Talk:Aquaman (film)

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Controversy
Suggest a controversy section given the allegations Amber heard severed part of Johnny Depp's figure, lied about abuse, and struck him. This was reasonably important and is generating a lot of heat for Aquaman2.

Amber was recorded admitting to abuse and lying about him attacking her. Copies of the tape are widely circulated on the internet with (cumulatively) millions of views. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.127.17.241 (talk) 12:41, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Agreed. I have added a brief write up in the "sequel" section, where it probably belongs given it will mainly affect casting in the second film. Colliric (talk) 14:46, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Lol, some user immediately reverted my sourced edit instead of just plain admit there's significant controversy over her potential casting in the sequel. I mean everyone knows she is a domestic abuser. We all know there's no chance she is going to be in the sequel, lol. Colliric (talk) 14:54, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

File:Aquaman (film) poster.jpg
There is a dispute over which version of the poster is more appropriate for the article this one or this one?TriiipleThreat (talk) 17:04, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I would say the choice is completely arbitrary purely in terms of the image itself, but at 720×897 pixels the larger one violates WP:IMAGERES. Betty Logan (talk) 23:48, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I would say the former since it is more representative of the titular character. In short, it is better "visual identification" for the topic to actually see the main character and the underwater setting. Erik (talk &#124; contrib) (ping me) 11:57, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Please correct the cast section where you say the fisherman king and his family are motion capture, James already said it was make up (https://comicbook.com/dc/2018/07/13/aquaman-fishermen-practical-effects/) you can see it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ1YIS4s0Mw?t=66) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.142.212.85 (talk) 01:43, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Trident.
The spear used by Aquaman's mother is described as a "trident", "trident" means literally "three teeth", this spear, however, has five tines so should be called a "quindent".213.205.242.92 (talk) 19:48, 14 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Slate does have a pre-release bit about this. Before the SMOFs start in on this, we (Wikipedia) generally follow what the reliable sources say.


 * I haven't seen this film (honestly, not my kind of gig), but my own random sampling of the sources currently used doesn't seem to mention either weapon. All I have is the casual uncertainty of the Slate piece. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 21:05, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

When Aquaman challenges his brother he holds a five pointed spear, the brother says, "I see that you have our mother's TRIDENT", one of several times it is referred to as such. I have actually seen the film.213.205.242.12 (talk) 19:22, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 December 2018
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Change cite note 31 which is a permanent dead link. Change "http://thewrap.com/thewrap/pm_105952/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=aTq3pMgh" to https://www.quirkybyte.com/blog/2018/12/man-of-steel-warner-bros-future/ Title: Why 'Man of Steel' Holds The Key to Warner Bros.' Future Franchises


 * Yes check.svg Done JC7V (talk) 18:05, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

The plot has a small error on the page. It isn’t another Russian sub that attacks Atlantis. It’s the one hijacked by the pirates. A scene later in the movie explains this when Orm King of Atlantis meets David the pirate on the beach “You gave me a barely working sub.” Orm tells David. 7373shaun (talk) 07:53, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Aquaman WB-Studio
Den Film gibt es in verschiedenen Grössen je nach Leinwand. Der Film ist genau 2 Stunden 23 Minuten, 143 Minuten, oder 8580 Sekunden lang. Wenn der Film 8580 Sekunden auf einer Leinwand zirka 13 Meter mal 6 Meter gesehen wird, sieht der Kinofilmschauer alle Details des Filmes in der Grösse. Der Film hat bis zu 100.000 Filmdetails auf einer Kinoleinwand 13x6 Meter in der physikalischen Zeit von 8580 Sekunden (2h23min). Dieses Kinoleinwandformat ist etwas grosser als das eines Privaten Homekino (4/8K HD HDMI). Den Film sollte jemand der Hollywoodkinofilme an einem Gymnasium, Fachhochschule, Technische Fachhochschule, Technische Hochschule, Hochschule/Univesität studiert, mindestens 100 Mal sehen (verschiedene Grössen und verschiedene Qualität/Quantität). Der Film ist vielleicht ein Kinofilm-Meilenstein wie der Kinofilm von James Cameron und John Landau Avatar in den zwei Jahren 2009/2010 (erste zehn Tage weltweit mehr als 1 Milliarde US-Dollar und insgesamt weltweit 2,7 Milliarden US-Dollar). 192.121.232.253 (talk) 13:34, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Box Office Collection
Aquaman has officially grossed $345.8 million worldwide as per Comicbook.com kindly change the box office gross to $345.8 million for more info visit ‘Aquaman’ Has Already Made over $345 Million at Worldwide Box Office 'Aquaman' Takes $345 Million At Worldwide Box Office (Hunney Mallick (talk) 07:51, 22 December 2018 (UTC))

