Waterworld

4/28/2019

You're a fool to believe in something you've never seen. Waterworld is directed by Kevin Reynolds and jointly written by David Twohy, Peter Rader and Joss Whedon. It stars Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tina Majorino, Michael Jeter and Gerard Murphy. Music is scored by James Newton Howard and cinematography by Dean Semler. It's the future and the polar ice caps have melted and the Earth is practically covered by the sea. As civilisation is forced to live on the water, their only hope is to one day find the fabled place known as Dryland. A Mariner drifter may hold the key to Dryland's whereabouts... It was by definition a troubled shoot, with sackings, difference of opinions, cost overruns, production set backs (hurricane destroying a hugely expensive set) and ba

11/30/2022

**Rather poorly edited and cut, this film is downright forgettable.** I've seen this movie twice, and I honestly can't believe it. It was truly the same as burning money. After being impressed by the poor quality of the film, I went to read and research about it, and discovered the eventual cause of this disaster: from the beginning, it was a project doomed to failure. Badly planned, it was filmed in a place where the weather conditions would cause problems. The ambition to do more and better is healthy, but in this case it caused an escalation of costs. To make things more difficult, the production was guided by Kevin's disagreement against Kevin, since the director, Kevin Reynolds, was contradicted several times by the main actor, Kevin Costner. The most blatant disagreement may have

7/2/2026

**Score: 8/10 An Ambitious, Misunderstood, and Genuinely Entertaining Epic** *Waterworld* has long been the punchline of Hollywood excess a byword for bloated budgets, troubled productions, and critical derision. Its TMDB score reflects this reputation, a casualty of its own mythologised failures. But watching it now, decades removed from the hype and the hatchet jobs, reveals a different truth: *Waterworld* is not the disaster it was painted to be. It is an ambitious, visually stunning, and genuinely entertaining piece of blockbuster filmmaking that deserves a serious reappraisal. It earns a strong **8/10** for its sheer audacity, its breathtaking production design, and its commitment to a vision that, while flawed, is never boring. **The Cinematography and World-Building: Grand a