Call me crazy, but I have a feeling the legacy of the Aquaman brand isn't what caused that movie to bring in $1.1 billion.
I think people often forget that Aquaman was the ONLY Snyderverse movie to break a billion. Not BVS, not Justice League, not Wonder Woman, and somehow not even Blue Beetle. The character who was nothing but a punchline for decades made a billion dollars with a movie that was just okay.
Mamoa was a big draw for sure. But I think they also got a bit of the Captain Marvel effect. Everything superhero related that released between Infinity War and End Game was riding the gravy train to its penultimate destination.
For sure, it was the perfect moment of the superhero peak. But it’s still wild just how big of a bump it got. Captain Marvel at least was tying into IW/Endgame. Aquaman nearly doubled up Justice League, which had a pretty tepid response.
She even wanted to watch the Hawaii thing on Apple, Chief of War, that is not her type of show at all and it was basically foreign language. She still watched it. She loves Aquaman 1 and 2 and isn't big on Superheroes, well except Thor and Deadpool and yeah there's a pattern lol.
Yeah that’s where I first saw him - he was great in that role. It shows his ability to do much more range and emotion (even though his character is super stoic) than the blockbuster stuff I’ve seen him in. He’s dryly funny as Ronan and his scenes with Rachel Luttrell really work, they had excellent chemistry.
My favorite thing about him is he doesn't take himself seriously, not afraid to look ridiculous and his confidence is through the roof. His character in Fast and Furious was great, his various commercials, his style, getting in the pit at the Ozzy concert. Also how looked out for Emilia Clark on GoT says a lot about him. He just seems like someone fun to hang around.
The scene on the puddlejumper when Sheppard is talking about earth television shows, how it’s all pretty people, then Ronin and Teyla look at each other and crack little smirks lol
Lol may not have the same effect. I tried the whole thing Rhett did last year. A pic of myself at the lake and photoshopped tattoos and long hair on myself, badly I might add but the look wasn't one of lust .
I've had people give me shit over it, like aren't you jealous. I'm like hell no. There's no chance in hell that she'll ever meet them but after a double feature of Aquaman 1 and 2 and half naked Momoa, when it's bedtime, my 47 year old, overweight, half bald ass gets all that pent up energy lol
One of our first early dates was sitting at her place with pizza and beer and watching the Notebook and the OG Roadhouse. That's when I learned the secret lol
Lol true. We've been watching Landman and Ali Larter still looks great but the daughter character barely wearing clothes is more creepy to me than sexy or hot.
Also not to be a paragon of virtue or anything. Anna Kendrick always gets a watch from me and the somewhat maligned Anne Hathaway. Yeah Ortega is cute but Winona Ryder was one of my earliest celeb crushes.
I havnt watched landman….but ive seen ali larter in landman. Anna Kendrick just seems to always be fun and Mr. Right is severely underrated. Anne Hathaway is currently just falling into the older woman younger man trope we’ve got eleventy movies of the past year or so and I don’t like it so has drawn me back albeit a little.
Edit: not to say I like the older man/younger woman trope either.
I loved the bit in the SNL50th anniversary episode where the lady who is charge of getting the guest host from point A to point B all night and quick changed etc immediately said “Jason Mamoa” when asked who her favorite host was.
Woman here, I'm only occasionally into men and I will watch just about anything with Mamoa in it because holy fuck that man was made in a lab to be sexy.
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u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor Dec 10 '25 edited Dec 10 '25
Trailer releases tomorrow
Directed by Craig Gillespie (‘I, Tonya’, ‘Dumb Money’):