The bit at 17:09 had to be muted for copyright purposes. Apparently we are allowed to use the full visuals from the movie and not the audio. Oh well. Sorry about that, guys!
One thing I found hilarious is how the bad guys always entered with an explosion even when it wasn’t needed. For example, Aquaman could just be buying some groceries but then suddenly the freezer explodes, revealing the bad guys that are here to beat him up
The example given for how Aquaman's intelligence fluctuates was really funny to me, because I graduated with a degree in Greek and Roman history and work as a professional Latin tutor, and my first thought was, "Pinnocio was based on a book?" So... it's not unrealistic! He's just a Classics nerd like me.
@Manu CiFrusta Justice League is the Frankenstein's monster of movies, two separate directors give it severe tonal whiplash. I do think it would have been bad without two separate directors doing their own thing but it is not a director does anything they want.
I mean in a way it was probably because of Suicide Squad that the DC movies have gained some independence from being meddled with by the higher ups, a bit. But who knows, maybe after the whole lockdown they'll go back to their usual antics.
I just read Orum's hatred of humans as his reaction to his mother's love of them. She obviously favors Arthur over him, and was ostensibly "killed" because of her love of her human family over her arranged family. Instead of blaming her for their rift or his father for forcing her to marry him, Orum blames humans for causing the rift between him and his mother.
@@jeremiahagbaje3731 your not really suppose to now that with just the movie but in the comics it's established that some atlanteans are like super racists towards humans
15:21 I'm not sure knowing Pinocchio lore is a valid measure of intelligence. It is in fact plausible for one to know a lot about the Roman Empire and little about Pinocchio.
I like the way Heath Ledger portrays his Joker when talking to characters because of how sincere he seems. None of that serious "gonna kick yo ass" tough-guy-talking face (I know that's never been his style in particular, but you know what I mean). He looks like he's really trying to convince the other party "this is going to happen - please don't fight it".
I think Thor Dark World gives me the same feeling that Aquaman does for him. It's not great but I think the visuals and action sequences make up for its lack of ... purpose for existing
@@Antiformed I cant compare the 2 thor dark world is extremely boring and the villian is forgettable and the visuals are bland, but atleast aquaman has nice visuals and villians
@@amazingjay3957 I agree. Infinity war has some awesome fights. I especially like when Thanos dropped a moon on Ironman haha. But generally the MCU movies have as Marcus put it "two guys doing karate" with a lot of camera movement and a million cuts. There are exceptions of course.
@@amazingjay3957 Wasnt that the point though ? Infinity War is kinda begs the point of being a over the place event. I can see if it was something like the Winter Soldier Helicarrier event but Infinity War isn't a grounded thing. Just my two cents
I have to disagree with you on T’Challa loosing the fight with Kilmonger, “because the plot needs him to lose”. He loses that fight because he’s struggling with his feelings of empathy for his cousin, whom he not only finds out exists but had a shitty life divorced from his culture directly because of his father who he idolizes and had just died. He doesn’t want to kill his cousin because he feels guilty not only about his fathers betrayal but because he is realizing that his ancestors’ policy of not sharing their amazing technology and remaining secretive has been detrimental to the rest of the world. On the other hand Kilmonger is solely looking to kill him out of a lifelong revenge plan. The reason why he’s able to defeat Eric at the end is because he is able to speak with his ancestors, including his father, and confront them about their bad choices, decide to do better, and realize the type of king that he is meant to be. He goes into the last fight against an overly confident/arrogant Kilmonger, with help (he was alone in the first), and a sense of who he is as a leader. He has forgiven himself and reconciled his guilt and plans to move forward and make changes. I’m not saying the plot of Black Panther is the best, most original writing out there,but it does deserve credit where it’s due.
@@dasboom7133 I didn't really hate Aquaman, but I'd definitely rather watch either of those films 10 times than tolerate Amber Heard and Dolph Lundgren deliver the worst performances known to humankind.
Basically, every DC film done by WB since 2012. I don't even consider them movies. Joker is the same shit, it just replaces some explosions here and there by Joaquin Phoenix doing some "cool" stuff to show us how he does like to steal time in front of the camera.
