{"id":359,"date":"2019-01-04T20:32:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T20:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edtechie.net\/barracuda\/?p=359"},"modified":"2019-01-04T20:32:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T20:32:22","slug":"aquaman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edtechie.net\/barracuda\/blockbuster\/aquaman\/","title":{"rendered":"Aquaman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WDkg3h8PCVU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DC&#8217;s latest offering is a greedy affair. Part superhero origin movie, part Clash of the Titans, part Lord of the Rings, part disaster movie with a smidgeon of rom com, Jurassic Park, Jaws and kids cartoons added in along with anything else lying around. The inevitable outcome is a mess of action, comedy, epic and flesh crawling cheesiness. Having said that it&#8217;s not entirely unenjoyable, and any film that has Willem Defoe riding a shark can&#8217;t be all bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plot centres on Jason Momoa&#8217;s Arthur, half human, half Atlantan, and his quest to become king of Atlantis and prevent a war between the underwater realms and the surface dwellers. Yep, that is as stupid as it sounds. He&#8217;s accompanied by Amber Heard&#8217;s Princess Mera, and the interplay between these two, particularly when on land in &#8216;human&#8217; mode are the best parts of the film. Momoa is ludicrously well suited for the role, and if you can forgive anyone for the cringe-inducing dialogue, it&#8217;s him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The underwater scenes in Atlantis and the other realms are a mixture of beautiful and unintentionally comic. This sense of ridiculousness permeates the film, and at times it uses it to good effect, but ultimately it doesn&#8217;t embrace its own sense of the ridiculous enough. Aquaman is like one of those world cuisine, all you can eat buffets. You end up with a slice of pizza, some beef in black bean sauce, chicken curry, some veg, a Yorkshire pudding and chilli con carne on your plate. It&#8217;s interesting, but not as good as a specialist restaurant in any one of those cuisines, and although full, you feel rather unsatisfied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After all the &#8216;dark&#8217; DC movies, this represents a deliberate attempt to add lightness and colour to their palette. Ironically though, it is one where a grimier take would have worked. A tighter, individual focus on Momoa, working with Mera on some decidedly human enemy would have provided more opportunity for the elements that work best. I wanted a metal Aquaman, with him drinking in bars and beating people up. It could have ended then with him discovering he has a destiny. The trouble with the epic is that there&#8217;s nowhere left to go now, just bigger and that isn&#8217;t very interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DC&#8217;s latest offering is a greedy affair. Part superhero origin movie, part Clash of the Titans, part Lord of the Rings, part disaster movie with a smidgeon of rom com, Jurassic Park, Jaws and kids cartoons added in along with anything else lying around. 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