The bit at 17:09 had to be muted for copyright purposes. Apparently we are allowed to use the full visuals from the movie and not the audio. Oh well. Sorry about that, guys!

Alternate title: marcus realises he actually likes this movie but won’t admit it for half an hour

“Exposition scene interrupted by an explosion” Explosition.

One thing I found hilarious is how the bad guys always entered with an explosion even when it wasn’t needed. For example, Aquaman could just be buying some groceries but then suddenly the freezer explodes, revealing the bad guys that are here to beat him up

The example given for how Aquaman's intelligence fluctuates was really funny to me, because I graduated with a degree in Greek and Roman history and work as a professional Latin tutor, and my first thought was, "Pinnocio was based on a book?" So... it's not unrealistic! He's just a Classics nerd like me.

Marcus finding out he actually likes this movie is the best character arc I've seen in a long time.

This video should be titled “Marcus trying to convince himself that he doesn’t like Aquaman for 30 minutes straight”

15:21 I'm not sure knowing Pinocchio lore is a valid measure of intelligence. It is in fact plausible for one to know a lot about the Roman Empire and little about Pinocchio.

I just read Orum's hatred of humans as his reaction to his mother's love of them. She obviously favors Arthur over him, and was ostensibly "killed" because of her love of her human family over her arranged family. Instead of blaming her for their rift or his father for forcing her to marry him, Orum blames humans for causing the rift between him and his mother.

"DC lets their directors kind of do whatever they want with their movies." Me: *Stares at Suicide Squad*

"The Marvel movies are kinda bland" *Shows Thor The Dark World* That's just cheating, dude

"Do we hate Amber Heard now?" The quote that aged well but the tone behind it hasn't.

Ok but “not knowing Pinocchio is based on a book” and “monologuing about the history of the Roman Empire” is literally me

"Vegeta's in danger" "Me, my son or the planet" "YES!"

"he doesn't know that pinocchio was based on a book but he talks about the roman empire" finally a character I can relate to

I like the way Heath Ledger portrays his Joker when talking to characters because of how sincere he seems. None of that serious "gonna kick yo ass" tough-guy-talking face (I know that's never been his style in particular, but you know what I mean). He looks like he's really trying to convince the other party "this is going to happen - please don't fight it".

I have to disagree with you on T’Challa loosing the fight with Kilmonger, “because the plot needs him to lose”. He loses that fight because he’s struggling with his feelings of empathy for his cousin, whom he not only finds out exists but had a shitty life divorced from his culture directly because of his father who he idolizes and had just died. He doesn’t want to kill his cousin because he feels guilty not only about his fathers betrayal but because he is realizing that his ancestors’ policy of not sharing their amazing technology and remaining secretive has been detrimental to the rest of the world. On the other hand Kilmonger is solely looking to kill him out of a lifelong revenge plan. The reason why he’s able to defeat Eric at the end is because he is able to speak with his ancestors, including his father, and confront them about their bad choices, decide to do better, and realize the type of king that he is meant to be. He goes into the last fight against an overly confident/arrogant Kilmonger, with help (he was alone in the first), and a sense of who he is as a leader. He has forgiven himself and reconciled his guilt and plans to move forward and make changes. I’m not saying the plot of Black Panther is the best, most original writing out there,but it does deserve credit where it’s due.

The whole movie I was expecting Willem Dafoe to be a bad guy.

The title of this video should be "Aquaman is good, I am just mean"

One of my favorite things in criticisms of superhero movies is when they talk about heroes shielding themselves from bullets even tho they are bulletproof. Sure the bullet won’t kill them but you gotta think it still hurts. It’d be like if someone shot at you with a paintball gun. It’s not gonna kill you but you really don’t want to feel pain.

The process you went through in this video slowly realising you actually liked this movie is exactly what happened to me. I was so taken off guard when I realised how much fun I was having lmfao.

"doesn't know Pinocchio was based off a book, then is talking about the Roman Empire" you don't need to call me out

*For Years, DC:* "No. Aquaman isn't a guy who talks to fish, rides seahorses, and wears a garish orange costume, anymore." *This Movie:* "Yeah he is, though."

My favorite part of this entire movie is when they're like "we have to go to Africa!" and they immediately cut to them walking across the Sahara or something to Africa by Toto.

13:30 He "lost" to killmonger because he was merciful. he lost there to show you the difference in their personalities. T'challa won for a second but spared him. Kilmonger on the other hand was brutal and efficient. There's visual story telling there in how the characters express and move that explains this.

"Call me Ocean Master" is absolutely ridiculous but Pattick Wilson delivers it with such conviction he should get an award.

Marcus: I can't say "cliche" anymore, I need to find a different word. Me: Trope, homage, commonplace Marcus: *Shibboleth*

Random explosions is how i get my D&D players moving after they've been standing outside an inn for 50 minutes arguing about what to do next.

13:51 thank you so much for keeping that meme alive. I lost it when I heard the reference.

