Good grief, wasn’t Aquaman terrible?

[Felty]

Just spectacularly and consistently awful from beginning to end. And so long, way, way too long.
Needed to finish my tapestry yesterday so stuck it on for something to have on in the background. Wish I’d put on three hours of fake log fire on the telly instead. Would have been a more engaging plot line for a start.

I liked it.

Well, according to The Big Bang Theory "Aquaman Sucks!" So you may be right.

Just watch it muted :D ;)

Awful film but very nice looking man.

My son called it underwater power rangers

How did they get out of the desert?!

Did you make the mistake of watching it for the story line and dialogue?

I watched it several times because Jason Mamoa is just so yummy. He also has some great sarcasm in that film which I enjoy.

@FishyMcFishyfingersFace

Well, according to The Big Bang Theory "Aquaman Sucks!" So you may be right.

Nope. TBBT is talking about the character from the comics; nothing to do with the film which revitalised Aquaman with Jason Mamoa.

It’s a great film.

I am with you - I watched it for JM, but the rest of it sucked. Some pretty stuff to look at though.

I agree, it was a rubbish film and much too long!

I started having my doubts when they played little guitar stings whenever a joke was cracked. Had to fully nope out once William Dafoe appeared on a battle seahorse

I only put it on for Jason Mamoa, but it was so bad I couldn't even get through the whole thing, even for him.

The new wonder woman isn't great either. I thought it would be great because I love the first one. Watched it a few times, but it was boring too.

I loved Aquaman! Great film. Also a massive fan of TBBT and I think Sheldon et al were referring to the old, original incarnation of Aquaman!

Just watched The Justice League Zac Snyder cut and Aquaman literally just got beat up the whole time

Wonderwoman is my absolute heroine. My favourite Ww ever was the wonderful Lynda Carter and her cameo at the end of the WW 1984 had me I tears. Clearly I am a huge Marvel and DC fan but Ww is my absolute favourite and I enjoy the new movies with Gal Gadot.

Yes it was. Not even a half naked Jason Momoa could save it.

I mean, he almost saved it, but just not quite. I like the above suggestion to watch it on mute

@ShivRoy

I started having my doubts when they played little guitar stings whenever a joke was cracked. Had to fully nope out once William Dafoe appeared on a battle seahorse

So, so bad. And yes, the new Wonderwoman was also appalling, directed at young children.

You haven't seen Justice League, then. Aquaman is Dostoyevsky by comparison.

(said as a very disappointed lifelong comic book fan.)

What is it about the companies that they cannot achieve what Marvel have? Even Marvel's stinkers Fantastic Four, Elektra and DareDevil are hundreds of times better than the DC ones.

Whilst we're here, I'd also like to say that despite wanting to love it, Wonderwoman was fucking shit.

I've been very confused to read about all the fan love for the new Justice League Jack Synder cut. It came out a couple of weeks ago via streaming. Its 4 hrs long and in 4:3. I'm looking forward to seeing it very much.

I love Man of Steel so I'm hoping it has the same grim tone.

I didn't know such a thing could happen in the movie world, you know, redoing something because it didn't work the first time.

I thought the Wonder Womans and the Weadon version of Justice league were soooooo boring so I didn't even bother with Aquaman!

If you think Aquaman is bad: have you seen Shazam?

(Man of Steel wasn't good. The best bit was the momentary shot referencing Lex Luthor on a truck before it smashed. The second-best bit was the parts in the fancy temple-type place with his dad. The third-best bit was... actually, i got nuffin)

Yes it’s ridiculous! Jason Momoa is much better just glowering and uttering the odd word of Dothraki!

I didn't know such a thing could happen in the movie world, you know, redoing something because it didn't work the first time.

@EscapeTheCastle That’s not quite why it happened; there’s a long history. It was originally Zac Snyder’s film, but Warner Bros. brought Joss Whedon on for rewrites and Zac Snyder had to step down as his daughter committed suicide.

Whedon did rewrites (80 pages of them) and reshoots, completely changing the entire tone of the film and adding in cringey comic moments that were just ridiculous. A cinematographer thinks only 10% of what Zac shot actually ended up in Justice League 2017.

Of course it was a box office flop and in the years since fans and the cast of Justice League have been campaigning for Zac Snyder’s cut, so they could see how the film was meant to be, and lo and behold it was finally released

@merryhouse

If you think Aquaman is bad: have you seen Shazam?

(Man of Steel wasn't good. The best bit was the momentary shot referencing Lex Luthor on a truck before it smashed. The second-best bit was the parts in the fancy temple-type place with his dad. The third-best bit was... actually, i got nuffin)

I tried to watch Shazam because I like Zachary Levi. I quit after 30 minutes. I don't think he had turned into Shazam yet.

The worst film I have ever seen. They should have cut an hour out.