Aquaman & The Lost Kingdom Review: 3 Ups & 7 Downs

1. The Post-Credits Scene Is A Total Waste Of Time

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Warner Bros.

Yes, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom has a post-credits scene, but no, there's absolutely no reason for you to sit through over 10 minutes of credits for it.

Without spoiling it regardless, it's nothing more than a lousy 30-second comedy gag payoff to a scene in the main movie, and one that serves as an hilariously inconsequential "ending" to the DCEU as a whole.

While nobody was expecting a credits scene that teed up anything new for a dying franchise, there were surely many more interesting options than this absolutely throwaway one.

A scene which served as a final farewell to the DCEU could've at least ended things on something approaching a warm note, but instead it's just a lame-brained gag.

But with all that ugliness now in the rear-view, here are the few things that actually work in this movie...

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