Box office
Man, the movie's box office status is $300 million, not $266 million Mighty Clasher (talk) 16:23, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Review summary up top
Both review aggregators (RT and Metacritic) indicate a purely mixed reception (64% and 55), as well as the review roundups in the sourced articles up top. Think it’s important to note the specifics of what was praised/criticized, as well as (but not just simply) put “mixed reviews from critics”, and leave the sources in lede. Thoughts/concerns? TropicAces (talk) 04:01, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
 * As per WP:MOS and WP:LEDE, we should summarize the content of the article as well. And as it stands, the lede does not do that. We need to indicate the mixed reception. Also, sources are not needed in the lede for something like that.- R9tgokunks   ⭕  00:30, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Well there are three positive, one mixed and two negative reviews in the body, not to mention four review roundups that indicated a purely “mixed” reception (until they were removed by users). The edit summaries indicate personal bias against saying mixed (“just another example of bias and hate against DC”) as opposed to concrete discussion/defense, so think it’s more than fair to label “mixed reviews” up top (cc R9tgokunks). - TropicAces (talk) 03:10, 11 January 2019 (UTC)tropicAces

So there was some discussion ... then TropicAces added a summary saying the reviews were mixed and summarized some of the complaints but it got a bit verbose: "The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised Wan's direction, the visual effects and performances, but criticized for its dialogue, runtime and plot." But for some weird reason and despite the above discussion that it was appropriate to say the reviews were mixed, that was replaced with the Critics consensus from Rotten Tomatoes? So long that summary is properly sourced in the article body and complies with WP:FILMLEAD I think what TropicAces added (or slightly adjusted version) would be far better than repeating the Rotten Tomatoes summary right in intro. -- 109.76.146.100 (talk) 17:06, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 January 2019
Change the "mixed reviews" to "generally favorable reviews from critics" Ashakkar66 (talk) 16:03, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. &#8209;&#8209; El Hef  ( Meep? ) 17:28, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

Requested change
I just saw the film earlier this evening and I was reading the article when I noticed three things that are incorrect, and should be updated. The errors exist in the following paragraph, and the first sentence of the paragraph after that.

''Orm visits Arthur in captivity and announces that Atlanna was executed for the crime of having a half-breed son, blaming Arthur and the surface for her death. He offers Arthur an opportunity to leave forever, but Arthur instead challenges him to a duel in a ring of underwater lava. Orm gains the upper hand and nearly kills Arthur before Mera rescues him. Together, Arthur and Mera journey to the Sahara desert where the trident was forged and unlock a holographic message that leads them to Sicily, Italy, where they retrieve the trident's coordinates. Meanwhile, Orm provides David with a prototype Atlantean battle suit to kill Arthur, imprisons Vulko upon learning of his betrayal, and coerces the remaining kingdoms of Atlantis to pledge their allegiance to him and his campaign against the surface.

After modifying Orm's technology, a fully armored David rechristens himself as Black Manta and ambushes Arthur and Mera in Sicily, injuring Arthur before being thrown off a cliff to his apparent death.''

