Why all the hate towards 'Waterworld'..?

[shapeshifter]

there are two reasons that I really didn't like it
One. that kid ticked me off. could have done without her
two. Costner's skin tight pants. I don't need to see that much of his arse

 

[kzupin]

Then don't see Mr.Brooks

Waterworld was sub par, but still enjoyable to watch when it pops up on tv once an a while. I don't think I'd ever buy the DVD though.

(On a side note, can some one IM me on how to get a dang avatar up. I know its probably really simple. thanks)

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Then don't see Mr.Brooks

Or Prince of Thieves.

 

[Galactus]

If Waterworld didn't disappoint you, your expectations must have really low.

Knowing that most Hollywood movies are mediocre at best, why would I have any expectations? The reason I was disappointed with Spider-Man 3 wasn't that I really expected another good sequel, but knowing that it could have been so much better

 

[Rac]

I liked Waterworld when I saw it. I was nine. Not sure how would it play out now. I'd really like to see the 3 hour Director's Cut. WB should release some kinda DVD box.

 

[Timstuff]

Basically it's like a flooded over version of Road Warrior that cost about 300x what Road Warrior cost to make.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Knowing that most Hollywood movies are mediocre at best, why would I have any expectations?

If you have no expectations, why go to see the film in the first place?

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Basically it's like a flooded over version of Road Warrior that cost about 300x what Road Warrior cost to make.

Is it 1995 again?

 

[gohei_]

I rewatched this thing last night, and I still think it's a decent movie. I mean it's basically Mad Max on water, and I would love to see a sequel to this one day.

 

[The Guard]

A lot of the hate at the time came from the fact that it just wasn't a very good adaption of a pretty fantastic book.

 

[Octoberist]

It's not hate but indifference

 

[Mindreaper21]

I actually like Waterworld. It's different from a lot of the same unoriginal garbage we seem to have lately. Not many people's cup of tea of course. It also makes me that much more excited about Aquaman, because there are some good moments in Waterworld from an artistic perspective.

 

[Teelie]

I liked the movie as far as a post-apocaplytic movie goes. It wasn't terrifc by any means but it was the literal opposite of most movies where water was in short supply and everything is dry. Potable water was in somewhat short supply but there are more ways to desalinate water than there are to make it out of thin air.

Of course it was also a hugely overpriced movie with a lot of behind the scenes issues and some smugness going on where it failed to live up to that cost.

 

[dark_b]

Waterworld - 4K Restoration Trailer

 

[Schlosser85]

People at the time loved hating on Kevin Costner.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Haven't seen Waterworld in years, but I enjoyed it when I watched it as a kid.

 

[HammerDown]

I thought it was alright. I liked several aspects of the movie. That post apocalyptic vibe...
It has some memorable stuff too.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Waterworld is awesome cheese. Even better with a double feature with The Postman.

 

[Abudefduf]

My only problem with Waterworld is that it's a bit too long. Otherwise I like it. It's a better Mad Max movie than Beyond Thunderdome, that's for sure.

 

[dark_b]

18 Things We Learned From the New Waterworld Blu-ray

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

There seems to be a bit of a resurgence at least on the Hype, for this thing.

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It's dull. It's got some wonderful ideas for a cool action adventure film but it whiffs it on all of them. It's not really entertaining on a straight forward level and it's honestly not bat guano crazy enough to merit the "so bad it's good" tag no matter what some might think. It's mostly an inert film with peeks into the fun time it's creators thought it was.

And... Sorry all but I really do think the number of people that go to bat for it are doing so out of a lazy sense of nostalgia. Once more, and this is subjective in so many ways, I know, I KNOW... But there's a difference between something actually deserving of nostalgic defense in my mind and just **** that was on cable a lot when you were a kid.

It's a dull movie that might have gotten some band wagon hate due to Costner's celebrity at the time of it's release. That's not to say it's some underappreciated gem or even just a film far better than it's reputation. Even being charitable it's not all that fun or exciting and the characters are thin and unengaging. Is Hopper kinda fun as an over the top villain? Kinda. But by that point Hopper was cashing checks doing the same crazy-eyed act as the heavy in movies and he did it better elsewhere. So it's not that there's this great villain at the heart of it. And the less said about Costner's choices in how to play the hero the better.

It's not the worst film ever. It's also not several magnitudes greater than it's general reputation.

My... Let's call it $3.50.

 

[Batmannerism]

Basically it's like a flooded over version of Road Warrior that cost about 300x what Road Warrior cost to make.

DUDE ! It is totally the Road Warrior on the Ocean...just not as cool, and if the Road Warrior had the same budget they could have filmed it on Mars !

 

[dark_b]

they made imbecile mistakes but the main reason it was expensive was because they filmed on watter

 

[-JKR-]

It's a slightly entertaining bad Road Warrior rip-off.

 

[DarkKnight88]