One of my favorite things in criticisms of superhero movies is when they talk about heroes shielding themselves from bullets even tho they are bulletproof. Sure the bullet won’t kill them but you gotta think it still hurts. It’d be like if someone shot at you with a paintball gun. It’s not gonna kill you but you really don’t want to feel pain.
Actually no, there's a bunch of characters who wouldn't feel anything even If you detonate a bomb capable of collapsing a building in their face, Luke Cage for exemple, of course not every hero it's that tough but Aquaman fist fight anciant sea gods bullets should be nothing to him.
A freaking love this movie. It's dumb, it knows it's dumb, and it OWNS it. It has fun with everything it is, and pulls it off so well I can't possibly hate it. I love the underwater aesthetics, I love the cheesy costumes, I love the legitimately good shots, I love the random desert sand-slide, I love all the major villain fights, I love the explosion interruptions, I love the cliche character-growth and callbacks and story beats, I love it all. Well, maybe not the crude humor jokes, but we can't all be perfect. They're rare enough I can overlook them. I usually try to think more critically about what I'm watching. But I don't want to analyze Aquaman. I'm too happy with what I'm watching to care to.
Lol I relate so hard and feel that this is less “intelligence fluctuating” and more “he knows cool historical trivia but not some other trivia and that’s okay.”
Yeah I don’t really get that complaint. Arthur is dumb in the movie yeah but he learned history. I feel like knowing about history is different to being smart. No offense historians
@@burcopresents different people have different interests. You can ask me about some old kids book and I might not know it existed but give me some historical trivia or ask me anything about Magic: the Gathering, and I’ll tell you more than you probably wanted.
@@_somerandomguyontheinternet_ yep that’s what I was saying. Just because he knows history doesn’t mean he has the time to know about Disney books lol. His parents probably taught him about history because he’s the heir to the throne.
@SunOnShine Oscars are the measuring stick for quality? Okay, I guess Cuba Gooding Jr is just as "quality" of an actor as Leo since they have the same number of oscars. What a stupid thing to say. Titanic must be a better movie than Citizen Kane since it won more Oscars.
@@PremiumPIus that was a bad comparison. Cuba might be a better actor than Leo. Leo is just a pretty whiteboy so he's always gonna get treated with more respect.
My favorite part of this entire movie is when they're like "we have to go to Africa!" and they immediately cut to them walking across the Sahara or something to Africa by Toto.
This movie is bad because Jason Momoa kept getting more and more dressed. He starts off with no shirt and shoes and by the end he has a completely covering costume with a high neck.
@@mcmxxi1172 Paid? Odd thing to say since it's their opinion, but I agree it's an decent movie, but I honestly believe they should'e done the solos first so we can be more emotionally attached and connected. If ya not really connecting to them or attaching, the movie wont draw ya attention. However I believe it could had done better, I'd say more but I forgot the details lmao
Yeah, whats most funny is everyone saying the film would flop and it being one of the best DCEU films, or at least most profitable. And even if people criticize it , what the fuck have they made or created. I just think people were mad it didn't match their expectations of commercial failure. .
He had the hardest job of them whole movie having to sell Orm, I mean the man invented ridiculous. I went from hating Ocean Master to loving him all because of Wilson
13:30 He "lost" to killmonger because he was merciful. he lost there to show you the difference in their personalities. T'challa won for a second but spared him. Kilmonger on the other hand was brutal and efficient. There's visual story telling there in how the characters express and move that explains this.
Go for more mystery: Tsundere Reviews a Movie As long as you have Aquaman in the thumbnail then you've given the viewer All they need to figure out how it's gonna go down
The process you went through in this video slowly realising you actually liked this movie is exactly what happened to me. I was so taken off guard when I realised how much fun I was having lmfao.
"But then the scene gets interrupted by an explosion!" This sentence describes like half the scenes in this movie. I think it's because the director doesn't know how to end scenes.
*For Years, DC:* "No. Aquaman isn't a guy who talks to fish, rides seahorses, and wears a garish orange costume, anymore." *This Movie:* "Yeah he is, though."
Rhuona Atumu I realized how inscrutable this is to an average person but there’s considerable overlap between cosmonaut’s fan base (we’re nerds let’s be real) and anime watchers.
