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iariaI liked it okay.
+ On the character side the movie worked for me.
- I liked Arthur. He was very hot.
- I liked Mera a lot. She was great. I love how decisive she is, how competent and her determination to do what is right. Her jellyfish dress was beautiful. I wasn't sold on the hair and green outfit based on the trailer but it all worked for me in the movie. They're essentially mermaids from Atlantis - it's all fine.
+ I liked Arthur/Mera. I loved his "look fight club" to her and their bickering exasperation with each other while also very much having each other's back. Their dynamic worked for me. That said I think it would have been better if they'd cut back on the romance and left that for the second movie.
- I found Orm more interesting and sympathetic than I was expecting. His lingering trauma over his mother's exile/probable death and the way he turned it towards hating humans/Arthur instead of his father is sad but understandable. Him being angry at humans is understandable.
I enjoyed a lot what we got of Orm/Arthur. During their first meeting Orm seemed mostly curious and fascinated by Arthur, I liked Arthur's reveal that he had dreamed of meeting Orm and letting him know he wasn't alone and Orm seemed affected by that, and I like that Orm gave Arthur the chance to return to the surface instead of fighting. I loved Arthur's final words - 'when you're ready we'll talk'. Also Orm chaining Arthur up was excellent. I enjoyed that.
- Atlanna and Thomas were both great from what little we saw of them and their reunion at the end was lovely. I especially loved Atlanna. Her fighting was badass and the fact that she made it from the Trench to the centre of the Earth and survived on her own for 20 years was impressive. I was so pleased she wasn't actually dead.
+ Karathen was great. Loved her.
+ "Let's just say you do your best thinking when you're not thinking at all." Heh.
+ The movie had a vague outline of Mera and Atlanna's relationship but then it doesn't do anything with them which makes me sad and disappointed. Mera was trained beside Orm by Atlanna and it's clear that Mera loved and respected her greatly. It was her teaching that led Mera to make the choices she made in the movie, to choose the right thing to do. One simple addition they could have done was to have Atlanna remove her mask and then help Mera up and for them to hug and both get teary-eyed at being reunited before they realise Arthur's there. A scene between them while they waited for Arthur to face the Karathen would also have fit in nicely and would have been great. This could have been a great place for Mera to mention her feelings and for them to talk about Orm.
+ Speaking of I also wish there had been a tad more done with Orm/Mera. They grew up together and were betrothed yet there was very little sense of feeling between them. Were they friends? Was there any love there from either side? Orm looked affected when he hit her ship and when he thought they'd died but when sending forces after them later he was happy enough to order her death without a thought. I guess I just wanted them to have an actual relationship that mattered.
+ The big battle at the end didn't work for me because all I could think was that these were Arthur's people, that the Fishermen warriors were there under duress, that the Brine people were defending themselves from Orm, that there were a lot of animals (seahorses, sharks, whales) dying in that battle. I just couldn't enjoy the rampant destruction and death, nor the triumph at the end when I know the death and destruction that was happening below the surface. It was all so pointless.
What would have been better is if Karathen had come up between the two armies before the fighting began and we'd just gotten Arthur vs Orm. No big final battle but they aren't actually 100% necessary! It would have also had a lot more meaning for Orm to be leading them into battle that is just killing their own people vs Arthur showing up to stop the fighting and senseless death.
+ Honestly Orm, Nereus and their supporters hatred/dislike of humanity is pretty understandable. Between the garbage/pollution, oil slicks, destruction of habitats, killing of sea life and over-fishing, not to mention the effects of climate change on the oceans (which with their technology I am sure the Lanteans know about) like acidification and increased temperatures I get their anger and fear.
+ I liked how colourful the cities were.
+ Needed more Arthur talking to sea creatures.
+ We really needed a scene of Arthur exploring and getting to know/understand Atlantis a little (a mirror say to the one with Mera in Sicily.)
+ I'm confused about Atlanna's place as Queen. If she was the heir-Queen then her King being able to sentence her to death because of her relationship with Thomas makes no sense. But if her king husband/Orm's father was the heir-King then why would Arthur have a claim on the throne?
+ There were way too many of those Trench Lantians.
+ Why couldn't Arthur have told Om's massive crocodile mount to back down?
