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Aquaman |OT| Romance of the Sea Kingdoms
- Thread starter Rvaan
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Saw it on Saturday, I enjoyed it, it is one of the better DC films, not as good as Wonder Woman though.
I really liked John Carter, never really got why everyone decided to shit all over it.
Ugly visual design, stilted acting, and painful pacing. John Carter might be the worst big budget sci-fi movie I've seen, down there with Green Lantern.
Everything I've seen Taylor Kitsch in bombs.
Maybe if they got Sam Worthington instead.
Hell Momoa would have been perfect.
Yeah Taylor has three mediocre films in a row, John Carter, Battleship & Lone Survivor.
I'm still pissed off that I watched a Battleship movie that at NO point does anyone exclaim, you sank my Battleship.
Too many movies want to act seriously with their dumb concepts instead of leaning into the dumb. Like Geostorm!
But how they incorporated the actual battleship game mechanics into the film was just a beautiful piece of eye rolling nonsense. I remember the entire cinema groaned when they realised what was happening.
They needed a way to translate this non-sense into a full movie
If you didn't like Wonder Woman it's hard to take this seriously.
The Sahara bit was just okay, I really loved the whole Italy part though.
The trench and thereafter is all great.
I liked the Indiana Jones feel of it.
I think the Sahara stuff is enjoyable (and it has some good character moments), but it is hurt somewhat by coming right after the amazing first Atlantis bit and being followed by the Sicily scenes. Compared to those, it's much less visually compelling (although the Kingdom of the Deserters looked really nice). From the arrival in Sicily through the end of the movie I don't think there's really a dull moment.
Yeah I agree.
The only shaky moment for me was the submarine section. Although by the end of the movie Arthur realises his mistake, I couldn't feel sympathy for Manta or his father.
Trench sequence is the standout for me. Visually stunning and tense throughout.
I saw this last night and loved it. I was impressed by the trailer but I wasn't sure if it would actually all come together or not. It is totally batshit insane and I so much fun. There is real craft on display too with some incredibly striking visuals (Atlantis, the Trench) and some great action setpieces. The score was pretty great at times too.
Easily the best DC movie yet.
Easily the best DC movie yet.
Suprised to see that it was not a dumpster fire!
Some great fight choreography, some good tracks on the soundtrack, ILM was given all the money in the world to do great CGI. Black Manta was great and i want a solo film from him! :D
Some great fight choreography, some good tracks on the soundtrack, ILM was given all the money in the world to do great CGI. Black Manta was great and i want a solo film from him! :D
Reflecting on the last third of the film, I think its up there with the very best in any CBM.
It comes together wonderfully. The LotR-esque sequence and final confrontation between Orm and Arthur is very well done with amazing cinematography and CGI throughout.
It comes together wonderfully. The LotR-esque sequence and final confrontation between Orm and Arthur is very well done with amazing cinematography and CGI throughout.
Spoiler, but set video of a scene that didn't make it in the movie.
At the beginning when Mera approaches Arthur, a drunk guy approaches Mera and she splashes the beer out of his bottle.
I really really want to see them redo the "is he/she with you? scene"
Willens is one of the coolest movie related youtubers out there. Check out his channel if you haven't:
His Aquaman The Teen Drama short episodes are absolutely glorious:
And while I disagree with him that Aquaman is a better film than Infinity War, it's way closer than anyone could be possibly expecting.
Watching it!
It's surprisingly decent. I didn't love it nor hate it. I think it has great moments and moments that felt unnecessary. It's a mixed bag but overall I liked it. I find it hilarious how self aware this movie is such as calling out the names of villains which is great for people who aren't fans but me and a few of my other friends who are big into the comic scene groaned a bit because it happened twice. The action scenes are good and the visuals are amazing. I think this movie is a fine popcorn flick but lacks a good paced structure or even having the movie flow from scene to scene. Ocean Master is pretty cliche villain kinda hate him. He makes a comment in the film that annoyed me because his motivation on why he hates Arthur is bad. Once again me and my friend looked at each other and he asked me, he does know babies don't have a choice of being born...Black Manta is great! Love him! And his reason for hating Aquaman makes sense because he was a dick in the situation. I just think overall this movie has a lot of great things going for it but it's just scraping the surface of a good sequel. If you're going into it expecting a great story with a good main antagonist just lower your expectations. Does this movie seem to redeem the universe they created? Not really but it's a step in the right direction. I would say it's slighty worse then the first thor because of the chemistry is better in thor. Visuals are great but they're meaningless if it has no substance. I would give this a 6/10
Ranking: Wonder Woman (7.5), Man of Steel (7.5) , Aquaman (6), Justice League (6-5.5), Batman V Superman (5.5), Suicide Squad (5)
It's surprisingly decent. I didn't love it nor hate it. I think it has great moments and moments that felt unnecessary. It's a mixed bag but overall I liked it. I find it hilarious how self aware this movie is such as calling out the names of villains which is great for people who aren't fans but me and a few of my other friends who are big into the comic scene groaned a bit because it happened twice. The action scenes are good and the visuals are amazing. I think this movie is a fine popcorn flick but lacks a good paced structure or even having the movie flow from scene to scene. Ocean Master is pretty cliche villain kinda hate him. He makes a comment in the film that annoyed me because his motivation on why he hates Arthur is bad. Once again me and my friend looked at each other and he asked me, he does know babies don't have a choice of being born...Black Manta is great! Love him! And his reason for hating Aquaman makes sense because he was a dick in the situation. I just think overall this movie has a lot of great things going for it but it's just scraping the surface of a good sequel. If you're going into it expecting a great story with a good main antagonist just lower your expectations. Does this movie seem to redeem the universe they created? Not really but it's a step in the right direction. I would say it's slighty worse then the first thor because of the chemistry is better in thor. Visuals are great but they're meaningless if it has no substance. I would give this a 6/10
Ranking: Wonder Woman (7.5), Man of Steel (7.5) , Aquaman (6), Justice League (6-5.5), Batman V Superman (5.5), Suicide Squad (5)
This movie was good, on par with Wonder Woman.