Wasn’t the other reason Ocean Master hated the humans was because since his mother married a human and that was the reason she was “executed” he felt that humans were responsible for her “Death”. Granted I haven’t seen the movie in a long time, but I feel like you missed that part Marcus.
Maybe because his father taught him about the roman empire, but never talked about there being a movie on Pinocchio...if you payed attention, it actually informs you of that.
Serious statement: Something being cliche doesn't mean it will be bad. You can have a good movie, game or book filled with cliches, and it can still be good.
the problem with a cliche is moreso that the term cliche means that the idea given doesn't really have the same meaning or impact that it used to the idea of a cliche being executed well literally comes down to the audience's tolerance to the cliches
It’s a famous fact in my family that my dad has watched Aquaman over 15 times and has fallen asleep every time. He now just puts it on to fall asleep to now
Guys, all the classic Disney movies were based on books. That's how they made such a huge media empire, making movies based on familiar stories that people already liked, which were public domain and didn't need to be paid for.
“So why is the underwater city still a myth when one of the Altanteans is a known celebrity?” Dude, I think you’re overestimating the collective willingness of humanity to accept that their reality is not what they think it is.
@@crist3809 he's right tho, this pandemic proved that humans are always finding new ways to be even dumber, it's really not farfetched that people won't believe Atlanteans
@@aravsingh2868 hundreds(probably thousands) of people think that indians aren't asian, i wont be surprised if people don't think atlantis is real if it were real
Back when they rereleased,Titanic in 2012, there were articles written about the sheer number of people admitting that they JUST NOW learned the movie was based on real events and not a fairy tale. Also, look up any video on narwhals, you're guaranteed to find at least one "wait, these are real?" comment. Edit: autocorrect turned narwhals into marshals, so I changed it back so it would make sense.
"i like this" "But i actually like this" "I really kind of like this" "I like this action scene alot" "But no no no i don't actually like this movie, dont think that, it's stupid"
@@charmingcthulhu6544 I mean to be fair it's pretty common knowledge that we dump in the ocean plus Orm does send all the garbage from the sea to the surface
I actually like the fact that it's predictable. I like knowing the characters I got attached to are going to survive. Idk movies that have more tension and stakes and violence stress me out, I'd rather watch this cute fun action movie.
My one problem with this film was always Black Manta but now that I know he’s the reason the submarine attacked Atlantis I don’t mind him. He’s only in the story as much as he needs to be as opposed to TASM 2 where all the villains kinda just keep showing up out of no where.
Admittedly I haven't seen this movie since it was in theatres. But I do remember that the Brine (aka the crab people), and the rebellion against King Orrin's war against the surface world are talked about and lead up to before it happens. idk how you missed out on that (especially as you probably had to rewatch this movie as part of the editing process).
I always thought that orm’s motivation is that he blames the humans for his mom‘s death because if she didn’t fall in love with a human she wouldn’t have to be executed
To point out the final battle, throughout the movie, King Orm has been recruiting different sea alliances cuz they stated that he can't legally go to war with the surface world unless he has 3 different factions on his side. Mera's father already joined King Orm alongside another Fish alliance, and the crabs were the last creatures to stand in Orm's Way. The movie frequently moves back and forth between the characters.
In the wise words of Peter “Star-Lord” Quill: “It’s good, except it sucks.” In the wise paraphrased words of Cosmonaut Marcus: “It sucks, except it’s good.”
