Aquaman

Aquaman is exactly what you expected it to be.  There is a lot of Jason Mimosa’s bare chest, tons of CGI and dazzling scenery, ludicrious dialogue and a million plot holes.  It is hard to take Aquaman seriously though, and I think if the makers of the movie had been more tongue-in-cheek like Guardians of the Galaxy or even Ant Man, I would have enjoyed this movie better.  I mean, I didn’t hate it, and I can think of worse ways to spend an afternoon.  Thanks to my friend, Kristin, I got to see this movie for free, so the price was deifnitely right.  Everyone is the movie seems to be trying their best, but it was all a bit too silly for me.  I know I am being picky but how can creatures who rarely, if ever, come to the surface know how to speak AND read English?  And it takes a whole mountain of suspension of belief for me to buy that somone has invented a way to turn water instantly into a deadly plamsa that can be fired like a bazooka. And how do thousands and thousands of ocean critters, much less five different tribes of subsurface denizens with huge cities, palaces and technological wonders really escape any notice from the surface dwellers?  I am sure even the kids who were in the audience could predict several key events, including the ending.   On top of everything else, this movie was almost 2 1/2 hours long!  In the middle I found myself getting drowsy and dreaming of having sushi for dinner.  Despite all of these shortcomings, I was oddly entertained by this movie.  I wouldn’t want to see it again, wouldn’t want to own the DVD and I am certainly glad I didn’t have to pay to get in.  I don’t want to stop you from going, and if you consider this movie as super hero eye candy lite, you will probably have a good  time.  A few people at our showing enjoyed it enough to clap, so it can’t be that bad, can it?