“Aquaman - The Worst Superhero Movie Ever Made?” Or as I like to call “Marcus realizes his love for Aquaman”

This movie is bad because Jason Momoa kept getting more and more dressed. He starts off with no shirt and shoes and by the end he has a completely covering costume with a high neck.

“Warner Brother actually lets directors do whatever they want for the most part” Me: _*clears throat*, “so there’s this movie called Justice League…”_

21:16 "Call me, Ocean Master" His metal mask moves with his facial expressions.

More like: Tsundere reviews a movie he doesn’t like but he actually likes it

Bruh that killmonger scene with the spongebob voice over caught me off guard

A freaking love this movie. It's dumb, it knows it's dumb, and it OWNS it. It has fun with everything it is, and pulls it off so well I can't possibly hate it. I love the underwater aesthetics, I love the cheesy costumes, I love the legitimately good shots, I love the random desert sand-slide, I love all the major villain fights, I love the explosion interruptions, I love the cliche character-growth and callbacks and story beats, I love it all. Well, maybe not the crude humor jokes, but we can't all be perfect. They're rare enough I can overlook them. I usually try to think more critically about what I'm watching. But I don't want to analyze Aquaman. I'm too happy with what I'm watching to care to.

"But then the scene gets interrupted by an explosion!" This sentence describes like half the scenes in this movie. I think it's because the director doesn't know how to end scenes.

*Compliments a movie for half an hour* “I don’t like this movie.”

"I-I-I don't like you b-baka!" - totally not Marcus to the Aquaman Movie

Wasn’t the other reason Ocean Master hated the humans was because since his mother married a human and that was the reason she was “executed” he felt that humans were responsible for her “Death”. Granted I haven’t seen the movie in a long time, but I feel like you missed that part Marcus.

24:18 Marcus finally admits.

There’s Great White Sharks with laser guns In this movie. 10/10

Marcus: It’s not like I like this movie or anything baka

Why it sucks: he swims in jeans for pretty much the entire movie >:(

It’s a famous fact in my family that my dad has watched Aquaman over 15 times and has fallen asleep every time. He now just puts it on to fall asleep to now

Marcus laughing at young aquamans acting is so genuine, it makes me whole.

"This movie is pretty ba- woah that was kinda neat" "As I was saying, it's kinda garba- oh that's a cool shot"

11:04 just a replay for this scene lmao

"Are you saying they executed her" And the zoom up and marcus laughing made me die I'm talking about 11:07

Serious statement: Something being cliche doesn't mean it will be bad. You can have a good movie, game or book filled with cliches, and it can still be good.

Aquaman: [Exists] Cosmonaut: “I-It’s not like I like you you or anything, b-baka!”

I actually like the fact that it's predictable. I like knowing the characters I got attached to are going to survive. Idk movies that have more tension and stakes and violence stress me out, I'd rather watch this cute fun action movie.

The line about Jason Mamoa's stance made me burst out laughing - priceless!

aqua-man didn't know Pinocchio was based on a book me: *nervous laughter*

Anything in the movie: *happens Explosión: it’s show time

13:35 When T'Challa was fighting Kilmonger, he was stripped of the power of the Black Panther. When he fought bucky and Steve he had the strength.

My one problem with this film was always Black Manta but now that I know he’s the reason the submarine attacked Atlantis I don’t mind him. He’s only in the story as much as he needs to be as opposed to TASM 2 where all the villains kinda just keep showing up out of no where.

"i like this" "But i actually like this" "I really kind of like this" "I like this action scene alot" "But no no no i don't actually like this movie, dont think that, it's stupid"

This movie has a million flaws, but somehow, it's still quite enjoyable and likeable

Admittedly I haven't seen this movie since it was in theatres. But I do remember that the Brine (aka the crab people), and the rebellion against King Orrin's war against the surface world are talked about and lead up to before it happens. idk how you missed out on that (especially as you probably had to rewatch this movie as part of the editing process).

‘Wait, am I supposed to hate Amber Heard now?’ Aged like a fine wine

“So why is the underwater city still a myth when one of the Altanteans is a known celebrity?” Dude, I think you’re overestimating the collective willingness of humanity to accept that their reality is not what they think it is.

That young adult aquaman is actually a TikTok POV actors guys, he's trying his best without xxxtentacion music playing in the backround 😥

James Wan is the modern Sam Raimi and in terms of tone and style, Aquaman is the modern day equivalent of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man.

Humorous, insightful, and a superb job editing. Sorry to have to use a trope ("shibboleth" truly is unwieldy) but you rock.

