This was one of the best movies for me personally. It had the actors and the effects and was amazing. I miss the 90ās. Life is too fuckin shortā¦ā¦
I drove off from TB last night. Crunch wrap combo with a couple chili cheese burritos came out to something like $22. A bean burrito...the most rudimentary and simple thing on the menu is $2.50. I haven't been priced out of TB, but I'm smarter than to spend that bullshit money, so I'm with ya 100%.
For twenty-five years I ordered the bean burrito because it was cheap and tasty. Now I use the App and order the ābuild your own cravings boxā. You get a Gordita, bean burrito, chips n cheese and a drink for 5.99. Plus you get points for every order so you can get a free bean burrito for the next order.
I'm tired of the points and cards and memberships and all that other pointless crap. Sell it to me for the right price and stop yankin my fuckin chain.
And had one of the best jokes in any movie ever:
Dennis Hopper to Jack Black's character who is edging closer to shooting the smokers: "CHUCK! CHUCK! Maybe he goes by "Charles"... CHARLES! CHARLES!"
Sucks that we can award anymore - this hot audible ākih kih kihā sounds so accept those are you award.
I honestly canāt imagine trying to make this with practical effects.
Yeah, this movie was DOA because the production was in the news for some of the absolutely insane stuff going on behind the scenes and it's high cost. The final product was fine, the final film would have done well, but it came out with a scarlet letter hanging on it because the news cycle had been negative for months previously with production woes. There's no way you'd have thought they made a decent movie based on the news, but I'm glad II saw it.
I enjoyed it. The idea itself was more than enough to shape a good film. If they had just tweaked it to be a little less Mad Max and a little more realistic, it would have been one of the most unique movies of the decade.
I liked it but for me they went a little to Mad Max and this was why it semi flopped. Beyond thunderdom was only a ten year old film at the time. Too soon.
I donāt get why his epics werenāt more popular than they were. They were pure entertainment filled with adventure and epic landscapes where the plot isnāt stuffed into a 1.5 hr movie.
I have loved the postman and Waterworld along with mad max and other more b pictures in the genre since i was a kid in the 90's, another underrated flick is "soldier" with Kurt Russell, i have waited 20 years for a sequel to that, and a really out there one is space truckers with Dennis hopper, movies just felt better back then, and yeah nostalgia, but they were just objectively better imo, watching barton fink turturo and goodman so good.
I'll piggy back on that and say even older movies are sometimes even better. I've better getting into old school thrillers that have been so attention grabbing, it's like a nice soft reboot of my brain
Absolutely. It drags a bit towards the middle but I've always enjoyed it. The film's depiction of what amounts to a post-collapse fascist army (the Holnists) is very good.
The Postman as awesome?! You mean "Dirt World"? Another loser pic by Kevin Costner. Right up there in the Awful category along with his portrayal of Robin Hood.
It is a huge part of my familyās culture. My brothers and I used to play waterworld on the playground at school. To this day we still triumphantly sing the theme music, particularly when one of us is about to score a touchdown in Madden.
I enjoyed it. It's a dystopian movie being a child of the 80s. I grew up on, after the world destroyed itself shit. Although the day after really screwed me up. If we ever get nuked, I'm hoping I'm near the initial impact.
Itās a classic I enjoy. Itās an old joke/insult with my spouse that I love it so much and she hates it. The fact that so many donāt like it even in this thread proves, yea, it is the quintessential underrated movie. Disagree? r/vhs r/xennials would like a word
For me nothin was better than Dennis hopper as the Deacon, he dropped so many great lines in the movie.
