Aquaman 2019

     This film is a DC/Justice League adventure.  Queen Atlanna was in an abusive marriage with King Orm and she left her underwater home.  She met Tom Curry when she came out of the ocean and into his home.  She was injured and bleeding, he helped her recover and they fell in love.  Arthur Curry is their son but Atlanna had to return to the ocean.  Arthur would rather live on land than in the ocean.  His half-brother King Orm plots a war against humanity and Arthur is forced to fight.  Their battle will determine which man will be the King of the Atlantean throne. 

     There is a LOT of color and action in this film plus a LOT of CGI.  It’s also long with a LOT stuffed into it.  On the plus side, there is emphasis on the value of courage, perseverance, loyalty and responsibility.  But, there are a LOT of scenes with weapons such as blaster and tridents along with violence.  On the minus side, there are also stereotypes with men taking charge, women need to be sexy and mothers.  Black people are the bad guys?  3 /1* I liked this movie.   

143 min, Action directed by James Wan with Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Nicole Kidman, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Temuera Morrison, Ludi Lin, Michael Beach, Randall Park, Graham McTavish, Leigh Whannell, Tainui and Tamor Kirkwood.

Note:  Imdb 7.1 out of 10, Roger Ebert 3* out of 4* Matt Zoller Seitz, Rotten Tomatoes 65% critic 75% audience, RollingStone 2 ½* out of 5* Peter Travers, Washington Post 1 ½* out of 4* Michael O’Sullivan, Metacritic 55 out of 100 with 50 critics 7 out of 10 with 1894 reviews (positive 759, mixed 230, negative 146), Common Sense Ordona age 11+ 3* out of 5* (3* positive, 3* role models, 3* violence 1* sex, 3* language, 1* consumerism 2*, drinking, drugs, smoking) Media Michael.

Special Note:  Filmed in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; Village Roadshow Studios, Main Beach Southport, Oxenford, Amity Point, North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia; Erice, 91016 Province of Trapani, Italy; Erfoud, Morocco.  The budget for this film was an estimated $160 million and the worldwide gross was $1,147,961,807.  Kidman immediately accepted the role when the director said she could wear Mother-of-Pearl and be a Mermaid Warrior!!  A number of underwater waterfalls are seen in this film.  This is an actual phenomenon.  The ocean is made up of two different layers of water,  warm, light water and cold, dense water.  The difference in densities means the layers are separate and causes the heavier cold water to fall as a waterfall.  There is a mistake in this film with the words Bandit and Bogey.   The term for a confirmed hostile aircraft is Bandit and a Bogey is the term for an unknown aircraft.  An aircraft shooting at you is a definite hostile!!