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David McK (3801 KP) rated Aquaman (2018) in Movies

Jan 20, 2019 (Updated Jul 20, 2024)  
Aquaman (2018)
Aquaman (2018)
2018 | Action, Sci-Fi
Well, that was .. colourful.

Aquaman, as a character, is one that I'm not really that familiar with, only really coming onto my radar as a result of the 2017 movie Justice League.

Here, Jason Momoa reprises his role from that movie as the titular Arthur Curry aka Aquaman of the title, who finds himself caught in the middle of a brewing war between the Atlanteans and the (unsuspecting) human world.

Far removed from the early (somewhat dour) first movies in DCs Extended Universe - at one stage, an octopus plays a drum (I kid you not) - this is big, bold and colourful, with Arthur on a - literal - quest to recover a trident belonging to the first King of Atlantis that will grant him the powers to avert this war.
  
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David McK (3801 KP) rated The Witcher - Season 4 in TV

Mar 15, 2026 (Updated Mar 15, 2026)  
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The Witcher - Season 4
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A series of side-quests.

That's how I heard this described as before I got round to watching it.

That, and as a 'road movie'.

Having now watched it, I can see where both are coming from, with Geralt (now played by Liam Hemworth, replacing Henry Cavill who left due to 'creative differences') on what-amounts-to a (seemingly endless) trip across the war-torn continent in his quest to reunite with his "child of surprise", "the lion Cub of Cintra" Ciri as, concurrently, Yennefer struggles to defeat the mage Vilgefortz and as Ciri falls in with a young group of delinquents who call themselves the rats (and that's the poorest part of the season), wishing to hide her true identity.

Liam does his best.

It's hard not to compare him to Cavill,