Director: James Wan
Writers: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, Will
Beall
Actors: Jason
Momoa, Amber Heard, Nicole Kidman, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson
The CGI
effects are wonderful in this movie! The
set designs, the vision of Atlantis and costumes are eye-popping. Heard, Dafoe and Wilson acquit themselves
believably. Kidman, as always, brings class and power to her role.
What falls
short of my expectations is Aquaman himself as depicted by Jason Momoa. I’ve seen Momoa in other movies and he knows how
to be an actor. Unfortunately, the words
coming from his mouth in this movie, meant to be bad-ass and ironic, don’t fit
his character. Mamoa is gorgeous and
physically perfect for the role, but since all characters are filtered through
the soul (eyes) of the actor, his inherent tenderness should have been written
into the fabric of his character. As it was, as portrayed by him, Aquaman’s
bad-ass words felt “off” to me.
Robert
Downey (Iron Man) can say those things and get away with it because he brings
the grief-ridden ruthlessness to his character which makes his sarcasm and
irony funny. Momoa’s soul is simply too
tender. I wish he had brought playfulness
rather than tough-guy mockery to his character.
I think if
the writers had shaped Aquaman with Momoa’s inherent tenderness in mind, this
would have been a more successful movie to me.
His essence depicts it, so no new action sequences are needed, but that
tenderness should have been exploited in his dialogue and how he was directed.
TAGS: Aquaman, Jason
Momoa, Nicole Kidman, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, James Wan,
Will Beall, David
Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick
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