Visually.. It was stunning, full actions package and the action was well filmed, especially the one shot type of filming that reminded me to the Kingsman movies.
Jason Momoa nailed the character, Princess Mera got my heartbeat stopped for like a second every time she showed up out of the water wearing THAT green Atlant dress ..
The story was okay, there was a good sense of adventure. The best act of the movie was without doubt the "Third Act"
About the villains, Black Mantha was all right, the action scene in Italy was the best action part of the movie.
The only problem I had with this movie was this massive battle scene. I thought the battle scene just appeared out of nowhere without any fucking built up behind it; like they were obliged to just end this movie with massive battle epicness before they even started writting the movie script.
The massive battle was visually all right, but dude... It just felt meeeh after all we had seen, and no having a built up made it feel stale in my sincere opinion.
Visually.. It was stunning, full actions package and the action was well filmed, especially the one shot type of filming that reminded me to the Kingsman movies.
Jason Momoa nailed the character, Princess Mera got my heartbeat stopped for like a second every time she showed up out of the water wearing THAT green Atlant dress ..
The story was okay, there was a good sense of adventure. The best act of the movie was without doubt the "Third Act"
which starts in Italy and ends after THAT amazing chasing scene under water with those thousands of creatures
About the villains, Black Mantha was all right, the action scene in Italy was the best action part of the movie.
The only problem I had with this movie was this massive battle scene. I thought the battle scene just appeared out of nowhere without any fucking built up behind it; like they were obliged to just end this movie with massive battle epicness before they even started writting the movie script.
The massive battle was visually all right, but dude... It just felt meeeh after all we had seen, and no having a built up made it feel stale in my sincere opinion.
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Did anyone else notice how much Mera looks like Ariel from The Little Mermaid?
Princess, red hair, green scales, pink dress...your move, Disney!
Princess, red hair, green scales, pink dress...your move, Disney!
It was a wild and enjoyable romp. Really had a good time with the movie and felt it was the most consistent and harmonic DCU movie to date. Only thing that bugged me a little was the humor. I felt it was kinda too try hard sometimes. But yeah, highly recommend it to anyone who wants to see a good superhero flick.
Just saw it
I liked it quite a bit, I don't think it's nearly as tight of a film as Wonder Woman. Didn't think it was paced that great but the spectacle is nuts and an achievement in itself
I think it's a bit too goofy for it's own good but I appreciate that they really went for it.
Some weird bits of CG (some of the human models, especially early on, have a weird framey look to them?) but some really striking visuals. One scene in particular was an obvious Alex Ross homage, looked gorgeous.
Movie ends strong as hell. Sure, there's a big CG mess fight for the sake of it but you gotta appreciate them just going all out
I really liked the original score but it got a bit obnoxious with some of the licensed music popping up at new scenes. Not Suicide Squad levels of terrible in that regard, but I think there was definitely a stretch of like 3 scenes in close proximity where they did it and it was a bit annoying. Was surprised that they went for a more cyberpunky synth soundtrack but I dug it a lot
I think the Aqua Parents relationship is strong overall but the scenes in the opening are kind of awkward. It doesn't help that the de-aging makeup makes the dad look unnatural as hell
Mera was awesome, glad she gets plenty of shine throughout the film
I wouldn't call it a great movie but it's worth seeing? Probably?
I liked it quite a bit, I don't think it's nearly as tight of a film as Wonder Woman. Didn't think it was paced that great but the spectacle is nuts and an achievement in itself
I think it's a bit too goofy for it's own good but I appreciate that they really went for it.
Some weird bits of CG (some of the human models, especially early on, have a weird framey look to them?) but some really striking visuals. One scene in particular was an obvious Alex Ross homage, looked gorgeous.
Movie ends strong as hell. Sure, there's a big CG mess fight for the sake of it but you gotta appreciate them just going all out
I really liked the original score but it got a bit obnoxious with some of the licensed music popping up at new scenes. Not Suicide Squad levels of terrible in that regard, but I think there was definitely a stretch of like 3 scenes in close proximity where they did it and it was a bit annoying. Was surprised that they went for a more cyberpunky synth soundtrack but I dug it a lot
I think the Aqua Parents relationship is strong overall but the scenes in the opening are kind of awkward. It doesn't help that the de-aging makeup makes the dad look unnatural as hell
Mera was awesome, glad she gets plenty of shine throughout the film
I wouldn't call it a great movie but it's worth seeing? Probably?