Don’t let the generic superhero tropes and cheesy dialog fool you into thinking this was a typical mainstream movie (though I DO suspect those things managed to fool the studio executives into thinking exactly that: which is probably how James Wan got away with it), because in truth, this is the least generic, most bonkers big budget studio flick I’ve seen in ages. It shouldn’t, but it somehow does, which is why I’ve since come to the conclusion that director James Wan is some sort of genius wizard filmmaker. The weirdest thing: the film DID contain all those elements I had feared – and yet none of that seemed to matter. That suspicion, however, turned out to be wrong, because I didn’t just enjoy it: I ended up ADORING it. I think it was the moment when Nicole Kidman swallowed a goldfish that I started to suspect I might actually enjoy this movie. However, once it opened, a passionate film fan I respect a lot started spreading so much obviously genuine enthusiasm for the movie that I eventually got over myself and watched it. My impression was that this would be yet another bloated studio tentpole with cheesy dialog, a generic story and artificial looking CGI. Everything I saw, read and heard about ‘Aquaman’ before it came out had me convinced it wouldn’t be my cup of tea.
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