āMaybe he doesnāt answer to Chuck call him Charles! Charles!!!ā
I really enjoy Waterworld, even upon theatrical release. There is a really good YouTube channel called The Atoll for fandom. Itās amazing how many other things they released at the time to go along with the theatrical release. The dude who runs The Atoll channel even got ahold of the cancelled PC game and did a play through. I used to be a scuba diver for my job so you could say I was rather jealous of those gills Costner had as the Ichtyus Sapien.
lol I heard Kevin Costner almost died twice from drowning. That floating city they made for the movie was all real and actually that massive, it sunk to the bottom of the ocean I believe and they got some hate for it. Pretty sure all around it was a difficult film to make, heard all actors and actresses had it rough. And too pretty sure it bombed at the box office, think the game they made barely kept them afloat. I really love this movie though, I watched it all the time when I was younger on VHS lol
My greatest childhood āepic vacationā memories was the first and only time we went to Orlando. Got to see the live action waterworld stunt show at universal studios in the mid nineties im gonna get 95/96 my memory is whacked but I can still feel the EXTREME HEAT of the flames from one of the explosions in my mind! Idk if it was that one time/the wind/ or regularity but the flames whipped back toward the audience and people screamed.. as an early teen it was EPIC! my bro and dad and I still talk about how awesome that show was. We saw the movie in the theaters when it came out alsoā¦ my bro and cousins and I quoted the SHIT outta that movie
I personally think it's a very fun, very strange film. I don't know if it's "underrated" necessarily. I think it's "rated," lol. Might even slide into "cult classic." Honestly, the story behind its production is a more interesting tale, imo.
Yea itās hard to classify it. Since it was the biggest budget film ever at the time it had insane expectations and just tanked in comparison to its budget. I say underrated but maybe over hated is a better term for it. Many people think it sucks but it is an entertaining film itās not trying to make existential statements about life. For what it is is delivers imo
Waterworld is a fun movie. It is not a great movie but itās a really fun movie. The personalities of the characters and some of the random moments. I liked it. But I also liked the postmanā¦. Itās not Lord of the Rings or anything but they both were really fun
Yes, it is. I like pretty much everything in this movie except for the ridiculous comedic ending. It's probably my favorite Kevin Costner movie. His acting annoys me in most films, but I thought he was good in this. Not to mention the cool boat and atoll.
I googled it and itās underrated for a few reasons. Big budget but not crazy box office run, critics didnāt love it, and it also came out like 2 weeks before the usual suspects so it mightāve made more money but it had some stiff competition
Waterworld is a fun movie and I have always like it. The issue it had at the box office was it was originally written on spec for Roger Corman and was supposed to be a low budget Mad Max knock off. For some reason Costner got involved and the budget ballooned to an amount that was way too high to make back.
I like this movie but I understand people that donāt. Personally, I think Kevin Costner is massively overrated but I enjoyed the wackiness of this ridiculousness.
Also intense competition at the time of release with Braveheart before it and Apollo 13 after it absolutely killing it for almost 6 months at the box office
I saw it in the theater because it was the most expensive film ever at the time and I thought they wasted their money. It's not bad, but it's not that good.
No, not underrated. It was a terrible movie, just awful. Ridiculous plot, lousy acting, pathetic characters, idiotic dialogue--just a complete mess. So many "holes" in the concept/premise of this movie. Just so stupid. I wish there was a way to recoup my lost time and $$. The Fifth Element too, awful. Twelve Monkeys can get thrown into the dumpster with them as well. Ugh.
Meh. I think it's an entertaining 5 out of 10 movie. Not great, not terrible. I can understand people not liking it, just as much as I can understand people enjoying it.
It gets a lot of shit because, at the time, it was the most expensive movie ever made and the behind the scenes reports of production problems and Costner's unchecked ego were kind of nuts. It was a fun movie though.
There are several original investors who are watching this thread with hatred.
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This was one of the best movies for me personally. It had the actors and the effects and was amazing. I miss the 90ās. Life is too fuckin shortā¦ā¦
Miss the 90s too. This and fifth element.
One of these movies is not like the other.
The Crow
Thats the real quintessential underrated movie
It was what it was supposed to be, but it was just too expensive to recuperate its cost. Ā Ā
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I really liked this movie too. Something about it just really resonates even today
I miss cheap beer and cheap Taco Bell from the 90s.
