'Aquaman' star Jason Momoa defends 'Justice League' from bad reviews

Whether you loved or hated Justice League, it's clear that no one involved in the project was more pumped to be there than Jason Momoa, who obviously had a whale of a time (yes, that was a sea pun) playing Jason MomoaArthur Curry, aka Aquaman, the team's resident surfer bro and reluctant King of Atlantis.

Momoa clearly approached the role with all the joie de vivrehe brings to his day-to-day existence -- which, judging by his social media, is often spent throwing axes, drinking Guinness and hanging out with his beautiful friends -- so he's pretty "bummed" that the internet (and box office receipts) started raining on his parade by pointing out that the movie is ... not great.

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"I try to stay the f--k away from what people say. Some of my friends said, ‘Justice Leagueisn’t doing well’ and it kind of bummed me out. But I didn’t want to look it up," Momoa admitted, defending the film in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. "I don’t want to look up the bad and the negativity. I don’t think that’s useful; it doesn’t help.”

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Unsurprisingly, Momoa is a fan of the superhero team-up -- and he's already seen it twice. “I loved it the second time even more," he said, insisting that when he visited the Wizard World Austin fan convention this past weekend, he received "great praise."

"Now obviously, that’s a positive place, and I’m not only interested in the positive. But if people love what we did with Aquaman, it’s all [director Zack Snyder] — it’s his brainchild. He came in with, ‘I’m going to make Aquaman a badass and I’m going to change stuff, and change the myths about this guy.’ And I busted my ass.”

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Momoa had the unenviable task of trying to rehabilitate a character who has been mocked everywhere from Entourageto the halls of DC as the comic world's easiest punchline. But after seeing the Game of Thronesalum's performance, it's a safe bet that no one will be thinking of orange fish-scale shirts when they picture Aquaman from now on -- although we'll definitelybe thinking about why someone would take off their shirt to go swimming, but not their impractically tight pants.

Hopefully this burning question will be answered in Aquaman's standalone movie, directed by Furious 7helmer James Wan, which is scheduled to hit our shores on Dec. 21, 2018.

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