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Aquaman Tomatometer and Review Thread (Update: Currently 64%)
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The ones highlighted here, sure.
But read around and many reviews are quite positive on the movie.
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I'm hitting the road soon with two more friends so I can get some stuff from work done and then we're going to catch the premiere of this thing later in IMAX. I am excite.
I have the week of Christmas off. I'm going to try and see this in a half empty theater one day when all the normal people are working.
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I can't do it because despite enjoying RT threads I'd rather go with my own mind to the movie theater and only checking reviews afterwards. I've been doing that since literally X1. I can start helping tomorrow tho.
Just saw it. Holy shit what a mess of a movie. It's kinda in-between being bad and good. It's entertaining but also pretty cringe-worthy in parts and the plot/characters are super generic.
CGI darts between good and awful at a moment's notice, the romance and "humour" is frequently embarrassing and the tone wavers from scene to scene. There are some super weird choices like
and a scene where
It just feels like a committee-made movie apart from the action which actually feels like Wan.
It was better than Justice League but I would say temper your expectations. It's clearly pandering to the biggest international audience possible with the most flat, laid-out plot and exposition possible.
CGI darts between good and awful at a moment's notice, the romance and "humour" is frequently embarrassing and the tone wavers from scene to scene. There are some super weird choices like
a scene where Mera is given red roses in Italy and thinks they're food so eats them
Black Manta suits up to a Depeche Mode song LMAO
It just feels like a committee-made movie apart from the action which actually feels like Wan.
It was better than Justice League but I would say temper your expectations. It's clearly pandering to the biggest international audience possible with the most flat, laid-out plot and exposition possible.
I just came out my second viewing and it definitely would place this amongst 2018's best comic book releases. It embraces so much of the characters wacky roots while updating elements forded audiences. Rare to see a superhero movie that doesn't shy away from the source material, instead it just bathes in the ridiculousness.
There a problems however which stem from the awkward pacing and bog standard plot (which just feels generic for a strange hero like Aquaman). I also laughed at the awkward licensed music placement, which felt straight out of a cheesy early 2000s superhero romp.
But, I had so much fun with this adventure flick. James Wan literally just goes ape with colourful visuals and simply outstanding fight scene. Warner Bros. Pictures have a mega franchise in the making with Aquaman! That third act is bonkers. Jason Momoa and Amber Heard are also excellent in their roles.
PS: Somebody greenlight a Black Manta solo movie, because that character is just plain old fun. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II just chews up so much scenery! I'd love for future adventures with that stupid costume (which should totally not work but does).
There a problems however which stem from the awkward pacing and bog standard plot (which just feels generic for a strange hero like Aquaman). I also laughed at the awkward licensed music placement, which felt straight out of a cheesy early 2000s superhero romp.
But, I had so much fun with this adventure flick. James Wan literally just goes ape with colourful visuals and simply outstanding fight scene. Warner Bros. Pictures have a mega franchise in the making with Aquaman! That third act is bonkers. Jason Momoa and Amber Heard are also excellent in their roles.
PS: Somebody greenlight a Black Manta solo movie, because that character is just plain old fun. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II just chews up so much scenery! I'd love for future adventures with that stupid costume (which should totally not work but does).
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In fairness if you're OK with super formulaic origin story stuff and inconsistent CGI it's good enough. I'm just tired of that shit and this had the potential to be so much more imaginative than it was because you can just see Warner Bros. execs' cogs turning while you're watching the film - the decisions are so calculated for that international box office.
The average score is 0.1 higher than Thor Dark World currently. There must be fun and enjoyable moments in it.
Oh man, you most definitely will enjoy Spider-Verse then. There's nothing formulaic about that movie.
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The Dark World is a messy uneven film that I actually kinda love. The only MCU films that I'm sort of meh about it are Ant-Man and The Incredible Hulk. Even Iron Man 2 aged well and got better with time to me.
To be fair, The Dark World is rated way too high for how horribly dull it is.
It's not the train wreck of BvS or Justice League, but its just so average it hurts.
Momoa's charisma and the stunning special effects are the best things about it.
Momoa's charisma and the stunning special effects are the best things about it.
