Well, I saw it. A property like this has little to justify its appearance on the big screen aside from the spectacle, and there's plenty of that here. It's overwhelming, and not as impressive as it was the first time around; I frequently lost track of what was supposed to be happening underwater and what wasn't, so I'd say they didn't do as good a job of conveying the sub-sea environment as they did before. It strikes me that most of the DCEU properties all would have been better served staying as one shots, rather than hopeful trilogies: Wonder Woman, Shazam and Aquaman were all well suited to end after a single installment, and in hindsight, should have.

There's a big disappointment in the "Thanks" credit for various comic book creators whose work inspired what ended up on screen. The climax of the film involves Black Manta kidnapping Arthur Jr. with the intent of killing him, but the creators from whose work that scene was inspired, David Michelinie and Jim Aparo, are conspicuously absent, while others, whose contributions are much murkier, are included.

Anyway, James Gunn is starting over, so farewell, DCEU. You weren't nearly as bad as some fans made you out to be.