'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom' destined to FAIL?

Five years and $200 million later, "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom" is falling flat.

The film stars Jason Momoa as Aquaman, and the plot features an evil master plan to increase greenhouse gas emissions in order to melt the polar ice caps.

“If you were hoping for a film that was light on the message or that was good, sadly, this is not it,” Lauren Chen explains.

The film continues with the theme of climate change, where the “bad guy” burns an ancient lost energy source not to fuel anything, but rather to accelerate global warming.

“Again, super subtle messaging here,” Chen jokes, noting that it wasn’t just the overt political messaging that’s turned her off to the film.

The film’s editing, humor, and tone, among other things, did not impress Chen.

“Overall, I think pretty objectively, this is a stupid movie,” she says.

Not only that, but in comparison to the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest" which came out in 2006, the CGI did not even come close.

“How is it that the CGI in that movie, which features a lot of underwater creatures, looks so much better than the CGI in this movie? It just doesn’t make sense to me,” Chen says.

“This is an expensive movie — $200 million — but all of the underwater critters look basically like they could be from a cut scene of a video game that came out a decade ago,” she continues.

Amber Heard’s character makes a reappearance in the film as well, which has left many Aquaman fans claiming they’ll boycott the sequel.

“I’m struggling to see a way that this film makes money,” Chen says, adding that Aquaman is also a “lame duck superhero.”

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