So, what exactly was going on there? Well, thankfully Aquaman director James Wan has an explanation for us and has shed some light about where Arthur really went in Justice League. In fact, Wan reckons that the story would have suffered if we hadn't discovered Atlantis for the first time right alongside Arthur.
Then you as an audience watching would not be impressed either. The camera is pushing in on her look of awe and wonderment. Wan has also stressed that he never planned to feature other DC characters such as Batman and Superman in Aquaman , as he didn't want to pull focus from the main hero.
Uma Thurman and Arnold Schwarzeneggar are going so far over the top I can't help but admire them. Featured a brilliant corporate rip-off -- one later referenced in "Office Space" -- but the attempt to funny things up with the addition of Richard Pryor didn't gel. There was also a weird bit about a weather satellite creating bad weather, which isn't what weather satellites do.
Seeing Clark Kent fight Superman was pretty cool, though. Overreliance on cartoony visual effects during a period when big blockbusters were moving away from that aesthetic meant this was a movie nobody liked.
Not that it was especially horrible. It just looked like a dumb cartoon and is hard to watch. Probably wasn't intended to be a grim and gritty Shumacher Batmovie, but that is indeed what it is. This is Nolan going full Hollywood, smashing plot points into place by sheer force of will rather than because they make sense. An extremely theatrical Tom Hardy as Bane is amusing front to back, and a nuke with a countdown clock on it will never get old.
A total mess that hates Superman and turns Batman into a total maniac. None of those things are good. Ben Affleck can't save the thing, but he's excellent nonetheless and gives it a huge bump it probably doesn't deserve. I have no particular affection for the revered "Watchmen" comic the way a lot of other nerds do, so my distaste for this adaptation isn't personal.
It just doesn't add up to nearly as much as it thinks it does. How was this movie not amazing? Giving this its own slot because it fundamentally changes the narrative of the movie and the character of Superman in the DC Extended Universe. This version is still not great especially at three freaking hours , but it's a monumental improvement over the theatrical version.
Did you even know these were comic book movies? Whatever, it's a great cast in a serviceable action movie and everybody's having a good time. Hard to remember, but fun. Fondly remembered mostly because it was the first Batmovie in a couple decades.
It isn't actually very good, though. The reveal that a younger version of the Joker killed Bruce Wayne's parents is as hamfistedly dumb as it gets in a "Batman" movie. Actually a pretty decent attempt by Bryan Singer to do a Christopher Reeve "Superman" movie in the present day, but Brandon Routh couldn't pull off the charisma it takes to be the Man of Steel. It was his first movie, so that's not surprising.
But it's a shame, because Routh has gotten much better in the years since. Remember that time they released a "Batman" cartoon theatrically? It gets lost amongst all the live-action ones, but "Mask of the Phantasm" is better than most of them. Made kids everywhere cry as they watched Superman give up his powers for a normal life with Lois Lane Margot Kidder. There are different edits of this movie, and we frankly can't keep them straight. And the tense scene in which Arthur convinces the mythical Karathen to relinquish the Trident of Atlan would be like listening to two manatees fight over a trash barge.
Nor am I accusing Aquaman of being a serious movie. Indeed, I would never even dare to speak those words aloud. He has written for Cracked. Image via Warner Bros. Share Share Tweet Email. Tom Reimann Articles Published.
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