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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2018 21:21:31 GMT
I felt like I was watching a sequel to a movie I hadn't seen. Maybe it you needed to follow the comics? They tried to put too much in it. A first film with more of him coming into his powers and more background on Atlantean mythology and the different kingdoms would have been nice. Black Manta could have been the antagonist in a first film. His presence seemed pointless in this entry.
I also kind of wonder what Dwayne Johnson would have done with the role. It was his kind of movie, and while he isn't an Oscar movie actor, what he does he does well. Momoa is great at being Khal Drogo but that's where it ends for me. Willem Dafoe was great in his small role.
The effects were fun and comic-book like, which gets a pass from me in an underwater world. I'm still confused about why some of them can breathe air and water and some only water.
Over all, a bit of a missed opportunity IMO. 6.5/10
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Post by James on Dec 30, 2018 21:45:09 GMT
I know what you mean. I do wish they had a bit more detail between his infant life and his superhero life.
Also I think that some Atlanteans were able to breathe in air for being able to adapt to it more, like a biological thing. That or because Arthur Currie (Aquaman), and possibly Mera too, were born half-human.
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Post by politicidal on Dec 31, 2018 0:21:18 GMT
I liked Momoa a lot as Aquaman. It was like seeing a younger Dwayne Johnson, who's playing Black Adam in the DCEU anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2018 9:08:32 GMT
It was okay indeed. Visually it rips off just to many movies. Avatar, Life of Pi, The Abyss, Pirates on the Carribean, The little Mermaid, Gladiator, The phantom Menace, even The Matrix. The list is endless.
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Post by cwsims on Jan 1, 2019 14:59:01 GMT
I loved it
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Post by Tristan's Journal on Jan 4, 2019 10:49:52 GMT
I felt like I was watching a sequel to a movie I hadn't seen. Maybe it you needed to follow the comics? They tried to put too much in it. A first film with more of him coming into his powers and more background on Atlantean mythology and the different kingdoms would have been nice. Black Manta could have been the antagonist in a first film. His presence seemed pointless in this entry. I also kind of wonder what Dwayne Johnson would have done with the role. It was his kind of movie, and while he isn't an Oscar movie actor, what he does he does well. Momoa is great at being Khal Drogo but that's where it ends for me. Willem Dafoe was great in his small role. The effects were fun and comic-book like, which gets a pass from me in an underwater world. I'm still confused about why some of them can breathe air and water and some only water. Over all, a bit of a missed opportunity IMO. 6.5/10 The character was introduced in two DCEU movies before. The mythology of Atlantis and the 7 kingdoms was explicitly shown and explained in the film via flashbacks and exposition. The reasons why some of the Atlanteans can breathe air and water and some only water is explicitly showns and spelled out in the movie. |
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Post by Tristan's Journal on Jan 5, 2019 9:42:06 GMT
I probably won't bother. It looks too routine for me and Momoa can't act for s<>t. This is THE 3D IMAX event movie of the last few years due to the exceptional art design, action sequences and world building. The story is a classic hero's journey. Momoa can't act indeed. Yet here he can. It's charisma overload, he carries the movie. Woman/Gays want him, Men want to be like him. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2019 13:46:19 GMT
I probably won't bother. It looks too routine for me and Momoa can't act for s<>t. It's worth seeing if you are really into special effects but everything else was way underdeveloped. That said, I won't be bothering with the sequel in theaters. It's worth a watch on streaming though. |
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Post by Tristan's Journal on Jan 5, 2019 13:51:47 GMT
This is THE 3D IMAX event movie of the last few years due to the exceptional art design, action sequences and world building. The story is a classic hero's journey. Momoa can't act indeed. Yet here he can. It's charisma overload, he carries the movie. Woman/Gays want him, Men want to be like him. That is a bit of an over generalization. What women and gay men want him, and what men want to be like him? It's what they said about James Bond, it was not meant literally. Polls shows that more moms than dads watch Aquaman. Female audiences love this film too despite the heavy focus on (superb) action. www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2018/12/aquaman-is-a-box-office-monster-thanks-to-female-fans.html |
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Post by DC-Fan on Jan 5, 2019 17:27:47 GMT
