The actor playing him was Murn in Peacemaker and was super good in that so, knowing nothing about the character, I am at least optimistic about the performance.
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It was pretty dumb and obvious, but at the same time I forgave it because of the scene where a baby Namor is just like, floating there. I don't know if that was supposed to be ironically funny on purpose, or if they just didn't know what they were doing. But ya.Also, Namor outright calling himself a mutant was the kind of "modern" Marvel worldbuilding where you can almost feel the script being "punched up" to sell a movie coming in 2025.
Also, did I mention that Namor makes no sense? Not every villain has to have rational motivations. But the movie talked about him and pretended like he did, when he didn't whatsoever.
It did grate on me that the only "good" white person was an agent of the CIA, an organization whose history includes destabilizing nations throughout the Global South.Here's an idea: kill whitey. This movie seems like it wants to get there so badly! My memory of Black Panther 1 was that it made a point of noting how the "colonizers" have screwed up Africa and all of Black Culture in significant ways, but didn't put straight up slavery on screen.
So guy works for the CIA, and he was also married to a Nazi? I'm really beginning to question his judgment/character.It did grate on me that the only "good" white person was an agent of the CIA, an organization whose history includes destabilizing nations throughout the Global South.
My take on it is that the review-writer-class has been tired of Marvel movies for quite a while, but most lacked the cajones to take a risk to really grill such a popular cultural mainstay. But now that the seal has been broken on that hot take, there's an over-correction in the market as people rush to let out their accumulated grievances.