Also Fandango, *Bull Durham *and Tin Cup. Whenever Costner played a regular Joe, he usually delivers; it’s when he feels he has to play a Hero that he generally stumbles.
I have to chime in that I like Waterworld.
Yes it is stupid, and hell yes there is loads of stuff that make absolutely no sense, but I personally think the action is good enough for me to sit back, tell my brain to shut up and let me watch this stupid action flick. 
It’s not great art, it’s not even really a great movie either, but it’s enjoyable for what it is, a stupid ‘summer blockbuster’ style movie.
Agreed,I think if The Postman had used a different actor,it would have won multiple Oscars.It is a great film.
I liked Tom Petty’s cameo,hate the “Come and get your love” part as well as the little girl whyo started singing the patriotic song.All told,great movie.
Yes it was. I wonder how much it costs to make an explosion. They also have the Backdraft tour which is constantly on fire too.
For The Love Of The Game is pretty good…if you like contrived baseball/love story movies. I do.
Well that would have made that scene where he helps her breath underwater a bit less romantic. I don’t really think that scene would work with SCUBA.
I thought it was okay for an action adventure movie. Not deep (or plausible) but entertaining.
My moment of head scratching was when Waterboy is bargaining on the floating town early in the movie. He’s trading dirt that he brought up from the ocean’s floor. We’re given to understand that soil is a really rare and valuable commodity. He’s able to trade a bucket of dirt for a whole list of supplies. And the last thing he buys is a tomato plant. Which is potted in some dirt.
It wasn’t THAT bad. It was a little long, and the plot could have been quite a bit more complex. And for a supposed world of water, there weren’t very many water specific special effects (or explanation of why all of a sudden earth WAS only made of water).
It was okay.
Spunky kid = death.
If that were true, drinking ocean water would be fine. Our kidneys can’t filter ocean water because our pee is less salty than the ocean.
I did some checking, and it looks like seawater is actually saltier than urine. The human body does not, of course, simply manufacture salt - it is derived from diet, and the excess must be discarded. If Costner’s character was only consuming as much salt as he absolutely needed, his urine would not have a high saline content and would be more easily filtered than seawater for salt alone. Other toxins like ammonia might be a problem, but again can be modified by diet.
Personally, I think he’d better off with a solar still, while keeping himself in the shade as much as possible to minimize water loss.
And, of course, tossing the plucky kid to the sharks at earliest opportunity. He can keep Tripplehorn. I would.
I loved Water World. It is a great summer blockbuster type film. I think it was damned by bad press before anyone saw it. I also think think people were expecting to see all kinds of special effects with that budget when what they got was really cool ‘stages’ on the water, and that took people aback. Post Apocalyptic stuff always draws me, and I thought Dennis Hopper’s over the top bad guy was absolutely hysterical.
Like I constantly tell a good friend of mine, sometimes you just need to sit back and enjoy a movie.
-rainy