Review of Waterworld (1995) by Jonny P — 27 May 2011

"Waterworld" is one of those films that isn't good but everybody has to see it at least once for its unique concept (and for being an infamously overbudgeted failure). The dialogue and the acting leave something to be desired (someone should've strangled Tina Majorino who ruined every scene by opening her mouth), but the scenery is gorgeous.

The Peter Gunn Theme was horribly out of place and made me realize early on that this would not be a good experience. If they were trying to be anachronistic... they failed. When a film uses popular music throughout it can work (A Knight's Tale), but that single song was completely out of place.

The Smokers had might as well been the extreme skateboarding robbers from Paul Blart: Mall Cop, possessing a lot of characteristics of goofy children's movie villains. I have a hard time believing that Kevin Costner didn't have the lead in Shawshank Redemption because of this film but everybody makes mistakes.

I typically like Dennis Hopper but he was a less-than-adequate villain, earning a Razzie for being awful. Finally, when the old guy reappears in the sky, I was just done. This movie could've been an epic and innovative film is not for horrible dialogue, bad acting, and a weak story.

Actually, they should just scrap this movie and use some of the scenery in Disney's "Earth.".