Movie Review: Aquaman.

James Wan's Aquaman seems to deliver the goods that the fans have been expecting from the DCEU after the disaster in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League. It still does not match up to the wit, style and character that the Wonder Woman film brought, but it is an improvement nonetheless. Jason Momoa brings a light touch to the role and is very pleasing to the eye, making the character bearable enough. The rest of the caste have also delivered satisfactory performances, which was crucial for the success of this film. 

Apart from the caste, this film is a visual spectacle, with a lot of CGI action, although at one point of time it gives out the feeling of being an underwater mess, with too much action going on beneath the water for a good 2 and a half hours. However, if you're a comic book fan and you really get the character of Aquaman, you might end up liking the amount of underwater fighting and action that takes place for a long period in this film. This is a pure cinema movie, and if you're planning to watch it at home on a laptop or a TV, then you might not enjoy it as much and are bound to get bored at some point of time because the visual impact that envelopes the cinema hall will be completely lost and it would become a complete drag. No recent film (not of this scale, anyway) has had been so visually pleasing with the underwater world of Atlantis completely capturing the audience.

The story and the dialogues look like they've been taken right out of a comic book where we see our hero Arthur, the king-to-be's beginning as the offspring of Queen Atlanna (Nicole Kidman), the queen of Atlantis, engaged in a love affair with a man of the land, a simple lighthouse-keeper (Temeura Morrison). Soon, we see him growing up, not with any vision to be a king, or to stake his claim on the throne, slowly and surely, as time elapses being thrust into the underwater kingdom of Atlantis to stake his claim on the throne, in order to stop a battle that his half-brother, King Orn (Patrick Wilson) is about to wage against the men of the land, frustrated with them dumping their poisonous garbage and attacking the underwater world time and again. Arthur is mentored by Vulko (Willem Dafoe), an aide to the king and supported by Mera (Amber Heard), daughter of King Nereus. There is also the mercenary and killer, Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen), who, if you stick around for the post-credits scene, you will see another glimpse of him, and the path that is forming towards an imminent sequel.

The producers have definitely not left any stone unturned to make Aquaman's cinematic career a successful one in the DCEU. 

The background score by Rupert-Gregson Williams is pretty badass too and adds to the overall feel of the movie.

All-in-all, the story and the script is enjoyable and so is the movie, overall, but the visual effects take the star-turn here. Comic book and superhero movie fans who have lost faith in the DCEU should go watch this movie. 

My rating for this movie would be - 7.5/10.

Let me know in the comments your views on Acquaman, or if you haven't yet watched it, tell me if you plan to watch it or not, and why.