I dunno how strong your Aquaman review theory holds up. Critic reviews started in the 80% range during its initial day(s) on RT. Once the weekend hit it slowly slipped from Fresh status to a mere 64%, which is worse than Marvel's worst (Thor: Dark World at 66%). You can debate till the cows come home where the better DCU movies stand compared to Marvel, but most would agree there are at least ten Marvel movies better than anything DC has put out.
Aquaman, Wonder Woman, and Man of Steel (which I have a soft spot for), are pretty middle of the road movies. They would be comparable to say the Ant-Man movies for me. Good movies, that either have problems or don't have the depth to reach Marvel's best.
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