Aquaman: The Movie

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Anyone see Aquaman yet?

I enjoyed it, and thought it was one of the better DCU movies. Wonder Woman is still tops though.
 
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Superman’s story was similar to that of Jesus. Came from above to be raised as an infant with super powers to save others…
 
If this movie is good or not I yet have to see for myself, but this new version of Aquaman will never replace his ultimate depiction…
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I liked it. Good to see DC stealing some of Marvel’s formula (for me at least). I never cared for all that dark stuff. I like the way that humility is necessary for strength. Very Tolkien.
 
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If this movie is good or not I yet have to see for myself, but this new version of Aquaman will never replace his ultimate depiction…
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An image of pure masculinity if I’ve ever seen one.
 
I normally don’t take superhero movies too seriously, but Aquaman was too vapid and frothy even for me.
 
I thought Venom was pretty okay. Although I’m neither pro- or con super hero movies I can’t really avoid them completely as I have two pre-adolescent sons who like them. I only wish I could interest them in the comic books that inspired the movies.
 
I just looked up where it stood. It is number 1 with $189 million the first two weeks.
 
Yeah it’s making a bundle - less I think because of the quality of the movie and more because there’s little or no competition.
 
I’m going to give it a pass, even when it eventually will be possible to see it for free. I prefer movies with real characters, real acting, and real writing.

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Wonder Woman is still tops though.
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I was just reading how it surpassed Wonder Woman in gross sales. That doesn’t mean it’s better, though. I’ll wait for it to come to Netflix 🙂
 
DCU box office showdown.

Aquaman looks in a good position to become the highest-grossing DCU film, on a worldwide basis. But it’s getting a much higher percentage of its box office outside the U.S. and Canada than Wonder Woman did.

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DC Comics Extended Universe

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DCU box office showdown.

Aquaman looks in a good position to become the highest-grossing DCU film, on a worldwide basis. But it’s getting a much higher percentage of its box office outside the U.S. and Canada than Wonder Woman did.

DC Comics Extended Universe - Box Office Mojo
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That’s ironic since I remember reading that the filmmakers ‘toned down’ the character’s American patriotism specifically to make the product more palatable to a global (read Chinese) audience - which I find entirely indefensible on a number of levels, and which is probably one reason why I never made an effort to see it.
 
I think i’m going to pass on the movie, I’ve always been more of a Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy fan myself.
 
I always loved the Submariner - so much cooler than Aquaman! (And also if I remember correctly a true Golden Age superhero).
 
As primarily a Marvel fan, I know Wonder Woman from the Saturday morning Justice League cartoon and the live action series with Lynda Carter, which may not have reflected her declining status as a patriotic icon. But somehow I got the impression that traditionally DC promoted her as a female equivalent to Superman, whose patriotism knew no bounds - traditionally at least. (So much so that there was a Saturday Night Live sketch in the 1970’s exploring what would have happened if the space craft bringing him to Earth from Krypton as a baby had crash landed in Nazi Germany.)

My impression of the DC origin stories of their characters is that they are all over the place, perhaps due to the extreme age of the characters and their subsequently passing through many pairs of hands. I’ve read that Hawkman in particular has a very confusing and fluid origin story. By the way, why is Hawkman not in any of these DC movies?
 
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