Aquaman

[Drunk Monk]

That movie is a long way away.

And here we are. 

Once again, DC tries to emulate the MCU formula but James Wan doesn’t get away with it this time - it’s arguable if he did last time. There’s a lot of world building and some good effects, but it’s really flat - and we saw it in 3D. Momoa does what he always does. He gets peed on several times but it could’ve been more. He has a genetically enhanced octopus that makes R2D2BB8Chopper sounds (there’s also a random cantina scene (Wan is such a poacher). Nicole & Amber are barely more than cameos (Nicole’s digitized face is weird and I can’t I imagine Amber taking a dump in the bed). The buddy BROmance of Momoa & Patrick lacks chemistry. The cgi un-buffing of Patrick was amazingly convincing - some of the other underwater digi not so much. Randall Park plays the same character he Alesha’s does and Dolph looks old and uncomfortable. Temuera is cool as always, but there’s not much of him. Yahya’s Black Manta - well something black villains facing mostly white heroes bugs me. The Lost World is steampunk/lovecraft/capt.nemo and the over arching message is about climate change plus there’s lots of tentacles - all things I usually endorse but it still misses. 

We didn’t get comped cocktails but we did get inflatable tridents. 

Not D00M recommended.

I did have a lovely dinner at the ramen shop adjacent to the theater. Agadashi tofu & kaki fry wonderfully prepared. The matcha tea wasn’t worth it, but the rest was delicious.