Nam Dinh

Tried to enjoy this movie but it required me to suspend belief in reality, common sense, and logic way too much. Too often I was asking myself why a character would do what they just did, say what they just said, it react the way they just did because it wouldn't make sense logically. In one scene, your colleague just got killed by a monster. Then you inexplicably go towards that direction as if nothing just happened? Why? Later, you offer convenient exposition (that came from nowhere) about the dangerous property of the item you're stealing (to stress to the audience the importance/power of said object?) but then you start fighting literally on top of it, shooting you weapons directly in it's direction. WhAt!?! Over and over, the characters make stupid decisions that bears no consequences. So you quickly get the idea it'll be that type of movie. Okay, let's just sit back and watch then. Sure, got it 👍. But when the writer(s) keep forgetting simple principles of their constructed reality (like an underwater kingdom), it again makes it impossible to be immersed in the experience. There's a scene underwater where Aquaman has to rescue a runaway train/vehicle. But for some reason, physics work differently (or in this scene, exactly like) surface physics. Things apparently move without any resistance in water and can apparently speed/fall at their same rate as if it was in air. Imagine if Superman was trying to stop a plane from falling from the sky. He has to stop it because the people will die if it falls to the ground. Now imagine if Aquaman has to stop a speeding submarine full of Atlanteans from falling from the ocean to the ocean floor...why don't those people simple... swim to safety. Like just exit the vehicle and you are literally now in water. But ok, it's a movie, so just accept that physics work differently. Sure, got it 👍. So let's talk about set design. I don't know why watching this movie made me feel like I was watching a big budget SyFy movie. The CGI was clearly over done and wasn't polished enough to make it look seamless. Don't get me wrong, it looks nice. But when it stands so far out in comparison to the background, it is jarring. But then when you have non CGI scenes, it becomes laughable. The interior scene of the Hammerhead warship is ridiculous. I'll use the starship Enterprise from Star Trek as a comparison. In the Enterprise, the bridge is fairly open. There's room for the captains chair, some for people to walk around. But all-in-all, it's still somewhat spacious. In the Hammerhead ship, the bridge is literally an empty hall. Like there is soooooooooooooo much room in that bridge. Why? The chair/throne that the villain sits on is literally 15-20 feet from the nearest object. You can probably throw a wedding reception in that space. 👍 Then there's the bay where the octo-pod ships are stored. It was 40 to 50 high and about the length of a football field long. Really? An underwater ship having this much space on the inside dedicated to 3 tiny pods the size of a car. 🙄 This set design just screams laziness from the director/writers/production manager, etc. Makes for easier cinematography and angle shots but functionality-wise, makes no sense. It's a weird movie. Definitely one where you turn off your brain to enjoy. I guess, if you are good at overlooking the (sometimes big) details of a movie, you will enjoy this one. But I just couldn't.