+ On the character side the movie worked for me.
- I liked Arthur. He was very hot.
- I liked Mera a lot. She was great. I love how decisive she is, how competent and her determination to do what is right. Her jellyfish dress was beautiful. I wasn't sold on the hair and green outfit based on the trailer but it all worked for me in the movie. They're essentially mermaids from Atlantis - it's all fine.
+ I liked Arthur/Mera. I loved his "look fight club" to her and their bickering exasperation with each other while also very much having each other's back. Their dynamic worked for me. That said I think it would have been better if they'd cut back on the romance and left that for the second movie.
- I found Orm more interesting and sympathetic than I was expecting. His lingering trauma over his mother's exile/probable death and the way he turned it towards hating humans/Arthur instead of his father is sad but understandable. Him being angry at humans is understandable.
I enjoyed a lot what we got of Orm/Arthur. During their first meeting Orm seemed mostly curious and fascinated by Arthur, I liked Arthur's reveal that he had dreamed of meeting Orm and letting him know he wasn't alone and Orm seemed affected by that, and I like that Orm gave Arthur the chance to return to the surface instead of fighting. I loved Arthur's final words - 'when you're ready we'll talk'. Also Orm chaining Arthur up was excellent. I enjoyed that.
- Atlanna and Thomas were both great from what little we saw of them and their reunion at the end was lovely. I especially loved Atlanna. Her fighting was badass and the fact that she made it from the Trench to the centre of the Earth and survived on her own for 20 years was impressive. I was so pleased she wasn't actually dead.
+ Karathen was great. Loved her.
+ "Let's just say you do your best thinking when you're not thinking at all." Heh.
+ The movie had a vague outline of Mera and Atlanna's relationship but then it doesn't do anything with them which makes me sad and disappointed. Mera was trained beside Orm by Atlanna and it's clear that Mera loved and respected her greatly. It was her teaching that led Mera to make the choices she made in the movie, to choose the right thing to do. One simple addition they could have done was to have Atlanna remove her mask and then help Mera up and for them to hug and both get teary-eyed at being reunited before they realise Arthur's there. A scene between them while they waited for Arthur to face the Karathen would also have fit in nicely and would have been great. This could have been a great place for Mera to mention her feelings and for them to talk about Orm.
+ Speaking of I also wish there had been a tad more done with Orm/Mera. They grew up together and were betrothed yet there was very little sense of feeling between them. Were they friends? Was there any love there from either side? Orm looked affected when he hit her ship and when he thought they'd died but when sending forces after them later he was happy enough to order her death without a thought. I guess I just wanted them to have an actual relationship that mattered.
+ The big battle at the end didn't work for me because all I could think was that these were Arthur's people, that the Fishermen warriors were there under duress, that the Brine people were defending themselves from Orm, that there were a lot of animals (seahorses, sharks, whales) dying in that battle. I just couldn't enjoy the rampant destruction and death, nor the triumph at the end when I know the death and destruction that was happening below the surface. It was all so pointless.
What would have been better is if Karathen had come up between the two armies before the fighting began and we'd just gotten Arthur vs Orm. No big final battle but they aren't actually 100% necessary! It would have also had a lot more meaning for Orm to be leading them into battle that is just killing their own people vs Arthur showing up to stop the fighting and senseless death.
+ Honestly Orm, Nereus and their supporters hatred/dislike of humanity is pretty understandable. Between the garbage/pollution, oil slicks, destruction of habitats, killing of sea life and over-fishing, not to mention the effects of climate change on the oceans (which with their technology I am sure the Lanteans know about) like acidification and increased temperatures I get their anger and fear.
+ I liked how colourful the cities were.
+ Needed more Arthur talking to sea creatures.
+ We really needed a scene of Arthur exploring and getting to know/understand Atlantis a little (a mirror say to the one with Mera in Sicily.)
+ I'm confused about Atlanna's place as Queen. If she was the heir-Queen then her King being able to sentence her to death because of her relationship with Thomas makes no sense. But if her king husband/Orm's father was the heir-King then why would Arthur have a claim on the throne?
+ There were way too many of those Trench Lantians.
+ Why couldn't Arthur have told Om's massive crocodile mount to back down?