Are you calling non-US audiences stupid ? It's a fun movie . It will be eaten up both outside US and inside US because it's wild, it's cheesy and it knows it is . It's not serious like any past dceu movies not even OG superman.
Not at all, but considering the movie will play subtitled in a lot of regions they want it to play as simplistic as possible so you could basically watch the movie without subs and still get the gist.
How good are the visuals? I'm hearing a range from dogshit to stunning as you've described them.
It's infinitely better than the BS Zack Snyder pulled with the holding breath scene of aquaman in BVS . The underwater stuff is quite well done.
Some parts are decent but nothing is rubbish
Totally mixed bag. Still shots of Atlantis look amazing as does a lot of the big-scale action, but de-aged Willem Dafoe looks like hot garbage, and there's a scene in Orm's chamber that looks like a PS3 game.
Also a lot of the dialogue scenes underwater look really off. Some uncanny valley shit.
James Wan basically took elements of Thor, Thor Ragnarok, Black Panther, Indiana Jones, The Hobbit Battle of the Five Armies and Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters and made it into one film.
I thought personally the first act was only decent but after that I quite enjoyed it. I can see why a fair amout of critics didn't like it but I reckon the general audience will lap this up.
Best DCEU film for me.
I thought personally the first act was only decent but after that I quite enjoyed it. I can see why a fair amout of critics didn't like it but I reckon the general audience will lap this up.
Best DCEU film for me.
Huh. That never occurred to me as a deliberate production decision.
Of course, didn't really there was one. Will edit my post, sorry bud.
EDIT: not seeing it.
So all the DCU movies not involving Zach Snyder have turned out anywhere from decent to great.
Color me shocked.
Shocked I tell ya.
Color me shocked.
Shocked I tell ya.
By all accounts this one seems to be a perfectly fine film, but if the next MCU film came out anywhere close to 75% fresh, fans would be roasting it alive as the worst thing ever.
Idk guys, I recently watched Man of Steel and I have to say, nothing comes close to that first hour.
Gorgeous, gorgeous film
http://i.imgur.com/8eZW1md.jpg
Gorgeous, gorgeous film
http://i.imgur.com/8eZW1md.jpg
I'm still convinced that film gets way too much hate.
I think time has been pretty kind too it. More I see people either admit to liking it or, among those who disliked it, more people are saying the initial reaction was a bit much.
Saw this last night. The wife and I thought it was good but not great. Some of the dialogue is quite cringe worthy. But it is definitely much better than Justice League.
Throughout the movie I just kept thinking how they managed to make an Aquaman movie feel so much more epic in size and scale than Justice League.
Throughout the movie I just kept thinking how they managed to make an Aquaman movie feel so much more epic in size and scale than Justice League.
For as much shit people give Snyder(a lot of it deserved). The man has a really strong sense of visual style and honestly I would like to see him return on another project. Just have him direct and not write, and do not let Terrio touch anything again.
Snyder directed Crime Syndicate could be pretty cool if it doesn't take itself super seriously
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I'm honestly legitimately impressed by this film. Momoa is still pretty much rough around the edges and the film weakest link, but I see the potential of him eventually getting better. I need to see it again, but my impression so far is that while the story is indeed the formulaic origin story, it might rivalize Infinity War to me in terms of spectacle.
It's way better than an Aquaman film had any right to be, especially after how atrocious BvS and JL were. It's not the best DC film in the DCEU imho, that's still Wonder Woman, but it's definitely top 3 in my favorite superhero films this year, after Infinity War and Black Panther.
I would rate this a solid 9/10. Also, this is going to breakout and breakout hard. WOM will be insane.
It's way better than an Aquaman film had any right to be, especially after how atrocious BvS and JL were. It's not the best DC film in the DCEU imho, that's still Wonder Woman, but it's definitely top 3 in my favorite superhero films this year, after Infinity War and Black Panther.
I would rate this a solid 9/10. Also, this is going to breakout and breakout hard. WOM will be insane.
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Nope, still trash. Aquaman in terms of spectacle though, it's a masterpiece. Prettiest film among the DCEU outings and arguably at the same level in spectacle than Infiny War. Yes, I went there. In terms of a solo superhero outing, I'd argue that it's unbeatable. It feels like the Avatar of superhero films, I honestly can't believe how visually stunning Aquaman is.
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