@My name is Irrelevant Shazam, Wonder Woman, and Joker were really good movies. The only thing holding back Wonder Woman was the CGI nightmare final battle it had, and the only thing holding back Aquaman for me was the writing. I have no idea why they hired the same guy who wrote Venom. The only reason this cinematic universe is trash (at the moment) is because of Warner Bros. and their stupid executives, who didn't care about DC's characters or their universe. They didn't even care about the filmmakers. They literally chopped up David Ayer's Suicide Squad movie behind his back. The reason I said (at the moment) is because Warner Bros. was bought by AT&T, and those stupid executives are gone now. That's why Shazam and Joker were such good films. AT&T is a whole different story. The executives over there actually care. And with all of these announcements, and movies that sound amazing in development, I think the DCEU has a bright future.😁 But now that I think about it, if they actually cared about Renee Montoya, Cassandra Cain, or Black Canary, they wouldn't have fucked up their characters so much in Birds of Prey. I hope that was just a one time thing.😅
Her name's Atlanna, not Atlanta. And most people don't believe Aquaman is actually from Atlantis. And they think Dr. Shin is a crackpot conspiracy theorist. Presumably you've never read Geoff Johns New 52 Aquaman comic run this movie is largely based on. Most of what happens in here is taken from his run. And it absolutely BUTCHERS the source material. Aside from turning Arthur from a serious and stoic hero into a dumber than rocks dudebro, they took like 4 different storylines and crammed them all into one movie but give none of them the time or respect they deserve. The Trench (the Lovecraft monsters as you say), the search for Atlanna, the Throne of Atlantis, the seven kingdoms (okay, this one was never actually made because Geoff Johns never returned to the Aquaman title). All of them were full storylines that they could have made entire movies out of. The Trench especially would have been awesome to see as a full movie.
Thanos was mainly due to overpopulation he doesn’t care about earth if anything it’s simply a experiment because of what happened to his own planet he wants to try it again to see if it will fail or succeed so genocide is the answer technically
@@acab9120 With the power of the infinity stones he should be able to just create more resources and prevent people from reproducing, its a way better solution than just genociding half the population
I am new to this channel not a hater and wanted to say I have spent the last two days watching your video and I love it. Funny and honest. Always a relief to have it just down to earth and real. Keep it going.
@@thewildcard600 No, being racist is what makes someone be considered racist. It's a fake argument considering there's plenty of movies with black leads that people don't watch and don't drag out that canard. You can not like superhero stuff in general, or the general pacing of Marvel stuff, or a million other things that'd preclude watching that kind of movie. Now if someone is openly -gross- in their critique about it, that's a whole other thing.
Madao I hate takes like this. People are genuinely discriminated against wholesale and people who have no idea what they go through just call them sensitive.
I always felt that Orms reasoning for hating the surface was him blaming them for losing his mom, like IMO its's made pretty clear that Orm was bitter about Atlanta getting murked, and Aurthurs mere existence is a reminder of Atlantas death because she was executed for having Aurthur in the first place, not to mention Aurthers human half is what he clearly hated the most about him, it always made sense to ME anyway that yeah "pollution bad" but also "My mother chose the surface over my father a HUMAN stole her away and had a son before i was born, all because of that HALFBREED fucker my father executed my mother it's the surface's fault fuck humans imma dumb fishman with mommy issues" idk just my thoughts
13:00 - Fun fact: that octopus drummer is Aquaman's pet in the comics. His name is Topo. After Crisis on Infinite Earths, Topo became a squid, and in the New 52 he was a sea monster hybrid of crab and octopus that was apparently too smart to be controlled by Aquaman's fish telepathy.
one or two demonstration about how pollution effects atlantis would be nice. but no... atlantis was like heaven, so were the other kingdoms. im starting to think all of his reasons are atlantis was bigot about land and his father raised him to be a bigot as well
see that's the thing he never tells us straight forward of why he hates humans and that's the problem, the antagonist is not clear of his reasons to his actions
@@sumrandomscumbag his hate of the surface comes from his father and also the fact that he blames the surface and Arthur for "killing" his mother; plus theres the aspect of the war time leader which is how a lot of dictators seize power. Just because hes not explained in a dumb monologue doesnt mean its not there
IS NO ONE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DESERT SCENE? They make a huge deal about possibly dying in the desert because they don’t have water and then they say “we need to go to Spain” all of a sudden they’re in Spain? Like huh????? Edit: Italy, not Spain. Yes, I’m sorry I got the wrong country but you guys are missing the point of what I’m saying
tbh i was suprised how the movie sent these two into a desert but didnt bother to mention their dehydration problem not even once. it would be a good opportunity to remind us they are not invulnerable and can be relatable
As of today, it has been around 1.74 years. Unless you only count “complete” years, in which case I don’t recommend you to work as an investor/shareholder.
