2017’s Wonder Woman seems to have kicked DC in the pants. The studio made Aquaman “Marvelesque“. Having witnessed the last ten years of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) this seems to have been a smart move.
Aquaman was enjoyable. I do think they crammed too much into it and they could have easily trimmed a half hour off the movie. It would have been more effective. There were sections of the movie where I felt the length. They could have put off the Black Manta storyline until Aquaman 2 and it wouldn’t have changed a thing with Geoff John’s excellent storyline.
The cast is excellent and you can bet your fins that Jason Mamoa is going to be in a lot of action movies. He plays a hero who is layered with loyalty, humility, arrogance and courage. Rupert Gregson-Williams, like his brother Harry, is an excellent composer and I enjoyed the musical score. The CGI effects are terrific—much better than Justice League—and I enjoyed the epic imagination of director James Wan and his conceptual artists who came up with stunning new worlds beneath the waves. I also enjoyed seeing the DCU begin to develop its own onscreen mythology with all the undersea kingdoms.
Aquaman was mostly a pleasure to watch and with Wonder Woman and now Aquaman I have a new hope for the DC Cinematic Universe. We will see who they get for Superman and Batman and how they are going to fix the two foundational characters. DC really got themselves into a jam. Shazam is up next. We will see how he flies.
Two Thumbs up for the King of Atlantis.
No comments:
Post a Comment