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[Anonymous]Oct 29, 2005

200 million went down the drain, but not completely, as this film isn't a total disaster. However, it sure doesn't satisfy like 200 million dollar entertainment. Production design is top notch, and combined with some good special 200 million went down the drain, but not completely, as this film isn't a total disaster. However, it sure doesn't satisfy like 200 million dollar entertainment. Production design is top notch, and combined with some good special FX and sets, the money is definetaly on the screen. However, the story's off, and that's probably why the film didn't gross. After a promising battle in the beginning, albeit a little silly, once they're adrift on the mariner's ship, the film drags, and they accomplish little, whinig about who owns what. The characters don't have any depth, they just do what they do. The smokers, you don't even know why they do what they do. Outside of finding dryland, there's little focus in the plot, and ultimately the parts don't quite add up to something a 200 million dollar budget should deliver. Decent entertainment, but people would likely flock to more satisfying movies in the genre.… Expand

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Voodoo123Jul 17, 2019

+Excellent visual style
+Fantastic soundtrack
+Interesting concept -Screenplay feels flat at times -Some pacing issues If you are a fan of Mad Max or anything of the 'post apocalyptic survival' genre then this is a must watch. Despite being+Excellent visual style
+Fantastic soundtrack
+Interesting concept
-Screenplay feels flat at times
-Some pacing issues

If you are a fan of Mad Max or anything of the 'post apocalyptic survival' genre then this is a must watch. Despite being an excellent highly watchable action flick it misses that 'x' factor to really elevate the material to the next level of awesome currently occupied by Fury Road.… Expand

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JamesIrish68Jun 7, 2020

The biggest mistake was Dennis Hopper and his pseudo-Mad Max gang. If they had gone the serious pathway with the bad guys rather than the dumb humour this movie would be a classic. As it is, it's still enjoyable and holds up well. The scenesThe biggest mistake was Dennis Hopper and his pseudo-Mad Max gang. If they had gone the serious pathway with the bad guys rather than the dumb humour this movie would be a classic. As it is, it's still enjoyable and holds up well. The scenes with the Irish pirate are brilliant and deserving of high marks on their own.… Expand

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CalibMcBoltsMay 30, 2016

Waterworld is a decent futuristic action picture with some great sets, some intriguing ideas, and a few images that will stay with me. The script doesn't do a great job with either the spiritual or the physical trek, but the spectacularWaterworld is a decent futuristic action picture with some great sets, some intriguing ideas, and a few images that will stay with me. The script doesn't do a great job with either the spiritual or the physical trek, but the spectacular action sequences occur with enough regularity that strong writing isn't necessary to keep Waterworld afloat.
Waterworld really doesnt deserve all the hate it's getting, it's by no means a great movie because of the over exposition script, some ridiculous scenes, and illogical things happening, but aside from that it is very entertaining with some intriguing ideas, awesome set (pieces), and a ver solid post-apocalyptic movie.
The movie cost a whopping 200 million, which is a massive amount by today's standard and let alone 1995''s standards. 200 million went down the drain, but not completely, as this film isn't a total disaster. However, it sure doesn't satisfy like 200 million dollar entertainment. Production design is top notch, and combined with some good special FX and sets, the money is definetaly on the screen. However, the story's off, and that's probably why the film didn't gross. After a promising battle in the beginning, albeit a little silly, once they're adrift on the mariner's ship, the film drags. The characters don't have any depth, they just do what they do. The smokers, you don't even know why they do what they do. Outside of finding dryland, there's little focus in the plot, and ultimately the parts don't quite add up to something a 200 million dollar budget should deliver.
The only real problem this movie suffers from is that it lacks balance. It tries to be a serious movie about the hardships of life on this aquatic world only to shift gears and become a childish action flick when the bad guys get their screen time. But, there's so much to like here. The movie looks and sounds great with good attention to details and the sets, especially the atoll, are stunning. The story is interesting enough and at times the movie is emotional and funny, so it engages the viewer. I have watched the film a couple of times and I was never bored.

Give Waterworld a second chance people, it really isnt that bad...

