1995 Directed by Kevin Reynolds
In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship.
Kevin Costner Dennis Hopper Jeanne Tripplehorn R.D. Call Gerard Murphy Rick Aviles Michael Jeter Kim Coates Chaim Girafi Zitto Kazann Jack Black Zakes Mokae Jack Kehler Tina Majorino Rita Zohar Leonardo Cimino Lanny Flaherty Robert A. Silverman Sab Shimono Henry Kapono Ka'aihue Neil Giuntoli Robert Joy John Fleck Greg Goossen William Preston John Toles-Bey Ari Barak Chris Douridas Alexa Jago Show All…
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Not secretly great or anything but certainly not as terrible as legend would have it. Either way the production design, miniature effects, and stuntwork are completely unbelievable, and it takes serious suicidal audacity to try to shoot something of this scale on the open water. Imagine George Miller directing this.
All I chose to remember about this movie was watching Kevin Kostner drink his own pee.
Just watched the Ulysses cut on the new arrow blu ray and have to say what a stunning transfer it it is. It looks and sounds pretty amazing. I always really enjoy the film and this time I enjoyed the extra 40 minutes as well. It’s a really fun movie that was ambitious and I like all the practical effects and amazing sets. We don’t get much stuff like this these days and this strangely works better for me now than it did when it was initially released. If you’re in the right mood for a 3hr epic adventure Kevin Costner has a few good ones.
Too ambitious to hate but too absurd to take seriously. It's a humourless multi-million dollar bellyflop.
Shitworld.
A spirited mix of George Miller and Roger Corman on the open seas, Kevin Reynolds' "Waterworld" is an apocalyptic Western adventure that wears its influences on its sleeve en route to rating as a fully immersive and terrifically memorable experience. Though known more by its budget than its cinematic value at the time of its release, "Waterworld" proves an obviously ambitious and exuberantly entertaining exercise.
Taking place on an Earth covered by water after the polar ice caps have melted, "Waterworld" focuses on Kevin Costner's laconic Mariner, a sea-bound wanderer soon tangled in future-world drama involving bounties and mythical dryland. Like a Western anti-hero, Mariner's desire to simply live is encumbered by those needing his assistance.
The narrative is built…
Referring to the Ulysses Cut.
Much is said about this movie’s reputation and admittedly the theatrical version was botched with quite a lot cut. Plus, it seems like by the time this movie came out Costner’s popularity was waning. The Ulysses Cut helps restore the original vision of the film and it’s much better for it. This has become a movie I deeply enjoy. It is a weird post-apocalyptic epic with a lot of similarities to the Mad Max films.
Verdict: Waterworld certainly isn’t a film that is known for its universal praise and having subjected myself to the infamous Ulysses Cut with a whopping three hour runtime I understand why. I’ve never experienced genuine boredom to the extent that I have today having watched Kevin Costner drink his own piss and slowly sink into the leftover Kids Choice Awards slime. The stunt work and practical action is certainly remarkable but was it worth the money? No.
It wouldn't happen now. It's a miracle that it happened then.
Imagine just for a moment a time when the most expensive movie of all time was not a sure-thing sequel, a glistening multimedia assault of IP and fan-service. Imagine that CGI and digital apparatus was not yet a filmmaking tool that had reached critical mass. So instead you had to build an entire town out of rusted metal, netting, and retrofitted sunken remnants of a lost civilization. And oh yeah, you've got to build that shit out on the ocean. ''Cos the polar ice caps have melted and you cant see land anywhere.
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