Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 2023 by AverageMansReviews

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 2023 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/environmental/animal cruelty/animal feeding/childbirth/suicide/shooting/stabbing/impaling/cutting/self harm/transformation/burning/medical

 This is so from 2008: basically; Arthur Curry/Aquaman [Jason Momoa:] now the King of Atlantis needs the help of  Orm Marius [ Patrick Wilson:] formerly held the position of Ocean Master, but currently is imprisoned in the Sahara desert and if you needed reminding he is also the half brother of Arthur, but they need to work together to stop David Kane/Black Manta [Yahya Abdul-Mateen II:] a pirate/mercenary hellbent on revenge after Curry had a hand in his father's death, but this time it looks a little bit green under the gills as he tries to take down both dryland and world under the water.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 124 minutes film is;... well because there is much of anything happening as it relates to the script/storyline all I can say is; it is straightforward without never really getting out of first gear; in fact what was the point of making a sequel? It does a lot of nothing. The sequel mainly relies on the trio in some capacity in one way or another. We have some Comedy/Action/Art between the two brothers; I did laugh a small amount of times; for two example taking a metaphor literally as Curry/Aquaman makes this intentional yet unintentional/accidental bridge and Curry/Aquaman later on warns his brother that Kane/Black Manta is stronger now, but he doesn't listen then he gets laid out and the action sequences/combat involving this trio or/and pairings are good and yes as it relates to the art in these big action sequences underwater or/and in the Sahara these are also good but nothing special.

Character development/Performances/Voice performances; these character developments were and are generically pointless, meaning yes they are generic, something adequate, but ultimately pointless and a waste of time considering as we are never going to see is interpretations of these characters again. The performances were generally speaking solid and for the voice performances a special mention has to go out to John Rhys-Davies as the voice of the Brine King: he is the leader of Brine. Rhys-Davies has a very distinctive voice even though full disclosure I thought this character was being voiced by Brian Blessed which if you know these two performers/voice performers you know individually they have two very distinctive voices so basically if it isn't one it is the other or vice versa.

This film receives: 4/10, this film is mixed; well be it DC or/Marvel both comic book companies as it relates to their viewing content they need to both pull up their socks, the reason why I had made a reference to 2008 to begin this content; well for those people that were around and able to watch Tony Stark/Iron Man and giving a press conference at the end of his self titled film from 2008; where right at the end of this press conference he confirms he is Iron Man well Curry/Aquaman does something very similar by confirming he is Aquaman; well there was 16 years between these references and let's just say one was funny, amusing and fitted in with the character and times whilst this attempt felt like your grandparents just finding out "Pull my finger" finally yes there is one ending extra scene within the first section. This sequel also has 2 Nominees to its name; People's Choice Awards, USA 2024 People's Choice Award The Action Movie Star of the Year Jason Momoa Hawaii Film Critics Society 2024 HFCS Award Best Comic Book Film.