EDIT: Waterworld also spawned probably the coolest live show in the world, at Universal Studio's in L.A, the Waterworld show is incredible!… Expand

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IntonarumoriMay 24, 2014

I don't really understand the lack of success this movie had. The only real problem this movie suffers from is that it lacks balance. It tries to be a serious movie about the hardships of life on this aquatic world only to shift gears andI don't really understand the lack of success this movie had. The only real problem this movie suffers from is that it lacks balance. It tries to be a serious movie about the hardships of life on this aquatic world only to shift gears and become a childish action flick when the bad guys get their screen time. But, there's so much to like here. The movie looks and sounds great with good attention to details and the sets, especially the atoll, are stunning. The story is interesting enough and at times the movie is emotional and funny, so it engages the viewer. I have watched the film a couple of times and I was never bored.… Expand

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BikerjamesJul 30, 2019

Kind of a Mad Max meets Clint Eastwood flick. The movie got trashed by the critics when it was first released. It cost a fortune to make the film and you can see why when you watch it with the elaborate sets and special effects, both ofKind of a Mad Max meets Clint Eastwood flick. The movie got trashed by the critics when it was first released. It cost a fortune to make the film and you can see why when you watch it with the elaborate sets and special effects, both of which are stellar. 20+ years later the movie gets more generous reviews. Lots of action sequences. There are illogical moments, like where do the smokers get their endless supply of tobacco in a world with no land, and the endless supply of ammunition and fuel as well, but it's better to just sit back and enjoy all the action. I watched the movie in 4k and it looks amazing, one of the better 4k movies I've watched, and the soundtrack is equally great - your subwoofers will be put to the test.… Expand

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glommanAug 26, 2020

Waterworld could've been a great and iconic movie, if the plot hook around the girl with the tattoo on her back would've been more sophisticated, in my opinion. Also there's the fact that this movie, especially its villain(s) feel soWaterworld could've been a great and iconic movie, if the plot hook around the girl with the tattoo on her back would've been more sophisticated, in my opinion. Also there's the fact that this movie, especially its villain(s) feel so comically 90s, that it's almost unbearable to watch them literally kill people in a post apocalypse while slapsticking themselves only 30 seconds later. Still, I think this is a good movie and I's watch it again, because the concept is good and, first and foremost, it's genuinely entertaining.… Expand

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Chempion1Apr 20, 2020

Я честно не знаю за что засрали этот великолепный фильм? Может просто Кевин Костнер не нравится? Не знаю.
На фоне некоторого дерьма, выходящего сейчас с оценками 9 или 10 и даже умудряющегося оскаров получать (Черная пантера например), этотЯ честно не знаю за что засрали этот великолепный фильм? Может просто Кевин Костнер не нравится? Не знаю.
На фоне некоторого дерьма, выходящего сейчас с оценками 9 или 10 и даже умудряющегося оскаров получать (Черная пантера например), этот фильм просто шедевр. И время тому доказательство. Смотрю этот фильм даже сейчас и реально слеза наворачевается!
Начну с сюжета. Ну, что сказать. Сейчас 98% фильмопрома о таком сюжете и не мечтает. Раньше его делали ради сюжета, что бы было интересно смотреть фильм. Сейчас же в сюжете главное унизить белых мужчин-гетеросексуалов а всё остальное лёгкий довесочек!
Герои харизматичные. Почти все! Им сопереживаешь, а это главное в кино, что бы было не безразлично.
Вообще в фильме очень захватывающая атмосфера. Даже не можешь представить, что в 10 метрах от экрана, скорее всего берег и плавает корабль со съёмочной группой!
Все трюки в фильме выполнены на ура. И вообще "Водный мир" находится в моей "коллекции" лучших фильмов.
Только одна оговорка. Это произведение надо смотреть в режиссерской версии. Добавлено вроде не много, но это очень дополняет атмосферу и поясняет сюжет фильма.… Expand

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ralphpugsleyOct 4, 2019

Waterworld is a very underrated film in many respects, especially the extended cut, which really uses the added runtime to the benefit of the characters and world-building.

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gracjanskiFeb 16, 2021

I find the world fascinating of Waterworld fascinating: It is like Madmax, but on water. So people are struggling for surviving and the machines are creative.
But sometimes the movie is not realistic, because The Mariner is almost like a superhero.

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BroyaxJan 1, 2017

Mad Max vogue sur les flots avec son bateau de bricolo Intercepteau 100% écolo : il est comme un poisson dans l'eau ! Kevin Costner paraphrase habilement le personnage de Mel Gibson, sa mauvaise humeur, son côté irascible et en rajoute mêmeMad Max vogue sur les flots avec son bateau de bricolo Intercepteau 100% écolo : il est comme un poisson dans l'eau ! Kevin Costner paraphrase habilement le personnage de Mel Gibson, sa mauvaise humeur, son côté irascible et en rajoute même un peu à droite, à gauche... en somme, ce Max junior est le digne fils de son père spirituel, car après le désert... le déluge !

