Aquaman (2018)

Jason Momoa: Arthur

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• [Mera and Arthur find an Atlantean device in the desert] 

  Mera : [can't activate it]  Nothing.

  Arthur Curry : Of course it's not working. It's been sitting here gathering dust since before the Sahara was a desert!

  Mera : Before the Sahara was a desert... You do your best thinking when you're not thinking at all. Hold still.

  [extracts sweat from Arthur] 

  Mera : We need water. You're the closest source.

  [uses the water to get the device working] 

  Arthur Curry : Show-off. I could've just peed on it.

• [Mera destroys the device] 

  Arthur Curry : WAIT! Shouldn't we have written it down?

  Mera : I memorized it. Didn't you?

  Arthur Curry : Uh, yeah.

  Mera : What did it say?

  Arthur Curry : Something something trident.

• [Mera jumps from a plane into a desert] 

  Cargo Pilot : She jumped! She didn't have a parachute!

  Arthur Curry : Redheads! You gotta love 'em.

  [jumps after her] 

• Arthur Curry : We should turn back. We can still warn the surface, try and prepare them for what's coming...

  Mera : Turn back?

  Arthur Curry : Look, I learned from a young age not to show weakness, okay? I solve my problems with my anger and my fists. I'm a blunt instrument and I'm damn good at it. I've done nothing but get my ass kicked this whole trip. I'm no leader. I'm not a king. I do not work or play well with others. And I can't let you die, trying to turn me into something I'm not.

  Mera : You think you're unworthy to lead because you're of two different worlds? But that is exactly why you are worthy! You are the bridge between land and sea! I can see that now. The question is, can you?

• [last lines] 

  Arthur Curry : [narrates]  My father was a lighthouse keeper. My mother was a queen. They were never meant to meet. But their love saved the world. They made me what I am: a son of the land, a king of the seas. I am the protector of the deep. I am... Aquaman.

• [Aquaman smashes into a submarine captured by pirates] 

  Arthur Curry : Permission to come aboard.

• Mera : [introduces Arthur to Atlantis]  Welcome home.

  Arthur Curry : This is bad-ass!

• Orm : The Trident doesn't change what you are! You're a half-breed bastard! Atlantis will never accept you as its king!

  Arthur Curry : Then by bloodshed, do the gods make known their will!

• Arthur Curry : [narrates]  My mother had fled an arranged marriage, left her whole world behind, but in my father's lighthouse, she had found something unexpected. And my father found the love of his life.

• Mera : [browsing a bookstall on Sicily]  I just learned something very interesting.

  [holds up a copy of "Pinocchio"] 

  Mera : "Pinocchio." You risked our lives based on something you read in a *children's book*?

  Arthur Curry : Wait, it's a book? How about that? I got it from a movie.

• Arthur Curry : What's the plan?

  Mera : The plan *was* to get the Trident first, *then* challenge Orm for the throne!

  Arthur Curry : So we did things out of order, shit happens!

• Mera : Atlantis has always had a king. Now it needs something more.

  Arthur Curry : Well, what could be greater than a king?

  Queen Atlanna : A hero. A king fights only for his own nation. You fight for everyone.

• [Jesse Kane is trapped under a missile] 

  David Kane : Wait! You can't leave him here! Help me! Please!

  Arthur Curry : You killed innocent people! Ask the sea for mercy!

• [Arthur defeats Orm] 

  Orm : Finish it!

  Arthur Curry : Yield the throne.

  Orm : Mercy is not our way.

  Arthur Curry : Maybe you haven't noticed, brother...

  [lowers the trident] 

  Arthur Curry : ... but I'm not one of you.

  Orm : Do it!

  [tears off his helmet] 

  Orm : KILL ME!

  Queen Atlanna : NO! That is enough killing!

  Orm : ...Mother?

• [in a bar] 

  Arthur Curry : How is it that I can breathe underwater, but you can still drink me under the table?

  Thomas Curry : That's *my* superpower.

  [they laugh] 

• David Kane : I scavenge the high seas. You're the Aquaman. We were bound to meet at some point!

  Arthur Curry : Let's not make it a habit.

• Arthur Curry : We got a bogey on our tail!

  Mera : What does that even mean?

  Arthur Curry : Bad guys behind us!

  Mera : Why didn't you just say that?

  Arthur Curry : Bad guys behind us!

• Cue Ball : Hey, buddy. You the Fish Boy from the TV?

  Arthur Curry : It's "fish man." What do you want?

  Cue Ball : [menacing]  I'll tell you what I want...

  [friendly] 

  Cue Ball : Could we get a picture with you?

• Orm : Down here, we have a legend about the Karathen, an ancient sea monster so powerful that even King Atlan himself couldn't contain it. So he imprisoned it in the depths of the ocean. In that abyss, the creature bides its time, waiting to rise again. Atlantis has been lying in wait, and now the beast has awakened.

