![]() The film is never sure if it wants to be Lord of the Rings, Guardians of the Galaxy, or Raiders of the Lost Ark. Caught between Awe! and Pew! Pew! Pew!, Warner Brothers’/DC’s newfound realization that their movies need to have both dire stakes and be engagingly fun doesn’t quiet gel in this ballyhooed undersea excursion. Though not the repulsive disaster of the Zack Snyder Superman films, Aquaman, though not without it’s admirable qualities, is an unfortunately waterlogged studio expenditure.Īquaman, though brighter and far more colorful than any of its DC predecessors, is little more than a series of weightless inevitabilities. In that sense, it’s at least not unlike its title character. Aquaman, the first DC movie since Justice League’s subpar showing, is likewise marred by planting its separate feet in opposite places. Justice League, though, for all of its valiant attempts at course correcting the entire kit and caboodle, remains a movie few will care to watch twice, if at all. If Wonder Woman (still DC’s only satisfying feature under this umbrella) loosened up to have a little bit of fun, the next film, Justice League, went full tilt. The bad news is that it still does though now, the issues have changed. Although DC Comics has long published stories of the superhero “icons” (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and so on), their longtime competitor, Marvel, has had all the cinematic success with its scrappier, less known but more humanized characters.īy now everyone knows that DC’s own multi-film/multi-character/super-franchise has had its issues. Since it launched in 2013, it’s been rough tides for the DC Cinematic Universe (or whatever they’re calling it). Somewhere in the Ocean of Superhero Movies…
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