Aquaman starring Jason Mamoa and Amber Heard splashes into theaters this weekend. Did it manage to keep its head above water? I say yes. I also say that I’m going to keep going with the ocean puns.
DC has now graced us with a badass version of the titular hero portrayed by Mamoa that i actually respect and dare I say loved (wow, me loving Aquaman, this must be a parallel universe)? Mamoa portrays and Aquaman who is a strong fighter outside of the sea and the writers also managed to make talking to fish really cool and useful. Instead of the campy orange and green wetsuit we’ve seen Aquaman in before (sorry if you’re a fan but its dorky) we got a practical (and dope) body armor that Arthur (spoiler maybe?) had to earn. But most of the movie we had a shirtless Mamoa (again, thank you writers and James Wan) kicking ass.
But the film isn’t without faults (you gotta be real nerdy to get that). If you aren’t a huge stan of the DC Atlantis lore that this movie will be harder to follow. I defiantly did not get all the Atlantis info in one watch and I still don’t completely know what Arthur Curry’s powers are (other than talking to fish). In Act two they through out the words “Atlantian Steel” which I didn’t know existed until that point and now I want some. I also didn’t know that the seven kingdoms of Atlantis didn’t all live in Atlantis (outside the trench people cause duh) until the beginning of the third act.
But overall it give this film two flippers up (too much?).
(P.S. This movie is just The Sword in the Stone but under the sea and starring Thor, tell me I’m wrong)
“This is BADASS”