  Arthur Curry : You know, there was a time when I wanted to meet you one day, get to know my little brother, let him know that he wasn't alone, and we could hang out together. If only I'd know what a dick you'd turn out to be.

  Orm : You were the reason our mother was executed. And I've hated you for it ever since. But I do not want to kill you, Arthur. I am going to give you one chance. Go home. Do not ever come back to Atlantis. You are not going to win this. A war is coming to the surface whether you like or not. And I am bringing the wrath of the Seven Seas with me.

  Arthur Curry : You know I can't let that happen.

  Orm : I know.

• [Arthur knocks down Jesse Kane] 

  David Kane : DAD!

  Arthur Curry : Dad?

  [to Jesse] 

  Arthur Curry : That's your kid? Shame on you.

• Mera : You must defeat Orm.

  Arthur Curry : And what if I can't?

  Mera : Last time you fought him on his ground. This time, fight him on yours.

  [Mera kisses Arthur] 

  Arthur Curry : [stunned]  What was the plan again?

  Mera : [smiles]  The plan is not to get killed.

• [Arthur approaches the Trident of Atlan] 

  Karathen : You do not belong here. I have guarded the Trident against false kings since the beginning and for a thousand years. I have seen the greatest champions try and failed, but never have I sensed one as unworthy as you. You dare to come here with your tainted mongrel blood to claim Atlantis's greatest treasure?

  [Arthur goes for the Trident, but is swatted away] 

  Karathen : So be it. Half-breed! You thought yourself worthy? You thought yourself king? You dishonor this place with your presence!

  Arthur Curry : Stop! You're right, I am a half-breed mongrel. But I did not come here because I thought I was worthy. I know I'm not.

  Karathen : [surprised]  You understand me?

  Arthur Curry : I do.

  Karathen : No mortal has conversed with me since King Atlan. Who are you?

  Arthur Curry : I'm nobody. I came because I have no choice. I came to save my home, and the people that I love. I came because the Trident is our only hope. And if that's not good enough... then screw you!

  Karathen : [withdraws]  No man has ever freed the Trident from Atlan's grip. Should he deem you unworthy... well, I haven't feasted in eons, and I am famished.

• Arthur Curry : I don't even know your name.

  Mera : It's Y'Mera-Xebella-Challa. You may call me Mera.

• [first lines] 

  Arthur Curry : [narrates]  Jules Verne once wrote: "Put two ships in the open sea, without wind or tide... they will come together". That's how my parents met: like two ships destined for each other.

• [Orm is arrested] 

  Nuidis Vulko : [to guards]  Take him. But make sure he gets a view.

  [Orm smiles ruefully] 

  Arthur Curry : [as Orm is led past him]  When you're ready... let's talk.

• Nuidis Vulko : How could you be so foolish as to let Orm bait you into a fight?

  Arthur Curry : It seems to me that'll solve all our problems. I beat him in battle, the war's over, I'm getting home.

  Nuidis Vulko : You're a formidable fighter on land, but here you're out of your element, literally.

• [inside a whale's gullet] 

  Mera : How are you even doing this anyway?

  Arthur Curry : I don't know. I can hear them sometimes, and they can hear me.

  Mera : Right, because you're both big, dumb animals.

  Arthur Curry : Hey, I saved your life!

  Mera : I saved yours first!

• Mera : [as Arthur communicates with a whale]  What are you doing?

  Arthur Curry : Listen, it worked for Pinocchio.

  Mera : Who?

  Arthur Curry : Never mind, come here, get in. Come on!

  [the whale opens its mouth, they swim inside] 

  Mera : Great, so we're getting eaten.

• Arthur Curry : You're the guy from the sub!

  Manta : That's right!

  [stabs him] 

  Manta : But now I have Atlantean steel! Call me... Black Manta!

• Queen Atlanna : You're afraid.

  Arthur Curry : Yes.

  Queen Atlanna : Good. You're ready.

• [Arthur finds Thomas at the pier at sunrise] 

  Arthur Curry : I always know where to find you.

  Thomas Curry : Old habits.

• Mera : Those were Orm's elite commandoes. The one who led them, he wasn't Atlantean; I've never seen him before.

  Arthur Curry : Yeah, I have. He and his father were pirates. And he blames me for his father's death.

  Mera : They picked a dangerous line of trade. It's not your fault.

  Arthur Curry : That's not how it feels. It was up to me, and I let him die. I could've saved him, but I didn't. And now I've made an enemy. And he could have hurt you. And that would have been my fault.

  Mera : Well, he's behind us now. It's what lies ahead that should concern us.

• Nuidis Vulko : If we're going to prevent this war, you must dethrone him now.

  Arthur Curry : I've already told you, I don't want to be king!

  Mera : You don't understand! Once he is named Ocean Master, it'll be too late! The power at his disposal will be unlike anything you've ever seen.

