The whole film is just an exercise in mediocrity.
If you expected Aquaman to take place in water, you would only be half correct. For whatever reason, the directors believed the best way to use Aquaman and all his powers was on land. In a desert. In the jungle. In caves. Seemingly anything to avoid the ocean. The best fight scenes were in the ocean. Shocking, I know! Even then, they barely utilize the full range of Aquaman's powers. It seemed like I was watching a weaker version of the Hulk who happened to be good at swimming.
Next comes the "villain". His name is David. Very menacing, right? Oh no, here comes David! There is nothing remotely interesting about the character. He has a cliche motive to avenge his father by killing Aquaman. Never once did big scary David appear like a major threat. He is just there as something for Aquaman to fight and keep the runtime going.
There is nothing that stands out from this movie to set Aquaman apart from any other superhero. It just exists. The settings are always generic and/or underutilized. The CGI is uninspired. The dialogue sounds like it came from an AI being asked to write the script. There never felt like there were any stakes. I have no reason, even if I was a huge Aquaman fan, to care for literally any of the characters. If a superhero film is going to fail in all of that, at least make the action scenes entertaining. It cannot even succeed in that.
Just stay away from this film. It cannot pass even as mindless entertainment. I can only fathom that it was created as a no-effort cash grab by using the Aquaman name with a big-time actor.
If you expected Aquaman to take place in water, you would only be half correct. For whatever reason, the directors believed the best way to use Aquaman and all his powers was on land. In a desert. In the jungle. In caves. Seemingly anything to avoid the ocean. The best fight scenes were in the ocean. Shocking, I know! Even then, they barely utilize the full range of Aquaman's powers. It seemed like I was watching a weaker version of the Hulk who happened to be good at swimming.
Next comes the "villain". His name is David. Very menacing, right? Oh no, here comes David! There is nothing remotely interesting about the character. He has a cliche motive to avenge his father by killing Aquaman. Never once did big scary David appear like a major threat. He is just there as something for Aquaman to fight and keep the runtime going.
There is nothing that stands out from this movie to set Aquaman apart from any other superhero. It just exists. The settings are always generic and/or underutilized. The CGI is uninspired. The dialogue sounds like it came from an AI being asked to write the script. There never felt like there were any stakes. I have no reason, even if I was a huge Aquaman fan, to care for literally any of the characters. If a superhero film is going to fail in all of that, at least make the action scenes entertaining. It cannot even succeed in that.
Just stay away from this film. It cannot pass even as mindless entertainment. I can only fathom that it was created as a no-effort cash grab by using the Aquaman name with a big-time actor.