Jeanne Tripplehorn s'avère aussi sexy que rayonnante et n'est certainement pas une simple belle plante pour la décoration, bien au contraire ; telle une lionne elle veille sur sa gamine -qui n'arrête pas de jacter- comme le lait sur le feu. La gamine qui rend fou tout le monde, y compris les méchants dont Dennis Hopper est le chantre taré et cabotineur.

Entre notre anti-héros aigri -presque un sauvage- et le grand méchant à l'humour vache, on rit beaucoup dans cette espèce de reboot aquatique de Max le dingue, car comme Max, tout le monde est dingo du ciboulot dans ce film.

Aussi dingue que peuvent l'être les scènes d'action, nombreuses, improbables mais très spectaculaires. Waterworld ne lève jamais le pied sauf durant son épilogue et ne laisse que quelques miettes à la romance éventuelle. Il lui manque encore sans doute l'ironie mordante des deux premiers Mad Max, un oubli qu'il compense par la mise en scène très efficace de Kevin Reynolds.

Du post-apo vraiment bien ficelé en tout cas et qui vieillit aussi bien que les Max, entre hommage appuyé et pastiche halluciné.… Expand

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Seve82Feb 16, 2022

Really underrated movie that was trashed by critics for some reason. Has some goofy spots but as a movie I enjoyed it.

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TrergFirestormJul 13, 2023

Probably, it’s not worth reminding once again that in 1995 “Water World” made a splash on the contrary. Even before the premiere, the film was accompanied by multiple scandals, a significant overspending of the original budget, relations onProbably, it’s not worth reminding once again that in 1995 “Water World” made a splash on the contrary. Even before the premiere, the film was accompanied by multiple scandals, a significant overspending of the original budget, relations on the set were, to put it mildly, strained, a few weeks before the end of filming, the director left the project, the theatrical version was stolen by filibusters a few months before the premiere ... The hundred and seventy millionth colossus crumbled at the box office , earning not much more money, which allowed him to write down one of the biggest failures in the history of cinema.

However, a decade and a half later, you don’t remember such things and try to enjoy watching. Yes, it's still a larger-than-life-blockbuster that's just plain fun to watch from start to finish. Before us is the future: distant, gloomy and depressing. An apocalypse has once again happened on Earth: the polar ice has melted, turning our Earth into a large and unified ocean. Only a handful of people survived, who learned to live in the new water world. Among them is a lonely wanderer, about whom practically nothing is known: no one even knows his name, and therefore "death cannot find him."

"Water World" is to some extent a remake of the immortal classic of the post-apocalyptic genre - "Road Warrior". In the picture of George Miller, the world has turned into a huge desert, and society has degraded to unthinkable limits. In the Kevin Reynolds film, the same thing happened, only instead of a sandy desert, water. There was a cooler than cool silent protagonist, driving around in the most sophisticated vehicle of the new world. There is a cooler than cool silent protagonist with the most fancy boat even by the standards of the modern world. Both Max and the Sailor were helping a peculiar group of hippies trying to build a new world, protecting them from a gang of thugs who value the unprecedented luxury item - gasoline / oil above all else. However, in the "Water World" the main character is still more advanced: if you live in a water world, then what could be cooler than a person with gills (forget about the hundreds of thousands of years of evolution required for such a fact) and able to breathe underwater , which allows him to extract one of the most valuable resources - land?

"Water World" fits all the parameters of a blockbuster from the nineties: big, large-scale, noisy, senseless and merciless. But the film, which was not accepted in its time, has not lost its entertainment at all. It's still full of memorable scenes, from the jaw-dropping introduction of the protagonist and his boat to the chilling shots of the former Denver; from the most luxuriously executed and filmed attack on the atoll to a downhole ambush at oil traders; from the immortal "Adios, brothers" to the no less canonical "She is my friend"; from caricatured villains and characters to Dennis Hopper enjoying every second of his image...

Verdict: Absolutely undeservedly forgotten blockbuster.… Expand

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CrazedbuffoonOct 23, 2021

I love this movie, with a passion. The story and characters are awesome, and the set pieces and large-scale action scenes are top notch. I still don't understand the hate for this movie.

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