NYCC 2018: Ocean-Sized Five-Minute Aquaman Trailer
Out of the depths of the sea rises a massive trailer for Warner Bros’ Aquaman, by far the longest to be released during NYCC. Many, many massive CGI war scenes are shown off, but all the computers in the world can’t buy your movie personality. Good thing Arthur Curry and Mera have a ton of that. The best parts of this beast aren’t the most expensive ones, they’re the simple moments between the future King of Atlantis and his future bride, a relationship the trailer successfully sells. Director James Wan said he was trying to break the “dark” Snyder-esque DC super-movie mold with this. Good for him. One other thing I’ll give the Aquaman trailer is that I can’t guess the entire plot even though so much is shown. Some vague ideas are thrown around (Arthur doesn’t know he’s the King, he’s looking for a lost Trident, there’s a war in Atlantis, a guy with a bug head wants to zap them both into ashes) but nothing that can be