Aquaman (2018)
Buzzword synopsis: Think Thor meets the Little Mermaid, though with a bit of Indiana Jones to extend the plot and Star Wars: Episode 3 to conclude the feature.
Hyper_Blurb:Long and short this is the origin story of Arthur Curry (they never say his full name), I don’t like origin stories, but this is a well done one, since it doesn’t drag on. The story opens with Arthur’s Mom, the Queen of Atlantis, half-alive and on a rocky shore, saved by Mr. Curry the Lighthouse keeper. They fall in love and have a child, though this happiness doesn’t stay as time moves forward, though life does not, since the archaic rules and regulations of the past come to the lighthouse, with power-drysuits and rifles. Then here’s the part that is really great, the film goes right into the present, meaning that the Aquaman from the Justice League movie in his showboating glory, and in his half-sober vigilantism, saves a submarine from pirates. This is where a major plot point is made in the feature that Arthur needs to make better moral choices and that’s how this character arc begins. That’s where I’m leaving the plot, since it’s totaled with;
Mera: “Arthur you must take the crown”
Arthur: “No”
Orm: “I hate you and all the people on the surface!”
Arthur: “I will take the crown”
Oh spite and magic tridents, also a Kaiju just to throw in some fun weirdness that is greatly needed in Superhero movies that haven’t really been seen. I mean it, the second half of the movie is just a bizarre feature. The one thing that I loved the most was the whole Wire-fu scene underwater, that reminded me of classic DragonBall tournament episodes or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Long and short, this was a fun film, a flick that I hope will make more movies and inspire even more superhero films, or otherwise.
Pitch: Washed up hero floating around, unable to feel connected to those on land nor in water, till tradition, morals, and family move him to quest for the one thing that will save all of the World and be the King of legend.
