As far as I recall I'd never seen it. And to be honest I'm not sure why I watched it now. Morbid curiosity maybe. It just happened to be on HBO late and night, and it's been panned so badly I thought it was going to be the worst movie of all time. And I gotta admit that after watching it I'm kind of wondering what all the bad buzz was about. I've seen way, way, way worse movies. I can't remember much from 1995, but I'm wondering if it was one of those dogpile instances, where dumping on it was just the hip thing to do. I'm not saying it's a great flick or anything like that, but it was entertaining enough to keep me watching the whole time. I was expecting much worse than I got. Something historically bad rather than marginal. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Frazod:
My main problem with it was that it was nothing more than a water-logged rip-off of Road Warrior (which is basically the same reason I hate Avatar). Saw it once. There won't ever be a twice. That goes for Avatar as well.
The Costner movie that I think got unfairly blasted was The Postman. That one I actually liked.
You read the book The Postman was loosely based on? Much, much better than the movie. [Reply]
I always thought the premise was pretty cool, even though I typically prefer my post-apocalyptic features in the zombie vein. A couple of my favorite parts of the movie were when he was "fishing" for that big ass creature and when he took homegirl down to the ocean floor to see the sunken city.
I'd be interested in seeing more of that world. [Reply]
Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider:
Avatar is just Dances with Wolves in Space.
Dances with Wolves + Pocahontas + a sprinkling of Aliens. All the beauty and promise, and in the end it was just another glorious natives vs. evil rich white men movie, made, of course, by an evil rich white man. Gotta love the irony there.
It was so corny, so utterly predictable. Half an hour into it I knew exactly how it was going to end, who was going to live, and who was going to die. No twists, no surprises, absolutely nothing original. They spent $100 million on CGI and $19.95 on the fucking screenplay. How do you do that? It's damned near criminal.
Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider:
You read the book The Postman was loosely based on? Much, much better than the movie.
Never read it. Didn't even know it was based on a book. [Reply]
I watched it a number of times as a kid since my dad was a Costner fan.
As a kid i enjoyed it for the most part even though i feel like i saw it too many times. Ironically i can barely remember it. Haven't seen it in decades. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
I always thought the premise was pretty cool, even though I typically prefer my post-apocalyptic features in the zombie vein. A couple of my favorite parts of the movie were when he was "fishing" for that big ass creature and when he took homegirl down to the ocean floor to see the sunken city.
I'd be interested in seeing more of that world.
One of the best worst movies out there. I love Kevin Costner movies, I can't help it. [Reply]
Favorite Costner movies are Field of Dreams and Bull Durham. He's been in a lot of movies that I enjoyed, but nothing beats that one-two combo. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Frazod:
Favorite Costner movies are Field of Dreams and Bull Durham. He's been in a lot of movies that I enjoyed, but nothing beats that one-two combo.
Peak Costner was great.
The two you mentioned, Silverado, untouchables, No way out, Dances with Wolves, The Bodyguard, JFK, Tin Cup, For Love of the Game. Those are all faves of mine.
Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider:
Avatar is just Dances with Wolves in Space.
Avatar, especially at Imax, really pushed special effects for when it came out.
The 3D of that quality and the 'avatar' aspect that everyone takes for granted now, was really something new back then (and semi naked blue women didn't hurt).
But no reason to see it in this day and age. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
Peak Costner was great.
The two you mentioned, Silverado, untouchables, No way out, Dances with Wolves, The Bodyguard, JFK, Tin Cup, For Love of the Game. Those are all faves of mine.
Originally Posted by Frazod:
Dances with Wolves + Pocahontas + a sprinkling of Aliens. All the beauty and promise, and in the end it was just another glorious natives vs. evil rich white men movie, made, of course, by an evil rich white man. Gotta love the irony there.
It was so corny, so utterly predictable. Half an hour into it I knew exactly how it was going to end, who was going to live, and who was going to die. No twists, no surprises, absolutely nothing original. They spent $100 million on CGI and $19.95 on the ****ing screenplay. How do you do that? It's damned near criminal.
Never read it. Didn't even know it was based on a book.
Some folks are going to say you are triggered. :-) [Reply]