Is Aquaman Worth Seeing? My Review of the DC Superhero Film that Takes Viewers Underwater
On Christmas Day, my teenage son and I decided to give Aquaman , the latest DC Comics superhero film, a try. He and I generally prefer Marvel superhero films (though we both love the Dark Knight trilogy starring Christian Bale). Still, we felt Aquaman looked promising, so with a new AMC gift card in hand, we headed for our local theater to catch the DC superhero film in 3-D. And today, I wanted to give my readers my take on the film. Though this blog generally focuses on science fiction and fantasy books (mainly because I want to encourage reading ), I will occasionally review a film. Hence, this spoiler-free review of Aquaman . The film stars Jason Mamoa as the title character and Amber Heard (with red hair) as Princess Mera. It's directed by James Wan. According to Screen Rant , production costs on Aquaman came in at around $160 million. Let me start by saying that I consider myself a Jason Mamoa fan. I thoroughly enjoyed Mamoa's turn as Ronon Dex in the spect...