Marcus: "Do I like this movie?? NO no I don't like this movie!!" Stage One: Denial

How to write a simple non-human villain: make them a species that isn’t human. Make them hate humans. Done

Her name's Atlanna, not Atlanta. And most people don't believe Aquaman is actually from Atlantis. And they think Dr. Shin is a crackpot conspiracy theorist. Presumably you've never read Geoff Johns New 52 Aquaman comic run this movie is largely based on. Most of what happens in here is taken from his run. And it absolutely BUTCHERS the source material. Aside from turning Arthur from a serious and stoic hero into a dumber than rocks dudebro, they took like 4 different storylines and crammed them all into one movie but give none of them the time or respect they deserve. The Trench (the Lovecraft monsters as you say), the search for Atlanna, the Throne of Atlantis, the seven kingdoms (okay, this one was never actually made because Geoff Johns never returned to the Aquaman title). All of them were full storylines that they could have made entire movies out of. The Trench especially would have been awesome to see as a full movie.

To point out the final battle, throughout the movie, King Orm has been recruiting different sea alliances cuz they stated that he can't legally go to war with the surface world unless he has 3 different factions on his side. Mera's father already joined King Orm alongside another Fish alliance, and the crabs were the last creatures to stand in Orm's Way. The movie frequently moves back and forth between the characters.

In this episode, Cosmonaut levels up to a Tsundere.

I always thought that orm’s motivation is that he blames the humans for his mom‘s death because if she didn’t fall in love with a human she wouldn’t have to be executed

I am new to this channel not a hater and wanted to say I have spent the last two days watching your video and I love it. Funny and honest. Always a relief to have it just down to earth and real. Keep it going.

Aquaman is the Himbo of movies. Big, fun, pretty, dumb and charming tied in a nice bow.

In the wise words of Peter “Star-Lord” Quill: “It’s good, except it sucks.” In the wise paraphrased words of Cosmonaut Marcus: “It sucks, except it’s good.”

Marcus be like "I-I don't like this movie...b-baka!"

I always felt that Orms reasoning for hating the surface was him blaming them for losing his mom, like IMO its's made pretty clear that Orm was bitter about Atlanta getting murked, and Aurthurs mere existence is a reminder of Atlantas death because she was executed for having Aurthur in the first place, not to mention Aurthers human half is what he clearly hated the most about him, it always made sense to ME anyway that yeah "pollution bad" but also "My mother chose the surface over my father a HUMAN stole her away and had a son before i was born, all because of that HALFBREED fucker my father executed my mother it's the surface's fault fuck humans imma dumb fishman with mommy issues" idk just my thoughts

Ok but that clip of black manta getting bodied is so much funnier with the audio cut

"Freiza plans to destroy Vegeta!" Wait, my son, the planet, or me? "Yes"

When I got the notification I was like: "This is where the fun begins"

I still comeback to this video from time to time to watch "aRe YoU SaYiNg tHEy ExEcuTeD hER?" LMAO

i choose to believe aquaman uses the shield in the beginning bc bullets tickle his tummy and he doesnt wanna giggle

I expected the first joke to be about how his dad is Jango Fett and was not disappointed

I feel like Marcus only made this to justify liking Aquaman more than Black Panther

Shibboleth is my new favorite word! I'm addicted to your videos, thanks for giving me hours of fun stuff for me to hear while working long hours 💙✨

this is the video that made me subscribe during my binge of your channel.

IS NO ONE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DESERT SCENE? They make a huge deal about possibly dying in the desert because they don’t have water and then they say “we need to go to Spain” all of a sudden they’re in Spain? Like huh????? Edit: Italy, not Spain. Yes, I’m sorry I got the wrong country but you guys are missing the point of what I’m saying

Marcus: sorry I was busy Also Marcus: *watches all 5 twilight movies

13:21 The reason why T’challa initially lost to killmonger is because he wasn’t trying to kill Killmonger while Killmonger had full intention on killing T’challa. T’challa had an opportunity to Killmonger when he knocked him on the ground but he wanted Killmonger to surrender. Also, it should have been obvious that Aquaman is only one that could control sea animals since it was never demonstrated that other characters could do the same.

I stopped watching Aquaman when the octopus was playing the drums. It was too Viva Rock Vegas for my superhero-movie tastes. Great videos ! Just discovered you today but can’t stop watching your content. This is my 3rd video already, so I can’t wait to see what’s next! Keep up the great work!

“Amber Heard tells Arther that he needs to be the next king, and Arther says-“ Ad: *We need the government now more then ever. . .”

I thought Orm didn’t like humans because his mother fell in love with a human and he blames humans for his mother “dying”.

“kevin, act like your dog just died” “are you saying they executed her?”

20:27 Crab people. South Park reference

"Time to choose aquaman, save the woman you love or suffer the children!" Wait, right actor, wrong movie.

"Why does no one believe Atlantis exists despite all the obvious evidence and many experts" is a bold take to have during a pandemic that some people believe is a hoax.

8:13 "And Arthur's like:" Commercial: *"Another cup of tea, my dear?"*

Sneaking the shot of NightOwl in the Patrick Wilson screaming montage is hilarious... I legit burst out laughing

Black panther lost bc he didn’t have his flower juice.

Teenage aquaman always looks like he's contorting his face to get the Calvin Klein shot and forgets he needs to act.

The fact both his parents are alive being one of the most unique things I’ve seen in a movie is fckn hilarious