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Customer Reviews of Waterworld

Pros:

1. Dennis Hopper is clearly having a blast playing 'The Deacon' as is really fun to watch.

2. The set design (and costume design) of the a-toll villages shows a great deal of creativity.

3. The action scenes are well choreographed and creative.

... However, as (laughing) MANY reviewers have pointed out, there are glaring problems that were never addressed. Leading me to...

Cons

1. The idea to design the set on water, which was a major reason for the ridiculously inflated budget, totally backfired. It never seemed to dawn on anyone that (as opposed to a lush jungle, for example) one part of the texture-less, open sea tended to look like another.

It's not like the cast was constantly battling the weather or the sea itself either. I might have been awed watching 'The Marnier' battle his way through a hurricane or a sea-squall, but we don't see anything like that. Just flat ... calm ... boring ... water.... everywhere. Could I, at least, see a wave? Or a swell?

2. Kevin Costner's impression of Clint Eastwood's 'Man with no name' doesn't work. Instead of making him dark and mysterious, Costner, I felt, actually alienated himself from the audience to the point where we didn't care WHAT happened to him.

Eastwood could burn a hole through you with a glare and was an absolute master at acting with his eyes and facial expressions. Costner just seems to stand there with the same look on his face I get from my dog when it hears my voice coming from the answering machine.

3. Other then the villain, who we're not supposed to be able to connect with, there really wasn't a single "likeable" character. I was actually GLAD when Costner threw the little girl over-board; man was she getting on my nerves at that point.

4. The pace of the movie was TERRIBLE, and I read IT WAS CUT DOWN! WOW ... for an action movie, this REALLY trudged along at a snail's pace. I would have cut another 1/2 off, minimum. If the story's going to be a little weak, you could AT LEAST get to the battle scenes a little quicker.

To sum up, I can't POSSIBLY recommend buying a copy, but you could rent it. Just make sure you keep your finger near the fast-forward button.

A great movie worth watching! Take the plunge
This is a really good movie. I'm not the biggest fan of sci-fi movies, but this movie rocked my waterworld. There's loveable characters, a good storyline. It's suspenseful, and spiced with action and heroics, fun for everyone. The towns, and ships and scenery thats not composed of water are well put together, and the costumes are really neat. You'll find yourself wanting an explanation for where all the metals and materials came from in a world swallowed by water and you'll feel like you're on the boats with the people in a desperate search for the myth of dry-land.

It's just a different kind of movie all together, but its fun to watch all the way. If you feel you've watched all the best movies out, but haven't seen this one yet, i reccomend trying it, its worth the two hours and nineteen minutes it takes to watch it.

Hello? Am I the only one that understands what Fiction means
First I want to state that I really enjoyed this movie. I liked it's post apocolypitic view of the world covered in water. The story was done well and the look and feel of a watered down Mad Max was creatively done. I enjoyed it from start to finish.

Now on to all the people that apparently do not know what ficiton is. This movie is fiction! That means it's not real or based on total possible reality! So all these people saying, it's not possible for a guy to have gills, or that one scene just couldn't be possible, go get an A&E special if you want reality. If you find yourself repeating to yourself "It's only a movie", go get an imagination too!

Everyone is entitled to their opinion but sometimes I wonder how people allow their ideas to be skewed by the majority.

By the way after the 4th viewing I just barely noticed Dry Land is Mt. Everest!