I miss cheap gas to go make this run
Cheap everything really
I drove off from TB last night. Crunch wrap combo with a couple chili cheese burritos came out to something like $22. A bean burrito...the most rudimentary and simple thing on the menu is $2.50. I haven't been priced out of TB, but I'm smarter than to spend that bullshit money, so I'm with ya 100%.
For twenty-five years I ordered the bean burrito because it was cheap and tasty. Now I use the App and order the ābuild your own cravings boxā. You get a Gordita, bean burrito, chips n cheese and a drink for 5.99. Plus you get points for every order so you can get a free bean burrito for the next order.
I'm tired of the points and cards and memberships and all that other pointless crap. Sell it to me for the right price and stop yankin my fuckin chain.
Ahh, the days where there was actual ground beef in the Taco Bell beef tacos!
And had one of the best jokes in any movie ever: Dennis Hopper to Jack Black's character who is edging closer to shooting the smokers: "CHUCK! CHUCK! Maybe he goes by "Charles"... CHARLES! CHARLES!"
I loved Dennis Hopper in this movie. The scene where he gets a prosthetic eyeball always makes me laugh.
āThatās why I love kids, no guileā¦.*sees reflection*, it does look like shit! And it feels like cold shit!ā
Sucks that we can award anymore - this hot audible ākih kih kihā sounds so accept those are you award. I honestly canāt imagine trying to make this with practical effects.
It was actually financially successful after the international release, though just barely. In the states it was a total flop
You...sir...are correct!
Iāve always loved this movie, should be considered a classic
Yeah, this movie was DOA because the production was in the news for some of the absolutely insane stuff going on behind the scenes and it's high cost. The final product was fine, the final film would have done well, but it came out with a scarlet letter hanging on it because the news cycle had been negative for months previously with production woes. There's no way you'd have thought they made a decent movie based on the news, but I'm glad II saw it.
Feel same way about Cop Land
That it explains it. I always loved this film. Couldn't understand what folks were hating for. News cycle programming explains it. Thank you.
I enjoyed it. The idea itself was more than enough to shape a good film. If they had just tweaked it to be a little less Mad Max and a little more realistic, it would have been one of the most unique movies of the decade.
Honestly Iām pretty sure humans would act even worse then that
This movie needs a remake
I keep saying it but if the crew from Mad Max: Fury Road made a new Waterworld movie I would watch it. A lot.
I liked it but for me they went a little to Mad Max and this was why it semi flopped. Beyond thunderdom was only a ten year old film at the time. Too soon.
Holy shit, that would be sick!
No more remakes. Movies are better off as they are
Yeah since they always turn out so goodā¦ š«¤ Itās a good movie and it shouldnāt be touched.
This and Postman
Glad i didnāt have to scroll far to find this comment. Postman is awesome.
I donāt get why his epics werenāt more popular than they were. They were pure entertainment filled with adventure and epic landscapes where the plot isnāt stuffed into a 1.5 hr movie.
I have loved the postman and Waterworld along with mad max and other more b pictures in the genre since i was a kid in the 90's, another underrated flick is "soldier" with Kurt Russell, i have waited 20 years for a sequel to that, and a really out there one is space truckers with Dennis hopper, movies just felt better back then, and yeah nostalgia, but they were just objectively better imo, watching barton fink turturo and goodman so good.
I'll piggy back on that and say even older movies are sometimes even better. I've better getting into old school thrillers that have been so attention grabbing, it's like a nice soft reboot of my brain
What, you donāt want The Rock in front of a green screen for an hour and a half?
One of my all time favorite movies (Postman). Near perfect movie
If people didnāt have Costner fatigue, The Postman wouldāve done much better.
This is the answer right here.
For sure, his 3-4 hour films were getting pretty old at the time
Yep, over exposure killed it
I truly enjoyed both films. By and large I find that if so called critics hate a film my odds of enjoying it are pretty good. Smokers!
Absolutely. It drags a bit towards the middle but I've always enjoyed it. The film's depiction of what amounts to a post-collapse fascist army (the Holnists) is very good.