Interesting. It says that 52% of the audience is female. That was also the case with Wonder Woman. Most CBMs have an audience that is over 50% male. Wonder Woman and Aquaman are the only 2 CBMs with an audience that was over 50% female. DCEU has been able to draw in an audience of female viewers in large numbers that no other CBM studio has been able to draw in. That's probably due to the fact that the female characters in Wonder Woman and Aquaman are strong characters who can stand up for themselves and defend themselves. Compared to a crap movie like Black Panther, where the female characters are weak and can't stand up for themselves and need to beg men to fight their battles for them. |
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Post by Tristan's Journal on Jan 5, 2019 19:34:30 GMT
Interesting. It says that 52% of the audience is female. That was also the case with Wonder Woman. Most CBMs have an audience that is over 50% male. Wonder Woman and Aquaman are the only 2 CBMs with an audience that was over 50% female. DCEU has been able to draw in an audience of female viewers in large numbers that no other CBM studio has been able to draw in. That's probably due to the fact that the female characters in Wonder Woman and Aquaman are strong characters who can stand up for themselves and defend themselves. Compared to a crap movie like Black Panther, where the female characters are weak and can't stand up for themselves and need to beg men to fight their battles for them. Aquaman is DC, they have a lot of interesting female characters: Wonder Woman, Batwoman and Harley Quinn; on TV: Supergirl, Batwoman etc. And they explore them, female audiences appreciate that. Aquaman too has two strong females: Mera who saves Aqua's butt and is his brains, and his mother Queen Atllanna - the best quotable dialogue is typically uttered by the females. Marvel is known for it's rather bland female background characters, there is leaked correspondence where Marvel executives like Ike Perlmutter say that they want no females as they don't sell enough. Accordingly, MCU after 22 films has still no female leads. Only after the success of WW (most profitable CBM in 2017) Cap Marvel will be the first female led MCU in 2019. It will be very exiting to see if they overcompensate by creating a all-powerful, better-than everybody Mary Sue or create something valuable. |
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Post by NewtJorden on Jan 5, 2019 20:01:20 GMT
Yeah, it was ok. Better than i expected it to be, but overall it was just ok. But as i seen at various places on the internet, you are not allowed to say it was just ok.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jan 5, 2019 21:44:45 GMT
I would have called it okay if it was about 30 minutes shorter. By the time he finally gets his suit, I was ready to go home.
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Post by bluerisk on Jan 5, 2019 21:50:13 GMT
Interesting. It says that 52% of the audience is female. That was also the case with Wonder Woman. Most CBMs have an audience that is over 50% male. Wonder Woman and Aquaman are the only 2 CBMs with an audience that was over 50% female. DCEU has been able to draw in an audience of female viewers in large numbers that no other CBM studio has been able to draw in. That's probably due to the fact that the female characters in Wonder Woman and Aquaman are strong characters who can stand up for themselves and defend themselves. Compared to a crap movie like Black Panther, where the female characters are weak and can't stand up for themselves and need to beg men to fight their battles for them. Amber Heard's red hairs look awful imho und yet I thoroughly enjoyed her performance and chemistry with Aquaman/Momoa. But I find WW to be massively overrated. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2019 22:00:57 GMT
Interesting. It says that 52% of the audience is female. That was also the case with Wonder Woman. Most CBMs have an audience that is over 50% male. Wonder Woman and Aquaman are the only 2 CBMs with an audience that was over 50% female. DCEU has been able to draw in an audience of female viewers in large numbers that no other CBM studio has been able to draw in. That's probably due to the fact that the female characters in Wonder Woman and Aquaman are strong characters who can stand up for themselves and defend themselves. Compared to a crap movie like Black Panther, where the female characters are weak and can't stand up for themselves and need to beg men to fight their battles for them. Amber Heard's red hairs look awful imho und yet I thoroughly enjoyed her performance and chemistry with Aquaman/Momoa. But I find WW to be massively overrated. Her hair kind of felt like a nod to the Little Mermaid. I liked it, it fit in with the comic book-like underwater landscape which was one of the stronger aspects of the film IMO. I preferred WW to this, but I am totally biased seeing as there is a pic of me in WW underoos when I was 3 😂 Lynda Carter will always be WW to me. I even named my truck after her. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2019 23:39:03 GMT
I've tried to see it twice now and was foiled both times. I'm a guy that gives up pretty easily, so I will now probably just wait for the blu ray disc to show up at Costco.
