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Aquaman Movie Review Part 2 – Underwater Superman in a Bad T Shirt

That is not to say it is not without it’s flaws.  It still suffers from the age-old DC movie dilemma of “How powerful is this guy anyway?”  Is Aquaman indestructible?  He seems to have no fear of bullets and can fall from a flying aircraft to land on his back on a desert sand dune no problem (along with another Atlantean).  He didn’t die of thirst while trudging through said desert looking for a Stargate-esque ruin (note to any Aquaman gold or silver age comic book fans-Aquaman would die if out of the water for more than one hour).  He can pick up a submarine and swim faster than a speeding bullet (in fact he looks and acts remarkably like another DC superhero who shall go nameless but may or may not rhyme with Dupersam.  By a totally unrelated coincidence I pulled this image out of our Superman t shirt category.  ).  However he gets his ass kicked by a giant sea monster and guys with swords nearly gut him (the swords are made from “Atlantean metal” which somehow changes the laws of physics).

The film also suffers from a certain amount “How did he get there?” syndrome.  How did Aquaman walk across hundreds of miles of desert without so much as a canteen?  How did he surface in Africa with the resources to hire a private plan much less buy a pair of pants?  Why did he and Mera have to steal a boat when they can both travel underwater much faster?  Were they really worried about the boat sinking?  How does Aquaman actually find a single submarine in the midst of being pirated in the middle of the ocean?  Do the fish tell him?  If so how can the fish tell the difference between sailors and pirates?  The list goes on.

(Continued in part 3 below)