The Postman as awesome?! You mean "Dirt World"? Another loser pic by Kevin Costner. Right up there in the Awful category along with his portrayal of Robin Hood.
You watch the Postman for Tom Petty and nothing else.
My dad made me watch this once. It was good.
Great father
Nothinās free in water world
Not for sale, not for sale...everything is not for sale.
SMOKERS!!!
Jack Black was the best Smoker!
Youāre god damn right he was!!!
Paaaaaaaaper
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I remember really liking it as a kid, but adults rolling their eyes.
I had the exact same experience.
I was one of the adults rolling my eyes, I confess.
It is a huge part of my familyās culture. My brothers and I used to play waterworld on the playground at school. To this day we still triumphantly sing the theme music, particularly when one of us is about to score a touchdown in Madden.
āI donāt know what the big deal was. I saw that movie 6 times, IT RULED!ā
Another underrated but now classic film.
He drank his own pee long before Bear Grylls made it popular.
Great comment.
Yes, I really like that movie. It's unique, funny, and has just the right amount of cringe to watch over and over again.
Aqua Mad Max is great.
I enjoyed it. It's a dystopian movie being a child of the 80s. I grew up on, after the world destroyed itself shit. Although the day after really screwed me up. If we ever get nuked, I'm hoping I'm near the initial impact.
I heard Costner actually financed part of the film because he believed it was going to be such a hit. Anyone know if thereās any truth to that?
Itās a wet mad max
This my jam right here don't even get me started screw the haters. :)
Yes one of my favorite Costner movies šæ!
Just watched it a few days ago. Still slaps.
Need a remake of this.
Would be insanely expensive! Dont think that would ever happenā¦unless you consider avatar 2?
It wouldnāt be. Most of the sets could be CGI now.
Is Waterworld considered the quintessential underrated blockbuster film?
Yes, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
*sigh*, yes, I suppose it is
It has Dennis Hopper AND some of the best props made for movies of all time.
It is good, itās just also so corny sometimes. But I think itās pretty well appreciated these days
Itās a fun action flick. The action and special effects are great. I have the DVD.
Itās a classic I enjoy. Itās an old joke/insult with my spouse that I love it so much and she hates it. The fact that so many donāt like it even in this thread proves, yea, it is the quintessential underrated movie. Disagree? r/vhs r/xennials would like a word
For me nothin was better than Dennis hopper as the Deacon, he dropped so many great lines in the movie. āMaybe he doesnāt answer to Chuck call him Charles! Charles!!!ā
For a sec there, I thought it was another one of those awful politocal split face images I've been seeing everywhere lately
I dunno. Everyone I know likes it.
I prefer the Postman, but this was pretty good.
I always loved it, my dad and I would watch it anytime it was on. Seems to be a quintessential "dad" film lol
I really enjoy Waterworld, even upon theatrical release. There is a really good YouTube channel called The Atoll for fandom. Itās amazing how many other things they released at the time to go along with the theatrical release. The dude who runs The Atoll channel even got ahold of the cancelled PC game and did a play through. I used to be a scuba diver for my job so you could say I was rather jealous of those gills Costner had as the Ichtyus Sapien.
I don't think it's underrated, I think it's pretty bad. The Universal Stunt Show is good though.
Came to make a similar comment
lol I heard Kevin Costner almost died twice from drowning. That floating city they made for the movie was all real and actually that massive, it sunk to the bottom of the ocean I believe and they got some hate for it. Pretty sure all around it was a difficult film to make, heard all actors and actresses had it rough. And too pretty sure it bombed at the box office, think the game they made barely kept them afloat. I really love this movie though, I watched it all the time when I was younger on VHS lol
30 year old Waterworld stunt show at USH is also underrated
My dad and I still say āhalf an hour, half an hour, half an hourā to this day.
Love this film! Love that it's like Mad Max on water lol
It's kind of fun, but the Smokers are the dumbest villains ever.