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Post by miike80 on Jan 11, 2019 8:24:03 GMT
Yeah, it was barely ok, which is a step forward for the DCEU, if we don't count WW
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Post by Vits on Feb 1, 2019 11:52:56 GMT
Let's talk about a movie where a super-hero with long hair and a lot of muscles finds himself in the middle of a monarchical conflict where the villain is his brother, and he ends up in a world full of bright colors where he has to battle someone in an arena in front of a big audience. You don't want to talk about the THOR trilogy? Then let's talk about AQUAMAN. I was never bored, but I was never fully entertained either. Jason Momoa showed in JUSTICE LEAGUE that he was funny and charismatic, but now he needed to show if it was enough to carry a movie. Thanks to those traits plus his dramatic talent, he commands the screen. Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson and Dolph Lundgren's performances are good too. In the first scene with PRINCE ORM MARIUS (the title character's brother), another character says "You'll become the OCEAN MASTER." Then, we hear "dum dum dum"... and it's not even a plot twist! That should be give you an idea of how bad Rupert Gregson-Williams' score is. By the way, none of the songs fit. The DC Extended Universe is taking a new direction that avoids using a dark tone and color palette. Honestly, those elements aren't bad; it's how they're used. While there is a gorgeous shot involving a flare under water, the images overall are so overly-bright that I'd rather look at BATMAN V SUPERMAN's. WONDER WOMAN on the other hand had arguably the best cinematography of the 6 installments so far. Also, it explored some deep issues while keeping a light tone, while this movie has the complexity of KHAL DROGO trying to teach the code of etiquette. I know, this is a comedy that doesn't take itself too seriously. I'd be OK with that if the makers hadn't used the New 52 comics as inspiration. Why not choose something lighter? I read the first 25 issues (plus a couple of crossover issues from other series) and they were clearly a way to re-invent the character from being a punchline into someone heroic but with personal demons. In fact, while there were storylines involving battles between good vs evil, the true nature of the conflicts were emotional and the antagonists were such anti-villains (they did bad things with good intentions) to the point where a good amount of readers took their side. This movie removes the depth of the characters and the storylines (especially NUIDIS VULKO (Atlantis' counselor)). They don't even take advantage of the 1st storyline's self-awareness. They use a different type of humour and the jokes are hit-or-miss. Even if I hadn't read those comics, my opinion would be the same. The movie introduces a personal conflict for the protagonist (not wanting to be King) and, by the end of the movie, he has changed his mind without much trouble. I also didn't like how the center of the Earth looks too much like Planet Pandora. The only truly original aspect is that the GODZILLA-like monster that appears in the middle of a huge battle between 2 armies is on the hero's side. The action sequence during the opening flashback is hard to follow, while the most exciting action sequence is the one in Sicily. The moment where our hero takes the trident that grants him control over the seven seas and then steps out with his new suit is truly rousing. 5/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2019 13:17:37 GMT
It was indeed OK. Those atrocious underwater scenes looked like a play station 3 game. The Oscars were indeed right to not to grace it with a nomination for visual effects.
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Post by RedDeadFallout on Feb 5, 2019 13:36:49 GMT
Interesting. It says that 52% of the audience is female. That was also the case with Wonder Woman. Most CBMs have an audience that is over 50% male. Wonder Woman and Aquaman are the only 2 CBMs with an audience that was over 50% female. DCEU has been able to draw in an audience of female viewers in large numbers that no other CBM studio has been able to draw in. That's probably due to the fact that the female characters in Wonder Woman and Aquaman are strong characters who can stand up for themselves and defend themselves. Compared to a crap movie like Black Panther, where the female characters are weak and can't stand up for themselves and need to beg men to fight their battles for them. Aquaman is DC, they have a lot of interesting female characters: Wonder Woman, Batwoman and Harley Quinn; on TV: Supergirl, Batwoman etc. And they explore them, female audiences appreciate that. Aquaman too has two strong females: Mera who saves Aqua's butt and is his brains, and his mother Queen Atllanna - the best quotable dialogue is typically uttered by the females. Marvel is known for it's rather bland female background characters, there is leaked correspondence where Marvel executives like Ike Perlmutter say that they want no females as they don't sell enough. Accordingly, MCU after 22 films has still no female leads. Only after the success of WW (most profitable CBM in 2017) Cap Marvel will be the first female led MCU in 2019. It will be very exiting to see if they overcompensate by creating a all-powerful, better-than everybody Mary Sue or create something valuable. You're trying too hard, no one gives a shit. |
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