![]() Black levels are appropriately deep at the bottom of the ocean but the image never becomes murky. One of the film’s great feats is balancing a fantastical colour palette with intense undersea darkness. Even at its most bonkers and baroque, the technical prowess of the visuals ties together the locations and conceit of what would otherwise be an unwieldy story, employing vivid CGI, hyper unrealism and an unabashed sense of spectacle. Whatever your opinions on laboured plots, awkward sub plots and a frankly excessive number of primary characters, there’s no denying that the film is stunning to watch. ![]() To defeat his brother, Aquaman has to (among other things) retrieve the Trident of Atlan and embrace his destiny. And not just any old Atlantean, he's the heir to the subterranean throne of what was once the most advanced civilisation on Earth, now controlled by his megalomaniac half brother. The film covers the origin of Aquaman, who is born on dry land and thinks he's just regular guy Arthur Curry who happens to have a way with fish, until discovering that he is in fact half-human, half-Atlantean. DC Comics’ Aquaman somehow manages to be both and as a result its reception when it was released was divisive. Superhero films sometimes seem to fall into two categories: overly sincere and ludicrously tongue in cheek.
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