Currently 70% plus on Rotten Tomatoes

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/aquaman_2018/

guys, i have 3 pairs of twin seats for Aquaman this saturday at Sunway Pyramid 2pm..

usual price is RM48 a pair.. Im letting it go at only RM42..

cant make it cos im not around..interested pls pm me to purchase

From the score, it won't be as bad as BvS or Suicide Squad...

I was hoping it will be as good as "Wonder Woman" but oh well, it seem poised to be a good film.

If you're a DC fan or fan of superhero films in general, I think you will enjoy it.

Nowadays I don't really trust critic RT scores... especially for Aquaman, some of the critics sound extremely biased, often comparing it to <insert competitor comic book company>

Have watched 90% RT score films and thought they were overrrated or slept halfway through
Have watched sub 30% score films, ended up being a surprised and enjoyed them immensely

Still prefer RT audience rating or cinemascore

This post has been edited by gaeria84: Dec 12 2018, 10:52 AM

Seen it last week at the press screening. It was the first DCEU film to receive applause from the media when the closing credit rolled.

To me it's the best DCEU instalment thus far. Extremely entertaining.

Then see the RT average rating, that's the actual rating critics gave to a film.
The percentage is just a "recommended" or "not recommended" --- which for Aquaman case, 75% critics recommend it.

Trusting audience rating and cinemascore is basically like trusting an election where anyone can vote.

This post has been edited by ray148: Dec 12 2018, 12:45 PM

so far WW is the best of DCEU
so its better than WW?

Anything 'fresh' thus far has not been a bad film for me. Good or great or exceptional that still depends on individual preference I guess. Always worked for me. I never trust IMDB / audience score.

Best as in better than Wonder Woman?

True... must know how to read it... there's an "Average Rating: x/10" in small lettering. A film may get 90% RT score but average rating may be 7.5/10, an indication that while most reviews are fresh, the score mostly are 7.5/10.

Remember the part where James Cameron is to direct an Aquaman movie in Entourage. Well this is that movie without the aptitude of Cameron's talent. They went full blown underwater Avatar with it but has all the things of those terrible early 2000s Clash of the Titans movies. Get ready to be bamboozled with a lot of out of nowhere battles with out of nowhere creatures. Don't get me wrong, there are sea monsters and obscure undersea gods in the comics but they did it here more like an afterthought. Depending on your mileage, you may like it more than I do.

The biggest letdown is the portrayal of Black Manta and Ocean Master. While the motivation for Manta to be the arch enemy is there but he was played by a forgettable actor that bear zero consequences on Aquaman. Orm is your stocked villain you can find in any movie that just does the typical villainy things.....

In the comic books, Mera is the dynamite who is almost an equal to Aquaman. She jumps head first to pick a fight with anyone. Here they downplay her brashness a lot to the detriment of a subservient love interest and exposition machine. No hate for Jason Mamoa, just that this is not a great script for him to go beyond what he is capable of.

Not saying people will not be entertained by this movie, just that I'm looking for a richer character driven story instead of an inflated showcase of CGI that mirrors a video game experience. Also can't help that it is full of familiarities from other movies. It doesn't have that unique quality I was hoping to find.

At the same time this is not a train wreck like the Snyder movies but not exactly a masterpiece that will topple the MCU dominance at the box office. Think this is beneath WW that fundamentally a flawed movie but with enough redeeming factors to overlook it's problematic execution. Just me that I'm anti overblown empty CGI fest and it does not possessed the craftmanship of the likes of Cameron, Del Toro, Jackson, etc...

On the plus side, I didn't shut it off like Ant-man and the Wasp which I stop watching after the first 10 minutes.

got end credit scene?

Rm40 now... kindly help me if not I’ll be losing out a lot

Which hall? PM

Standard hall bro... but it’s twin seats.. the seats are meant for 2 ppl in a very spacious seating.. center row far from screen

Get only one credit scene aka mid credit scene. So can just leave the cinema after seeing mid credit scene.

2 cents review: Nice visuals but poor scripting where the writers tried to cobble-up (previous movie/comic) myths with actual history and a poor understanding of science.... and done a poor job of it...

Fore more spoilery parts...


This post has been edited by BeastX: Dec 13 2018, 08:20 AM

repeated...

This post has been edited by BeastX: Dec 13 2018, 08:18 AM

It is more entertaining than WW. I personally enjoyed it more than WW. Just have to embrace its campy tone.

Just putting my two cents here for reference

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=4707276&hl=


Got, but it's skippable la. Was hoping for the League of Doom recruitment scene, but honestly didn't happen

Rotten tomatoes only give good reviews for homo movies...