Jason Momoa: Arthur

Aquaman

Arthur

[Mera and Arthur find an Atlantean device in the desert]
Mera: [can't activate it] Nothing.
Arthur Curry: Of course it's not working. It's been sitting here gathering dust since before the Sahara was a desert!
Mera: Before the Sahara was a desert... You do your best thinking when you're not thinking at all. Hold still.
[extracts sweat from Arthur]
Mera: We need water. You're the closest source.
[uses the water to get the device working]
Arthur Curry: Show-off. I could've just peed on it.

[last lines]
Arthur Curry: [narrates] My father was a lighthouse keeper. My mother was a queen. They were never meant to meet. But their love saved the world. They made me what I am: a son of the land, a king of the seas. I am the protector of the deep. I am... Aquaman.

Arthur Curry: We should turn back. We can still warn the surface, try and prepare them for what's coming...
Mera: Turn back?
Arthur Curry: Look, I learned from a young age not to show weakness, okay? I solve my problems with my anger and my fists. I'm a blunt instrument and I'm damn good at it. I've done nothing but get my ass kicked this whole trip. I'm no leader. I'm not a king. I do not work or play well with others. And I can't let you die, trying to turn me into something I'm not.
Mera: You think you're unworthy to lead because you're of two different worlds? But that is exactly why you are worthy! You are the bridge between land and sea! I can see that now. The question is, can you?

Arthur Curry: [narrates] My mother had fled an arranged marriage, left her whole world behind, but in my father's lighthouse, she had found something unexpected. And my father found the love of his life.

Mera: [browsing a bookstall on Sicily] I just learned something very interesting.
[holds up a copy of "Pinocchio"]
Mera: "Pinocchio." You risked our lives based on something you read in a *children's book*?
Arthur Curry: Wait, it's a book? How about that? I got it from a movie.

Mera: Atlantis has always had a king. Now it needs something more.
Arthur Curry: Well, what could be greater than a king?
Queen Atlanna: A hero. A king fights only for his own nation. You fight for everyone.

Orm: The Trident doesn't change what you are! You're a half-breed bastard! Atlantis will never accept you as its king!
Arthur Curry: Then by bloodshed, do the gods make known their will!

Arthur Curry: What's the plan?
Mera: The plan *was* to get the Trident first, *then* challenge Orm for the throne!
Arthur Curry: So we did things out of order, shit happens!

[in a bar]
Arthur Curry: How is it that I can breathe underwater, but you can still drink me under the table?
Thomas Curry: That's *my* superpower.
[they laugh]

David Kane: I scavenge the high seas. You're the Aquaman. We were bound to meet at some point!
Arthur Curry: Let's not make it a habit.

Orm: Down here, we have a legend about the Karathen, an ancient sea monster so powerful that even King Atlan himself couldn't contain it. So he imprisoned it in the depths of the ocean. In that abyss, the creature bides its time, waiting to rise again. Atlantis has been lying in wait, and now the beast has awakened.
Arthur Curry: You know, there was a time when I wanted to meet you one day, get to know my little brother, let him know that he wasn't alone, and we could hang out together. If only I'd know what a dick you'd turn out to be.
Orm: You were the reason our mother was executed. And I've hated you for it ever since. But I do not want to kill you, Arthur. I am going to give you one chance. Go home. Do not ever come back to Atlantis. You are not going to win this. A war is coming to the surface whether you like or not. And I am bringing the wrath of the Seven Seas with me.
Arthur Curry: You know I can't let that happen.
Orm: I know.

[first lines]
Arthur Curry: [narrates] Jules Verne once wrote: "Put two ships in the open sea, without wind or tide... they will come together". That's how my parents met: like two ships destined for each other.