takes the opportunity of get you invested in these characters. When the opportunity to do so arises,s a damn action sequence or laborious exposition is put in its place. congrats DC/WB you learned nothing besides incorporating a new color scheme. it's Green Lantern 2.0 but with better visuals.