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I know everyone else has been seeing the Spider-verse movie, but my mom isn't super thirsty for Jake Johnson. So.
I think the wrong approach to an Aquaman movie would've been to conclude that the entire character is a joke and redesign him from the ground up. And this movie didn't do that, so thank god. Instead, the filmmakers decided to take all the goofy comic book shit at face value and extract as much fun and joy out of it as possible, up to and including an army of crab men rendered in loving CGI detail.
The result is not quite as personally affecting for me as Wonder Woman, but definitely better than basically every other DCEU movie so far. I never saw Justice League, so I can't say whether Jason Momoa's performance is better or worse than in that movie. But I can say that if you hold The Little Mermaid responsible for your sexual awakening, this movie has a lot to offer you.
I love how the Aquaman power that everyone makes fun of ("Ha ha, he talks to fish, what a stupid superpower") is, in this movie, the eleventh-hour ability that saves the day and, arguably, the most badass thing Aquaman can do. Fuck you, Whedon.
It's also notable that Aquaman learns the lesson that Superman failed to, at least in the DCEU. When Superman snapped Zod's neck in Man of Steel, there were a whole bunch of fanboys swearing up and down that this would be the catalyst for Superman's vow to never kill. Which, of course, never happened, because Superman in the DCEU experiences no character development whatsoever. Aquaman, meanwhile, lets a guy die (i.e. doesn't even actually kill him), and this turns out to be a decision that bites him in the ass and prompts him to change and grow.
As a final note, this movie is 142 minutes long and my showing included 10 minutes of pre-roll ads. Not trailers. Ads. The trailers were an additional 10 minutes. I think I've figured out why nobody goes to see movies in the theatre anymore.
Anyway, if you plan to do literally anything else after you see Aquaman, make sure you catch an early showtime.
I think the wrong approach to an Aquaman movie would've been to conclude that the entire character is a joke and redesign him from the ground up. And this movie didn't do that, so thank god. Instead, the filmmakers decided to take all the goofy comic book shit at face value and extract as much fun and joy out of it as possible, up to and including an army of crab men rendered in loving CGI detail.
The result is not quite as personally affecting for me as Wonder Woman, but definitely better than basically every other DCEU movie so far. I never saw Justice League, so I can't say whether Jason Momoa's performance is better or worse than in that movie. But I can say that if you hold The Little Mermaid responsible for your sexual awakening, this movie has a lot to offer you.
I love how the Aquaman power that everyone makes fun of ("Ha ha, he talks to fish, what a stupid superpower") is, in this movie, the eleventh-hour ability that saves the day and, arguably, the most badass thing Aquaman can do. Fuck you, Whedon.
It's also notable that Aquaman learns the lesson that Superman failed to, at least in the DCEU. When Superman snapped Zod's neck in Man of Steel, there were a whole bunch of fanboys swearing up and down that this would be the catalyst for Superman's vow to never kill. Which, of course, never happened, because Superman in the DCEU experiences no character development whatsoever. Aquaman, meanwhile, lets a guy die (i.e. doesn't even actually kill him), and this turns out to be a decision that bites him in the ass and prompts him to change and grow.
As a final note, this movie is 142 minutes long and my showing included 10 minutes of pre-roll ads. Not trailers. Ads. The trailers were an additional 10 minutes. I think I've figured out why nobody goes to see movies in the theatre anymore.
Anyway, if you plan to do literally anything else after you see Aquaman, make sure you catch an early showtime.
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Date: 2019-01-04 04:47 am (UTC)