Aquaman

Atlanna:
Where I come from, the sea carries our tears away.

Thomas Curry:
Here, you feel them.

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

Thomas:
That's my superpower. [they laugh]

[Jesse offers David (his son) an old combat knife.]

David Kane:
I can't take that piece of junk. It's the love of your life.

Jesse Kane:
I never told you the story behind it. This was your grandfather's. He was one of the Navy's first frogmen during World War II. He was so stealthy in the water, his unit nicknamed him Manta. But after the war, his country forgot about him, so he went back to the sea, scavenging and surviving with his wit and this knife. He gave it to me when I was your age. And now it's yours, son.

Arthur:
I don't even know your name.

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

Arthur:
You're the guy from the sub.

David Kane:
That's right! But now I have Atlantean steel! [stabs Arthur] Call me... Black Manta!

Atlanna:
You must forgive me, for everything.

Arthur:
This happened because of me.

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

Orm Marius:
...Mother?

Atlanna:
My son.

[They embrace.]

Orm Marius:
I don't understand. We thought you...

Atlanna:
I know. Arthur saved me.

Orm Marius:
You're with him?

Atlanna:
I am. You're both my children, and I love you so much. But you have been misguided. Your father told you that there were two worlds. He was wrong. The land and the sea are one.

Arthur Curry / Aquaman:
[narrating] 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.

Arthur Curry / Aquaman:
[narrating] 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:
[viewing the aftermath of the tsunami] This was Orm's doing. Worse is to come.

Mera:
Your Highness, there is no victory in vanquishing the foolish! Your brother is clearly an imbecile!

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

Orm Marius / Ocean Master:
You are the reason our mother was executed and I have 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 it or not, and I am bringing the wrath of the Seven Seas with me.

Orm Marius / Ocean Master:
Join me or die!

Orm Marius / Ocean Master:
I am pure of blood! I have dedicated my entire life to Atlantis! He wanted nothing to do with it! You swore to serve the throne!

Orm Marius / Ocean Master:
Today we unite our kingdoms. Tomorrow we scorch the surface! RISE, ATLANTIS!

Orm Marius / Ocean Master:
You have our mother's trident; powerful... but flawed, like her. I wield my father's... and it has never known defeat!

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

David Kane / Black Manta:
You can't run. YOU OWE ME BLOOD!

David Kane / Black Manta:
I'll show you the same mercy you showed my father, and gut you like the fish you are!

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

Atlanna:
[telling a story to baby Arthur] ... and the Trident could only be wielded by the strongest Atlantean. And it gave the king master of the Seven Seas. It made him so powerful, that the ocean became so jealous, and sent a terrible earthquake to destroy Atlantis. Down it fell, to the bottom of the ocean. But legend has it that one day, a new king will come who will use the power of the Trident to put Atlantis back together again.

Atlanna:
[to Tom] I will return to you when it's safe. One day, right here, at sunrise, we'll be together again.

Pilot:
We're here!

Arthur:
Hey! Is there anything nearby?

Pilot:
Nothing but desert for hundreds of K's, mate!

Arthur:
Nothing but desert.

Mera:
He's wrong. [Rips door off and jumps out]

Pilot:
Hey! What are you doing?!

Arthur:
Wait! No!

Pilot:
Oh... She just jumped! She didn't have a parachute!

Arthur:
Redheads! You gotta love 'em. [Jumps out and falls down alongside Mera] Sh*t! Oh, you're crazier than I thought!

Mera:
[Holding up tracker] A-ha! This way.

Orm Marius:
You were defeated the last time because your surface weapons failed you. Ours will not. [David Kane walks through water hologram to commandoes opening armory chest] It's prototype armor for the next generation Atlantean soldier. Revenge is something we Atlanteans understand. You will lead my finest commandos as your personal army to hunt down the half-breed abomination. I cannot touch them, but you can. He's fled to your world. Kill him and the woman he's with, and you will be rewarded.

David Kane:
Killing him is my reward.

Orm Marius:
The crown jewel. Still experimental. Converts water into beams of energized plasma. [David Kane uses the weapon to blast a shore mountain]

Arthur:
I'm starting to think you actually like these surface-dwellers.

Mera:
It would be wrong to judge a place I've never seen before. I'll be right back. Don't go anywhere.

Arthur:
Well, apparently, it's just right up on the hill. A big old castle.

Mera:
And I just learned something very interesting. You risked our lives based on something you read in a children's book?

Arthur:
Wait, it's a book? How about that? Oh! I got it from the movie. Hablamos!

[Arthur wakes up on a fishing boat with Mera playing the flute at the bow and he walks up to her]

Arthur:
Um... Did you steal a boat?

Mera:
Are the boats at the marina not for public use?

Arthur:
No, those belong to people.

Mera:
Huh. Those were Orm's elite commandos. But the one who led them, he wasn't Atlantean. I've never seen him before.

Arthur:
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:
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 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. The charted path leads to the Kingdom of the Trench.

Arthur:
Are those the same creatures that killed my mother?

Mera:
Yes. She was taken there and sacrificed to them. It's become a place of death.

Arthur:
We know next to nothing about what's down there. We should turn back. We can still warn the surface. Try and prepare them for what's coming.

Mera:
Turn back?!

Arthur:
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. But 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.

Mera:
You think you're unworthy to lead because you're of two different worlds. But that is exactly why you are worthy. I can see that now. You are the bridge between land and sea. The only question is... Can you? [Arthur looks at her with humbly]

Orm Marius:
Vulko. My trusted vizier who has stood by the throne since my father sat upon it. Have you any advice for me as this war begins?

Nuidis Vulko:
I have already given it, My King. But I will stand by your decision, as always. My decision. To protect it.

Orm Marius:
Remember, the Brine are powerful, savage brutes, but a swift assault aimed directly at their leadership will turn the tide.

[David Kane wakes up in a bed in the garage of an oceanologist examining his helmet]

TV oceanologist:
I spent 15 years at the United States Institute of Marine Science...

TV interviewer:
Weren't you fired?

TV oceanologist:
...studying oceanic phenomenon, and this is the most conclusive evidence we have to date. Deep-sea seismographs have recorded explosions on the ocean floor. We have satellite imagery of debris from Atlantean warships floating on the surface...

TV interviewer:
Dr. Shin! Will you please let me finish? Here we go again. Atlantean?

TV oceanologist:
Yes. The government does not want us to know about the threat that exists right here...

David Kane:
Yeah, I wouldn't do that if I were you.

Oceanologist:
This is Atlantean technology, isn't it? Can you tell me how you got this?

David Kane:
Sure. But first, you gotta tell me how to find him. [Throws knife at a newspaper inquiring the identity of Aquaman]

Arthur Curry / Aquaman:
[narrating] 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, and a king of the seas. I am the protector of the deep. I am... Aquaman.

David Kane / Black Manta:
"Loathsomeness waits and dreams in the deep, and decay spreads over the tottering cities of men!"

David Kane / Black Manta:
[After tinkering with Atlantean weaponry that blasts a wall] Hmm. I think I'm gonna need a bigger helmet.