New, which ends the DC Extended Universe, has a shallow and predictable story, but also has all the elements of a blockbuster
He finished. Ten years after Zack Snyder begin the turbulent journey that would be the DC Extended Universe, an attempt by Warner Bros. Pictures to create its own Marvel Cinematic Universe, Aquaman 2: The Lost Kingdom arrived in Brazilian cinemas on Thursday, December 20th, to end, once and for all, this chapter of the franchise.
Quite different than Snyder tried to idealize The Man of Steel (2013), the second and, most likely, last film of the Aquamanagain lived by Jason Momoa (Fast & Furious 10), doesn’t try to make any big leaps and comfortably establishes itself as a fun film, which delivers exactly what fans of this version of the hero already expected, and nothing more.
What is the story of Aquaman 2: The Lost Kingdom?
In Aquaman 2: The Lost Kingdom, Arthur Curry (Momoa), the Aquamanis married to Mera (Amber Heard, Diary of a Drunk Journalist), with whom he has a son, Arthur Jr.. Now, four years after assuming the throne of Atlantis, he is divided between his tasks as a husband, father and king, but none of them are as easy as he expected, especially in times when the seas are warming, as is the rest of the world. world, and all life is at risk of becoming extinct.
Behind the catastrophic phenomenon is David KaneO Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Watchmen), who continues his attempt to take revenge on Aquaman for his father’s death. Trying to regain his power to finally face his enemy, he ends up encountering an ancient evil when he takes possession of the legendary, but fearsome Black Trident.
Upon discovering what is happening, the Aquaman decides to free his brother and former enemy, Orm (Patrick Wilson, Supernatural: The Red Door), and proposes an unlikely alliance in the hopes that, together, they can find and defeat Black Manta before he destroys not only those the hero loves, but the entire planet.
What do we think of the film?
The finger of James Wanwhich returns in the direction in Aquaman 2: The Lost Kingdomhas been in some of the main franchises of modern cinema, such as Deadly Games, Supernatural, Conjuring It is Fast and furious. Although none of them produced great masterpieces of the seventh art, they share one similarity: they are huge public successes.
In this way, the choice of Wan to direct the two films of Aquaman It’s perhaps one of the greatest successes in the DC Extended Universe, because he knows very well how to turn any half-assed film into a blockbuster. If Aquaman 2: The Lost Kingdom will have the same success as the first film, which surpassed US$1 billion at the global box office, I highly doubt it – since not even Warner Bros. bothered to publicize the film – but Wan ensured he had all the potential to make it happen.
The novelty is like a Fast and furious underwater, which you will watch knowing that, the next day, you probably won’t even remember the details of the story, but you will know, for sure, that during those two hours at the cinema, the experience was satisfactory enough for you to recommend it to friends and , who knows, maybe even repeat it again in the future.
The film has a lot of action, a lot of fighting promoted by Jason Momoa, lots of jokes, lots of forced situations to yield even more jokes, special effects that work most of the time, a pinch of drama and redemption arcs, which end the hero’s journey in the DC Extended Universe on a very positive note. If we never see again Momoa on the skin of Aquaman again, everything is fine, because at least the last trip was pretty cool.
Perhaps Aquaman 2: The Lost Kingdom be it even more than a simple action film or a project that the bosses at Warner Bros. They just didn’t want to leave it shelved after investing millions of dollars, but a lesson that we need to learn to deal with these superhero films as we did in the past, without taking them too seriously.
This way, perhaps we will allow ourselves to have more fun and be less frustrated with future productions of this genre. Do you want to create expectations about a film in which the protagonist doesn’t miss the opportunity to highlight that he talks to fish? Well, that’s your problem. The rest of us just want to have fun.
Source: Rollingstone
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