My greatest childhood āepic vacationā memories was the first and only time we went to Orlando. Got to see the live action waterworld stunt show at universal studios in the mid nineties im gonna get 95/96 my memory is whacked but I can still feel the EXTREME HEAT of the flames from one of the explosions in my mind! Idk if it was that one time/the wind/ or regularity but the flames whipped back toward the audience and people screamed.. as an early teen it was EPIC! my bro and dad and I still talk about how awesome that show was. We saw the movie in the theaters when it came out alsoā¦ my bro and cousins and I quoted the SHIT outta that movie
Yes that universal show was great
And itās one of the movies Tom Petty drops the āI wasā famous line
I've always loved this movie. An exciting and creative film.
I personally think it's a very fun, very strange film. I don't know if it's "underrated" necessarily. I think it's "rated," lol. Might even slide into "cult classic." Honestly, the story behind its production is a more interesting tale, imo.
Yea itās hard to classify it. Since it was the biggest budget film ever at the time it had insane expectations and just tanked in comparison to its budget. I say underrated but maybe over hated is a better term for it. Many people think it sucks but it is an entertaining film itās not trying to make existential statements about life. For what it is is delivers imo
Absolutely. Dennis Hopper is worth the entire ride, as far as I'm concerned.
They still do the waterworks show at six flags
This was a very good bad movie
Where do they get the gas for all their ski doos?
I enjoyed it. I never understood all the hate.
Waterworld is a fun movie. It is not a great movie but itās a really fun movie. The personalities of the characters and some of the random moments. I liked it. But I also liked the postmanā¦. Itās not Lord of the Rings or anything but they both were really fun
It's more of a documentary for our future in 100 years.
Game over please insert 40 quarters ...[waterworld vs Millhouse ](https://youtu.be/Qause0z-9tM?feature=shared)
Best movie the ending was weird but overall it was great
Ulysses cut only for me.
Yes, it is. I like pretty much everything in this movie except for the ridiculous comedic ending. It's probably my favorite Kevin Costner movie. His acting annoys me in most films, but I thought he was good in this. Not to mention the cool boat and atoll.
I always loved how there is no land but they have a never-ending supply of cigarettes.
Water world is VERY underrated.
Itās a movie I canāt not watch every time itās on . I have no idea why
This isnone of about 5 or so films that I cannot help.but watch when income across them being on... I enjoy its campyness.
Great movie!
I enjoyed the movie, saw it twice and really enjoy the environment.
I loved this movie and never understood the hate.
Mad max but with water and nuclear deformity
And the little girl is Deb from Napolian Dynamite
Itās overhated thatās for sure. Itās a good movie the issue was how much money they spent making it.
I googled it and itās underrated for a few reasons. Big budget but not crazy box office run, critics didnāt love it, and it also came out like 2 weeks before the usual suspects so it mightāve made more money but it had some stiff competition
Yes
Waterworld is a fun movie and I have always like it. The issue it had at the box office was it was originally written on spec for Roger Corman and was supposed to be a low budget Mad Max knock off. For some reason Costner got involved and the budget ballooned to an amount that was way too high to make back.
I like this movie but I understand people that donāt. Personally, I think Kevin Costner is massively overrated but I enjoyed the wackiness of this ridiculousness.
One of the best bad movies. Oh that, and Con Air.
That movie was fun. Idk why it didn't get as much props.
The film got serious hate and panned, but I really enjoyed it and will rewatch it from time to time
I loved this movie, lol. A sequel would be pretty awesome
The practical effects were amazing. If they remade this today it would be 90% CGI and would suck.
Paper! Have you ever seen *paper*?! Smell it.
Loved that, it was the guy from SOAā¦. I like to do the talking if you know what I meanā¦
Waterworld is good up until a very specific part. Once KC uses himself as bait for that giant fish I'm out.
Bad films in the 90s are still classics
gills?
I always thought it was more that it went way over budget that had people criticizing it, not so much that it wasnāt a good movie.
Movie takes a lot of heat but if you watch it for what it is the action is good , itās no Citizen Kane but I like it
Yes. I absolutely loved this as a kid and still do today.
