LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman - Rage of Atlantis

The visuals were well done, the figures, graphics and scenery were worth watching, but I couldn't watch even half of it because of all of the overly aggressive action and bravado, even for a superhero movie.

Aren't they supposed to be able to hold themselves in-check, or do they really need to measure themselves against the next superhero just to stroke their own ego?

Do kid's movies need "Rage"?

If this was actually written for adults, then do adults need Lego Super Heroes?

If this movie is any testament, then in my opinion the answer is "no."

At this stage based on analytics (#nerd) 2018 needs every bit of help it can get and is shaping up to be one of the worst years in cinematic history.

A Lego DC movie is not going to be the thing that saves it however this particular one isn't actually all that bad.

Telling the story of Aquaman who has lost his mojo, no longer respected, humiliated on national television and incapable of defeating his foes he finds himself the lame duck of the Justice League.

Rage of Atlantis is a tad goofier than the average Lego movie, it's silly and doesn't try to hide this. That works both in it's favour and it's detriment, depends how you look at it.

The humour is mostly childish thus making it family friendly but there are plenty of jokes for the parents too.

Visually it looks fantastic, almost on par with the cinematic Lego outings such as The Lego Movie (2014).

One thing I can't get my head around however is the use of comic book Aquaman. I mean don't get me wrong that is preferential for me but the fact his appearance is so dramatically different in the cinematic universe they're trying to establish it seems like a strange choice.

Watchable stuff for fans of both Lego and DC.

The Good:

Looks great

Strong voice cast

The Bad:

More than slightly silly in places

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Seagate is a highly original concept and I'm sure no lawyers gave this film the stinkeye at all!

Such a waste of time the jokes are not funny at all , the movie is totally disappointing

... I mean it's also the only one, but still!

It was passable, although it went in hard on the new Green Lantern and basically spent the entire runtime making everyone look terribly weak morally and in terms of their powers.

At least there are some appearances of interesting DC characters, but I'm not sure who that's for since the movie seems to aim for a child audience, but those characters are supposed to be anything but. A strange one this is.

I love lego movies as they are funny and clever. But this one failed to live up to the charm. I imagine the writers sitting down and saying: "Let's make the characters dumb. Really dumb. And Aquaman can be the dumbest of all." It lacked intelligence and failed on many levels to amuse.