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thoughts on aquaman [spoilers!]
Dec. 29th, 2018 05:42 pmSaw Aquaman this morning with my mother and her boyfriend. My mom is an awful person to go to the movies with, wouldn't recommend.
Would I recommend Aquaman? If you like splashy (I know, I know) superhero movies that probably should have been summer blockbusters, oh, for sure. There was really no big message or any greater depth of meaning to this one, which is fine because I don't think that was the goal in the first place. Not every superhero flick can be Logan (2017) dir. James Mangold amirite.
With that said, I'm super impressed by all the costumes and the settings and the amount of world-building they managed to do. I did think the whole two-villains thing was a little discombobulating, but it's good sequel fodder, I suppose. The action scenes were super stylized and shot in this really abrupt way (hey, I'm no cinnamon topographer)? I think the fights underwater with the CGI sharks were more believable than Nicole Kidman spearing guys in the living room. I liked the blend of science fiction and fantasy a lot. The soundtrack was fun, took a leaf out of the GOTG book in a good way (unlike Suicide Squad. Sorry. I'm a DC fan, I swear).
I loved Mera! Did /not/ care for the whole smart, capable lady trains dumbass guy to be in charge thing. I was honestly waiting for Arthur to suggest that Mera take the trident and take the throne instead? Since she has the right vision for the future and the right experience? Is Atlantis just like...miserably patriarchal or something? The fact that there's basically like. Implied rape in Atlanna's storyline is so...yikes. Hopefully some people get around to analyzing that. Also, maybe this is dumb, but I still can't believe we're doing the whole glorifying birthright leadership thing in movies in 2018. Anyway. Mera and Diana super need to meet so Diana can help her Realize some things.
Speaking of Mera and Diana...I do kinda want to write some Mera/Diana in DCEUverse, especially since my Shayera/Diana fic has decidedly fallen through even after a second look and some attempts to edit it. I don't have any particular ideas so far. I'm glad Mera and Arthur didn't end up married at the end, at least, haha.
A cursory look at AO3 reveals a perhaps unsurprising amount of Arthur/Orm. Ah, brothercest. Slash fandom, I know you so well. Where's the Arthur/Black Manta, though? He's got a bone to pick with him...lots of unfinished business...he's a pirate! Pirates are still sexy, right? But wait! He's black. Which is a death knell for fandom creativity for totally non-suspicious reasons. That ship's on my list as well. Waiting around to be struck by ideas and motivation now, I guess! If anybody reading this has any burning prompts for these two, drop it below??
P.S.: Vulko was an unexpected dark horse for me? I really enjoyed him, for whatever reason, and if I do write anything, he'll probably be in the background. Sometimes I can like mentors for non-mentor/student reasons, right?
Would I recommend Aquaman? If you like splashy (I know, I know) superhero movies that probably should have been summer blockbusters, oh, for sure. There was really no big message or any greater depth of meaning to this one, which is fine because I don't think that was the goal in the first place. Not every superhero flick can be Logan (2017) dir. James Mangold amirite.
With that said, I'm super impressed by all the costumes and the settings and the amount of world-building they managed to do. I did think the whole two-villains thing was a little discombobulating, but it's good sequel fodder, I suppose. The action scenes were super stylized and shot in this really abrupt way (hey, I'm no cinnamon topographer)? I think the fights underwater with the CGI sharks were more believable than Nicole Kidman spearing guys in the living room. I liked the blend of science fiction and fantasy a lot. The soundtrack was fun, took a leaf out of the GOTG book in a good way (unlike Suicide Squad. Sorry. I'm a DC fan, I swear).
I loved Mera! Did /not/ care for the whole smart, capable lady trains dumbass guy to be in charge thing. I was honestly waiting for Arthur to suggest that Mera take the trident and take the throne instead? Since she has the right vision for the future and the right experience? Is Atlantis just like...miserably patriarchal or something? The fact that there's basically like. Implied rape in Atlanna's storyline is so...yikes. Hopefully some people get around to analyzing that. Also, maybe this is dumb, but I still can't believe we're doing the whole glorifying birthright leadership thing in movies in 2018. Anyway. Mera and Diana super need to meet so Diana can help her Realize some things.
Speaking of Mera and Diana...I do kinda want to write some Mera/Diana in DCEUverse, especially since my Shayera/Diana fic has decidedly fallen through even after a second look and some attempts to edit it. I don't have any particular ideas so far. I'm glad Mera and Arthur didn't end up married at the end, at least, haha.
A cursory look at AO3 reveals a perhaps unsurprising amount of Arthur/Orm. Ah, brothercest. Slash fandom, I know you so well. Where's the Arthur/Black Manta, though? He's got a bone to pick with him...lots of unfinished business...he's a pirate! Pirates are still sexy, right? But wait! He's black. Which is a death knell for fandom creativity for totally non-suspicious reasons. That ship's on my list as well. Waiting around to be struck by ideas and motivation now, I guess! If anybody reading this has any burning prompts for these two, drop it below??
P.S.: Vulko was an unexpected dark horse for me? I really enjoyed him, for whatever reason, and if I do write anything, he'll probably be in the background. Sometimes I can like mentors for non-mentor/student reasons, right?
