Waterworld

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Summary: Excellent Comic Book-like Action Adventure
Review: I own a copy of this movie on VHS and have watched it repeatedly. It is a top notch action movie with a great deal of creative inventiveness. I especially appreciate how the lead character's, the Mariner's, boat is like an extension of his body. The precariousness of human life in this movie mirrors that of the Mad Max movie's own desert-like apocolyptic world with its symmetrical opposite, a world "buried" in water.

I'm a fan of Kevin Costner's quiet characters (which remind me of Keanu Reeves' characters). The young girl played by Tina Majorino (awesome name by the way for the actress behind this character) was a hoot and a good opposite to Kevin Costner. Her being annoying is intentional and a source of a lot of great dramatic tension and intended laughs. Dennis Hopper is a comic book evil genius in this movie.

I think the movie packs a lot of great "sci-fi-apocalypse" ideas in it that make it come off as intelligent, especially after several viewings. The whole family should appreciate this exciting movie.

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Summary: Why Costner?...He's bland!...
Review: Kevin Costner (whose acting ability I usually compare with a bail of hay)does slightly better than a bail of hay in this movie covered in jet skis... If you like plenty of explosions and future pirates, than hold on tight, 'cause there's plenty! Also, Kev drinks his own pee in the beginning--I was hoping for the machine that purifies his pee to malfunction...but he seemed satisfied with his own (...).

Personally, I think Mr. Costner is better off doing Crest commercials or something...anything that keeps him relatively far from the human eye. How were so many roles forced on such a warehouse worker? I think if you gave him something to load onto a ship he'd feel better than doing this "acting" thing...
And be on the lookout for Costner's next film role...I'm sure he plays God, the way they cast the man...oy.

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Summary: Don't know why this was slated so much
Review: First of all, the length of the film put me off. I was expecting another Titanic, and boy did I get one! It passed a lot faster than I expected, with very few slow scenes. Secondly, the fact it had been slated left, right & centre by everyone didn't particularly make me want to watch it. I think I watched a completely different film to everyone else (don't worry, that normally happens).

I seem to like films that are filmed in an overly large swimming pool (Titanic, Hard Rain). Prior to Titanic, this was one of the most expensive movies ever made, going over and above the budget of $110 million to $200 million. And it got slated. Kevin Costner will never live it down, but if I could tell him it did quite a good job I would. This is also one of the films that would have scared me if I was much younger (who am I kidding, it still does!) I always think that the next plane I get on is going to explode, or that an asteroid is going to hit earth, and wipe it all just like the dinosaurs. Or maybe aliens will come to earth - perhaps I'm not so afraid of that!

As it's set in the future, and all of dry land is submerged, things are pretty much different. All the "smokers" (ie pirates, just call them that will you?) seem to have a steady supply of cigarettes, although food seems to be in short supply. Nearly everyone is clean shaven (unless you count Kevin Costner's chest and he still had the nerve to rip all the buttons off his shirt to show it off) And there's loads of jet skis. And also, the urine converter?! How sickening!!!

Dennis Hopper wasn't the greatest actor in this. I'm not saying he's a bad actor, but in this, he just seemed unnecessary, and in the way a lot of the time. Jeanne Tripplehorn (Helen) is really great, with her love/hate relationship with Kevin Costner (including offering her body to him - Kevin's character obviously didn't know what to do with it!) Kevin could sometimes be quite tedious actually - he hardly seemed to smile, and seemed to be on a massive power trip, with looking so touhg all the time. That chest hair though. Ugh! Tina Majorino as Enola is Helen's adopted daughter, surrounded by water. Who can't swim. Until Kevin's character teaches her, one of the sweetest scenes in the entire movie. Her hair definitely looks better after he chops it all off.

There's not much else to be said about this movie. It's good, and doesn't deserve the slating it get. Give it a try.

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Summary: Everybody together now..............."My boat..."
Review: From the opening scene where Kevin Costner drinks his own pee, you know this isn't going to be a movie you'll jump into willingly.

This movie, however, is enjoyable on a few guilty pleasure moments. For one, I love the props and sets they used, especially the "atoll" and siege weapons used to attack the latter. I also have to say if you want to see some simple action it does deliver there.

Sadly, this movie has many faults too. For example, how do the Smokers have jet-skis? Doesn't that recquire a motor, which recquires gasoline and electricity? And didn't the microphone used on the Smokers' main vessel recquire electricity too? And wouldn't the bubble Jeanine Tripplehorn rode in to see an underwater city have imploded due to the depth pressure? And speaking of Jeanine Tripplehorn, was she an immense load or what? She didn't do much except whine and get Kevin Costner in trouble. This is not touching that essentially this film fills in all the post-apocolyptic cliches in the film world.

All in all, I wouldn't call it spectacular, and the day I compare it to "Blade Runner" or "2001: A Space Odyssey" is the day I think Milla Jovovich is the new Bette Davis. But still, its basically one of those "craptastic" films that recquire you to "check your IQ at the door" (as another Amazon reviewer said). See it for dumb fun, because that's all it is is fun.

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Summary: "Gentlemanlike Guppy"
Review: Waterworld is a great film, but you won't understand it unless you see it several times. Kevin Costner stars as Mariner, who is despised for his amphibious mutation. Cruel treatment by humans his has made him bitter and he wonders if there are others like him in the world. Dennis Hopper plays the leader and false prophet of the "Smokers", who is searching for him and a map showing an area with dry land. At the end, Mariner finds his own version of humanity and continues his search.



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Summary: It rules
Review: I just wanted to put in my two cents and say that this movie absolutely rules. I love the Deacon's character as well as The Mariner's. I also like the music that's played during the opening credits it's very catchy. True fans of this movie should go to Universal Stidios in California and see The Waterworld Stunt Show it's really very good and a must-see for all Waterworld fans. On the whole I really love this movie and piis on you to all those who don't and the only reason for this is because you all lack vision.

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Summary: DANCES WITH(out) BRAIN (part one)
Review: Wash down this s**t down the toilet together with people who made this expensive insult to the post-apocalyptic films. What evil forces sponsored this trash which polute our minds and oceans ?