I am not a big DC fan. The only movies I enjoy from DC is probably Wonder Woman and now Aquaman.

Aquaman is vibrant and colourful, but only at the first half. The colour palette makes the movie look so beautiful, you can take any picture from the movie and it will look great. King Orm’s troops has a colourful white amour, which kind of reminds me of Power Rangers. But the second half of the movie changed its tone to be sort of dark which is sudden and ruins the light hearted mood of the movie.

For the action scenes, Aquaman succeeds in it when there are multiple enemies and the ‘good guy’ fights them in one camera shot with no cuts. This makes the action scenes easy to see and just looks incredible, rather than shaky camera with multiple cuts in most action scenes.

Arthur Curry as a person is not really knowledgeable, but that is what makes him humours in the movie. He also makes movie reference throughout the movie, as he is from Earth and now in a new environment which is Atlantis.

Now for the problems of this movie. I think when movies introduce a new world to the audience, it should feel real. But for Aquaman, Atlantis only feels like a battleground for people to fight in. There is nothing that makes Atlantis feel like a world with life in it. Another problem is how they try to fit too much story into the movie. This movie is not a origin movie anymore, it feels more like a adventure story.

Lastly is Black Manta, he has a good backstory at the start but when it comes to his revenge plot point, he did nothing. King Orm just uses him like an accessory and soon you will forget he was in the movie to begin with. James Was should have kept him for a sequel, maybe using the post credit scenes to tease him. But instead, he mixed two villains stories and now one of them got nothing to do.

Overall, I still enjoyed this movie. James Was tried to do the best he can and it still turned out great. It was even sometimes hilarious. There was a line that’s said ” We have harnessed energy long while others still think the Earth is flat”. But even thought the lines was said about the past, it still applies now because people still are stubborn to admit that the earth isn’t flat.

James Was also put out an important message through your the film, which I think is great. This message is that we humans have polluted the Earth and I hope this movie changes some people to hopefully learn to not pollute the environment.

Ratings: 7/10

If Wonder Woman is a good DC film with its dark tone, this is a good DC film with its lighter tone