Amph He Who Talks To The Fishes: James Wan's Aquaman

Saw the movie yesterday.

Spoiler

I thought that the movie was a good action packed movie.

I liked:

The “Ow” scene which got a laugh at the theater.

The toilet bowl scene which got another laugh.

Nicole Kidman kicking butt at the beginning of the movie.

Temura walking the pier everyday waiting for Nicole to come back after she leaves.

Aquman getting the Trident and becoming King Arthur.

The various battle scenes especially the ending one.

I did not like:

Black Mantis storyline which was pretty dumb.

Orm who as Aquaman’s half-brother being so misguided.

It was a pretty fun movie though and one that I will see again.

 

I loved it because it did not apologize even once for what it was. If DC always showed this level of pride in their characters and their stories, they would be so much better off. I love the visuals, I loved the color. I'd love to see Superman handled with this level of love and respect.

This movie made me incredibly happy.

 

Like I said in the DC Cinematic thread I am seeing this with my entire family after Christmas hopefully with the help of Regal Gift Cards because I am broke as a joke right now. From the trailers It looks fantastic I am sure I will love it! But My favorite DC Cinematic movies so far have been Wonder Woman and Man Of Steel gonna take a lot to top Wonder Woman.

 

Probably because the ending sets up Aquaman 2. Which I think will come before any new Justice League films

 

I like her. But she reminds of when I saw Full Metal Jacket and my expectations were so high. I also could get a seat only in the last row and found myself being overly analytical. And I hated 2001 (watched it on TV as a 10-year-old) and Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai the first time I watched them. Loved them by the 3rd time.

TPM took a while to grow for me, but hype I hadn’t seen since ST:TMP. The former I like a lot better, the latter only a little.

I’m so glad I didn’t see the theatrical release of BvS, especially with all the bad reviews and word of mouth. Saw the Snyder Cut this summer and loved it.

The Collider spoiler review had mixed reactions, but all 3 definitely want to see it again and also a sequel.

Scott Mendelssohn and Mark Hughes of Forbes loved it.

I wonder what Jon Schnepp would have thought of it. Think I’ll check out Kevin Smith and John Campea.

 

I absolutely loved Aquaman the Visuals were stunning and It was epic! At no time did I feel bored It was a thrill, It was captivating from start to finish! I will talk about it more in length later I have to relax and rewind after being at the theater!

 

One thing I liked was the underwater scenes I think future films will copy that IMHO it was a game changer in Visual effects. Me and my dad are definitely seeing it again and when we do were taking my nephew he loves Super Hero movies. these types of movies are definitely the type of films you should see a second time to catch all the different things on screen kind of like Star Wars movies. I thought Aquaman was right up there with Wonder Woman my three newer DC Comics favorite movies are,

1.Wonder Woman

2.Aquaman

3.Man Of Steel

all good but very different films oh and I forgot to mention I really liked Suicide Squad!

 

Well it's pretty much a given that this will be the DCU's (since the Nolan films don't technically count) first $1B money maker. Rewind 5 years and who would have thought that Aquaman would be the one to do that, especially with BvS and JL coming out before it.

 

I really liked The Nolan Dark Night Trilogy The Dark Night could have won the Oscar for best picture that Year Heath Ledger was doing some mighty fine acting there!

 

I like this movie a lot as it's totally uber-wacky and embracing the comic book zainess which is a change from Synder's real world-ism, although the wheel started to turn on Justice League, Wonder Woman is fun but pretty serious at times, this is basically Aquaman starts off kicking ass and continues to become a better ass kicker by the end, which I'm actually totally okay with. Little bit of Thor's learning humility but Aquaman isn't stripped of his powers or his hammer, he basically goes on a European vacation. I do think the best stuff in the movie is when he shows up in the classic outfit that the movie frames as his golden quest which is a great way to get people into orange shirts again. And Ocean Master's mask emotes! I do quite like Black Manta although he feels shoehorned in a wee bit as he just disappears for about the last hour. And it's pretty fun that the one time Aquaman has a moment of self-doubt and actual introspection, it's entirely by himself in the clutches of a underwater monster horror nightmare, voiced by Julie Andrews!

One thing I did notice in the underwater scenes there's a underwater blur filter which would be natural but on the closeups once in awhile if you look at the character's eyes (esp on a big AVX screen) it sorta distorts kinda in a awkward way. But very minor nitpick for a movie that looks so great.

 

This take on. Aquaman's archetype:

 

I've just gotten home from the theater and was wowed by the movie. The actors, except Dafoe and Lundgren, are new to me, so they had the appeal of not comparing them to other roles. Flash Gordon was the first thing to mind after seeing the Fishermen, Trench, familiar two-legged Atlanteans, and so forth - all it needed was the Hawkmen.



I just loved it and didn't expect it to be a Power Couple movie at all, but then I stopped reading comics about four years back so maybe the latest comics do more with Mera? Anyway, Momoa, in addition to being smoking hot, did okay as Aquaman. He rushed his lines a little once or twice, yet held up in the dramatic and romantic moments. The effects couldn't have been better, either, seamlessly sliding from land to water. Atlantis was perfectly composed. Since Aquaman became my first superhero love in the Silver Age, not Superman or Batman or any other 'man,' this was a happy 2 hours and 23 minutes. Recognizing Temuera Morrison was the icing on the cake. The aquarium scene with young Arthur hailed back to a favorite panel from a long ago comic, with Art's hand the focus of multiple fish species' attention. Aquaman's ending costume couldn't have been better.

Speaking of ending, upon reading credits to Nick Cardy and Mort Weisinger, my little ol' fan's heart beat faster.

 

Mera's been spotlighted a lot in comics for a while now, going to back to 2009.

In fact, writer Geoff John's said that pushing Mera to the forefront was one of his goals in the company event of Blackest Night.

(Unfortunately, Tempest, the first Aqualad, got downgraded in importance as a result).

Mera's even a member of the Justice League now.

A lot of people thought that Mera would be the seventh member of the Justice League film in 2017. (Green Lantern wasn't in it)

 

This is the scene - it might be Ramona Fradon's art, but I don't know. DC did more than one version of the origin story because they could.

That's very interesting - thanks for clarifying! I got a real kick out of her shaping hard water attacks and using her powers to resuscitate Morrison showed that the writers gave her interesting things to do. Yay girl power!

 

For a billion dollar film, this thread surprisingly only has four pages.

 

It's not a very "deep" movie, despite being at the depths of the Ocean. I saw a comparison to a Fast and Furious franchise and I think that's apt. Aquaman was basically the Fast and Furious of superhero movies. Which isn't a bad thing! It's just not hugely inspiring. Is good and fun, yay!

 

It was spectacular. Meaning, it was all spectacle, no substance.

 

I do quite like that the one moment of genuine character introspection that Arthur has is completely by himself at the bottom of the oceans trapped in the clutches of the Julie Andrews voiced deep sea monster. It actually totally fits the character as he's been presented. Everything else he's just all "yahoooo!!"

 

So Heard/Depp trial big ole mess, Heard Mera part cut blah blah blah but more importantly, DC head (who was deposed at the trail) says that Aquaman 2 is a "buddy comedy" between Aquaman and Ocean Master. Which sounds kinda great, Patrick Wilson being irritated could be gold.

 

Just stick a red wig on Willem Dafoe. Problem solved.