you only need one objectionable person at a test screening to enable executives to ruin a movie. the first movie was bad anyway. it was surpsrsing it did so well.
Only seen the first, but it just didn't seem very original and true to whatever aquaman needs to be. They miscast Nicole Kidman. But generally, the cast could have pulled it off had the movie had some heart. It felt like they stitched the first movie together.
Watched it last night, it was enjoyable but the script was an afterthought. The visual and action are the best part, told my wife it felt like a live action Master of the Universe movie. Mindless but entertaining, you'll forget about it as soon as you leave the theater - C+
