Aquaman (2018), Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)

I watched the first one to be prepared for the second one.  Wow, the first one was a lot of movies.  It crammed everything into one movie, epic adventure, sci-fi, romance, action, politics.  Maybe the studio was afraid there wouldn't be a sequel. Most of it was probably the director telling Jason Momoa, "Just look handsome and smoldering."  I didn't mind.  😋

The second one was cute and entertaining. It continued the same style as the first one. Globe trotting adventures with a lot of undersea actions. I really like the brotherhood bonding. The bantering was fun; it showed their love and respect for each other.

The villain was a bit generic, but I liked that it wasn’t one true chosen villain. Anyone that picked up the fork could be a villain. So there were a few twists that were enjoyable.

By the way, was Black Manta’s chest CGI’ed? It was too magnificent. I couldn’t look away. 😍

The mad scientist was adorable. Randall Park is a great actor. I hope he gets more roles in the future.

One thing I had to pick on was, Jason Momoa's suit looked loose.  Did they run out of money on tailoring?