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   Message 27,702 of 28,343   
   T987654321 to All   
   Re: Aquaman   
   18 May 19 02:40:40   
   
   From: qwrtz123@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, December 28, 2018 at 12:54:25 PM UTC-8, T987654321 wrote:   
   > On Friday, December 28, 2018 at 7:08:11 AM UTC-8, John Geoffrey wrote:   
   > > I have to say that the Aquaman movie was both the most amazing and the   
   > > most stupid movie I have seen for a while. It was a pure glorious mess,   
   > > with hammy acting, loads of cheese, boatloads of fanservice, and a   
   > > complete lack of seriousness.   
   > > And it worked. It definitely wasn't a masterpiece, but it was 2 hours   
   > > that were well-spent, and it reminded me of all those cheesy movies I   
   > > watched as a kid.   
   >   
   >   
   > So it was standard Superchump.   
      
      
   Finally watched it.  Better and worse than expected.   
   Worse because it's: a) Aquaman b) a superchump origin story  c) DCU not MCU   
      
   Better because the flashback bits are better integrated than usual.  Also the   
   underwater stuff completely loony making for campy fun.   
      
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