  Arthur Curry : I'm from the surface, no one's going to take me seriously. I don't even know where to begin!

  Nuidis Vulko : By winning the hearts and minds of the people, by proving to them that you're worthy! And retrieving this.

  [opens a scroll showing a drawing of a trident] 

  Arthur Curry : [shows off his trident]  I already got one of those.

  Nuidis Vulko : Not like this one you don't. This is the lost Trident of Atlantis.

  Arthur Curry : Oh, another fairytale?

  Nuidis Vulko : It's more than a story, it's real. It was forged by the greatest weapon masters in history. Crafted from Poseidon's steel for King Atlan, the first ruler of Atlantis. Legend says, the Trident was built with the power to command the sea.

  Arthur Curry : So what happened to it?

  Nuidis Vulko : To know that, is to go back to the time before the Great Fall, when King Atlan ruled over all that was, the Kingdoms of Atlantis were one. It was a time of great prosperity and technological advancement. We had unlocked the secret to unlimited energy at a time when the rest of the world still thought the earth was flat. But we became too ambitious, too hungry for power. The ocean swallowed us and Atlantis sank. But the very power that collapsed our civilization also paved the way to our future. It gave us ability to breathe underwater. And so, we evolved. Others regressed, became savage. And the king lived out the remainder of his days in self imposed exile. Neither he, nor the Trident were ever seen again.

  [holds up a device] 

  Nuidis Vulko : One of our archaeological teams uncovered this a few months ago. It's an ancient recording dating back to the first dynasty. I believe it contains Atlan's final message to his people and the whereabouts of the sacred Trident.

  Arthur Curry : So what does it say?

  Mera : We don't know. The technology's too old.

  Nuidis Vulko : The cylinder bears the marking of the Deserter Kingdom. You must take it there and retrieve the message. The clue to Atlan's final resting place is inside this.

• [from trailer] 

  Arthur Curry : [to Mera]  This is the exact spot where Vulko gave me my first swimming lesson.

• Queen Atlanna : You must forgive me, for everything.

  Arthur Curry : This happened because of me.

  Queen Atlanna : Not because of you. None of this is your fault.

• [watching TV] 

  Thomas Curry : I knew you couldn't stand on the sidelines forever. Your mother always knew you were special.

  Arthur Curry : Don't even start.

  Thomas Curry : She believed you'd be the one to unite our two worlds.

  Arthur Curry : Please stop.

  Thomas Curry : Whatever Atlantis's problem are, you're bigger than them.

  Arthur Curry : Atlantis murdered my mother.

  Thomas Curry : You don't know that for sure.

  Arthur Curry : Yes, I do. They killed her, for loving you and having me, and you know it.

  Thomas Curry : Son, one day you're going to have to stop blaming yourself.

• Mera : Your half-brother, King Orm, is about to declare war upon the surface world. Billions will die, your people and mine. We must stop him.

  Arthur Curry : And how do you propose we do that?

  Mera : You are the firstborn son of Queen Atlanna. The throne is yours by birthright. The only way to stop this war and save both worlds is for you to take your rightful place as King.

  Arthur Curry : [laughs]  You think if I just show up, Orm will give up the throne? I'm the bastard son of a queen your people executed. Trust me, I'm no king.

  Mera : I agree.

  Arthur Curry : That's awesome.

  Mera : But, Vulko seems to believe in you for some reason, and that's why I'm here. Vulko has learned of the location of the lost Trident of Atlantis.

  Arthur Curry : Fairy tales. It's a myth.

  Mera : It's not a myth. With the sacred Trident, people will listen to you. You can then claim your birthright and dethrone Orm.

  Arthur Curry : My birthright? It died with my mother. But I'll promise you this: if Orm attacks, I'll treat him the same way your people treated her, with no mercy.

• [in the middle of the Sahara desert, Mera checks her tracker again] 

  Arthur Curry : No, no, no, no! Will you just stop it with that? No!

  [slaps it out of her hand] 

  Arthur Curry : Your stupid Atlantean GPS just told you to jump out of an airplane over the middle of a desert, and now we are stranded...!

  [a sinkhole opens beneath him, and he falls in with a yell] 

  Mera : [sighs]  If you're the next true king, we're doomed.

  [jumps in after him] 

• [after falling down a sinkhole and finding the entrance to the Kingdom of the Deserters] 

  Arthur Curry : [laughs]  That was awesome. Oh, look what I found.

  Mera : [raised eyebrows]  What *you* found?

  Arthur Curry : Yeah.

• Arthur Curry : Who the hell are you?

  Manta : Maybe this will jog your memory.

  [extends his sleeve knife] 

• Arthur Curry : [narrates]  Their two worlds were never meant to meet, and I was a product of a love that never should have been.

• Arthur Curry : Where to?

  Mera : To that ocean of sand your people call the Sahara.