I'm not requesting to change the whole thing. Just a couple of words in a few sentences. The changes (in bold) I propose or request are:

Orm has Arthur brought before him in chains, and announces Atlanna was executed for the crime of having a half-breed son, blaming Arthur and the surface for her death. He offers Arthur an opportunity to leave forever, but Arthur instead challenges him to a duel in a ring of underwater lava. Orm gains the upper hand and nearly kills Arthur before Mera rescues him. Together, Arthur and Mera journey to the Sahara desert where the trident was forged and unlock a holographic message that leads them to Sicily, Italy, where they retrieve the trident's coordinates. Meanwhile, Orm provides David with a prototype Atlantean weapon to kill Arthur, imprisons Vulko upon learning of his betrayal, and coerces the remaining kingdoms of Atlantis to pledge their allegiance to him and his campaign against the surface.

After modifying Orm's prototype weapon into a battle suit, David rechristens himself as Black Manta and ambushes Arthur and Mera in Sicily, injuring Arthur before being thrown off a cliff to his apparent death.

As you can see, the changes are minor, but reflect what actually happened in the film. I would've made these minor changes myself, but the page is semi-protected. Aidensdaddy2k9 (talk) 04:13, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 January 2019
24.55.99.37 (talk) 01:58, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. DannyS712 (talk) 02:09, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Trivia
The following could be included in the main Wikipage:-

From 2004 to 2009 Jason Momoa worked in the science fiction tv series Stargate Atlantis. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.244.210.117 (talk) 07:12, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Why? This article is about the Aquaman movie, not Stargate:Atlantis. It's not even a page about Jason Momoa, except insofar as he is related to the movie. Wikipedia pages are not for listing indiscriminate trivia. --Khajidha (talk) 14:12, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

Copy Edit
Is it still needed, and if so, where? TotallyNotSarcasm [lɪi̯v ə me̞sɪ̈d͡ʒ] [kɔnt͡ʂɻɪ̈bjɨʉ̯ʃn̩z] 06:33, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Edit request
Someone has changed the movie summary under search. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:18C:CA00:79E0:29B4:63C4:C37E:6CB6 (talk) 01:17, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Aquaman, known for being an absolutely horrible movie and Adam is right and Michael is wrong, is a 2018 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:18C:CA00:79E0:29B4:63C4:C37E:6CB6 (talk) 01:24, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Pending-protection-unlocked.svg Not done: According to the page's protection level you should be able to edit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. Spintendo  10:11, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Cast - Mera
The article states that Emilia Clarke plays the role of Mera in the Cast section, but I believe that Amber Heard plays that role. I have no authoritative source to demonstrate this, but the rest of the article (for example the section that states when cast members were announced, and the picture showing the cast on stage) seem to support Amber Heard. Furthermore, having watched the film, the actress does not appear to look like Emilia Clarke. 213.31.88.147 (talk) 19:14, 3 March 2021 (UTC) Stuart Woodard
 * That was vandalism.. I have reverted it. Spanneraol (talk) 19:28, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Production company - DC Films
There seems to be a confusion with the production companies involved in the film, the credited are Peter Safran Productions and DC Films, as per the involvement of Walter Hamada. All DC based films released since Suicide Squad are produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, under the "DC Films" label. Although the Hollywood Reporter citation says DC Entertainment, its not credited anywhere in the film. While Variety credits only Peter Safran Productions, The Hollywood Reporter credits both DC Entertainment and Peter Safran Productions. Rupturestriker (talk) 05:14, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
 * @NinjaRobotPirate consider to see all the films in the DCEU. Rupturestriker (talk) 05:17, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia goes by what reliable sources say. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:22, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
 * DC Entertainment is nowhere credited in the film, but Walter Hamada is being the president of DC Films. Giving DC Entertainemnt the production credits conflicts with DC Films. All live-action films based on DC properties since Suicide Squad are produced by DC Films as per its own article.Rupturestriker (talk) 07:28, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I get that you think you've the truth on your side or whatever. But it doesn't matter because Wikipedia is based on what reliable sources say. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:11, 21 February 2022 (UTC)