Aquaman Final Trailer Reactions: 5 Ups & 5 Downs

2. Ocean Master Still Fails To Impress

Aquaman Ocean Master Patrick Wilson
Warner Bros.

The one unimpressive constant across the trailers, however, has been the movie's primary antagonist: King Orm aka Ocean Master.

Patrick Wilson's a perfectly fine actor - and a James Wan regular, having starred in his Conjuring movies - but he seems pretty much wasted on a seemingly bland, forgettable foil for Aquaman.

It's possible the final film might delve deeper into the Shakespearean aspect of the half-brothers' opposition over ruling Atlantis, but it's probably far more likely that Orm ends up resembling a forgettable, lower-tier MCU villain.

It'd be great to be wrong about this, but nothing shown so far suggests he's anything more than a charisma vacuum, and audiences could very well be left wondering why Black Manta wasn't the main baddie instead.

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