But even if the screenplay — credited to Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill and Jon Spaihts — is just a touch too familiar, it seems hardly fair to penalize a film so visually inventive, witty and filled with magnificent spectacle, just because it has come around at a saturation point in
the superhero cinema industry.
Whether it's the latest
superhero reboot, science fiction thriller or historical epic drama, the effects - driven juggernaut that powers the modern film
industry seems to continually overlook subaquatic
cinema.