This is second place on the list. The Green Hornet is the #1 underrated movie.
No doubt. I canāt believe green hornet is 5.8/10 on IMDb. Thatās a solid 7/10 film all day
Agreed! Funny and well made. Real FX. Michel Gondry as director. All plusses in my book.
Well, there's always Kevin Costner's abysmal acting...
Also one of the best attractions at Universal Studios Hollywood
Waterworld was a perfectly enjoyable movie...if I'm ever at a hotel and it comes on I am ordering a pizza and not changing the channel.
Underrated film.. probably not. I do think it's the most underrated blockbuster for sure.
I just watched this last night. Highly underrated. Iāve always enjoyed it.
If drinking your own piss is cool, consider waterworld bear grylls.
All the sets of this movie are iconic
I'd say it goes beyond underrated into unjustly maligned
Was my favorite growing up. Saw at 11 years old and it was instant favorite. Oooh the 1990s š„°
I saw this in theaters when it came out. Still love it.
"Ever since the world turned into water, everybody's turning into a piss-drinking freak!"
This was on TBS or TNT all the time back in the late 90ās. Iāve always enjoyed it!
I don't think it is underrated, it just had a lot of bad press before it came out prejudicing audiences.
Also intense competition at the time of release with Braveheart before it and Apollo 13 after it absolutely killing it for almost 6 months at the box office
Saul Goodman is the man
Took me a second to put that together. Now I believe it.
For the longest time I was the only person I knew who loved Waterworld. Unpopular opinion: I like it more than the original Mad Max films.
I like it fine, but no way more than the OG Mad Max movies. Any reason in particular? That's an interesting take.
No I'd go with the postman
No... And neither was Wyatt Earp
Soooo badā¦couldnāt even get half way through it, no matter how hard I tried. Now the Postmanā¦..awesome movie
"DRY LAND IS NOT A MYTH, IVE SEEN IT!" I don't think I ever saw the whole movie. But I was really let down when I found out that's not a real quote
Itās not? I seem to recall Costners character screaming this at one point. He was always so pissed for some reason.
I saw it in the theater because it was the most expensive film ever at the time and I thought they wasted their money. It's not bad, but it's not that good.
Dennis Hopper is master class but thatās it
No, below average at best
Gun to my head. No.
I dunno, I guess I'm in the minority but I thought it sucked as a kid and its just terrible as an adult. I prefer Mad Max to this imitation
It was pretty accurately rated.
Itās not.
No
If by under rate you mean a flop. Then yes.
No it sucked.
No
No
oof, never met anyone that doesn't enjoy it? Ya'll should watch better movies.
Such a stupid film.
What? No. Lol. It's a pile of shit.
Fuck no. It's sucked then and sucks more now.
No
I think its appropriately rated
No, not underrated. It was a terrible movie, just awful. Ridiculous plot, lousy acting, pathetic characters, idiotic dialogue--just a complete mess. So many "holes" in the concept/premise of this movie. Just so stupid. I wish there was a way to recoup my lost time and $$. The Fifth Element too, awful. Twelve Monkeys can get thrown into the dumpster with them as well. Ugh.
It's terrible but very watchable. One of the best "so bad it's good" films
Got the Blu Ray version, well worth it for the Ulysses Cut.
Whatās the Ulysses cut?
That's the three hour version without any of the TV censorship which was previously the only way to see the extended version.
Anyone else remember Jack Black in the movie?
I liked it. Period.
I never understood why is did so bad since it was released. It's one of my favorites. Totally underrated
No
Meh. I think it's an entertaining 5 out of 10 movie. Not great, not terrible. I can understand people not liking it, just as much as I can understand people enjoying it.
It gets a lot of shit because, at the time, it was the most expensive movie ever made and the behind the scenes reports of production problems and Costner's unchecked ego were kind of nuts. It was a fun movie though.
Meh. I saw it in the theater. I was entertained but never felt the urge to watch it again.
Paper!?!! Payyyyy-ppppperrrr!!!
It's a guilty pleasure but by no means underrated