What Went Wrong With Waterworld's Productionīefore the film began Steven Spielberg had warned Reynolds and Coster not to film on open water. However, the production was not plain sailing and almost ended both their careers and their friendship. Their clout within Hollywood was at an all-time high, and Universal Studios were sold on their vision.
Related: Which Mad Max Movie Has The Highest Body Countįlying high on their previous successes, the creative collaborators wanted the film to be as realistic as possible, with a scale of epic proportions. Costner plays The Mariner, a lone drifter who reluctantly helps a girl and her guardian who may hold the secret to the mythical “Dryland.” Set in an apocalyptic future where every continent on Earth is underwater due to the polar ice caps melting, the remnants of humanity now live in floating communities besieged by pirates. They found it in the form of Waterworld, an action-adventure story that was heavily influenced by the Mad Max movies. He had had a string of hits that had managed to please both critics and audiences alike, including JFK, The Bodyguard, and the Oscar-winning Dances With Wolves, which he also directed.Ĭostner and director Kevin Reynolds were frequent collaborators, and after Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves were looking for their next project. Of the mentioned movies, only Punch-Drunk Love and Happy Gilmore manage to reach an IMDB rating of 7 or above.Waterworld was a box office failure upon its release back in 1995, but what went wrong with Kevin Costner’s costly aquatic flop and why? Costner was one of Hollywood’s A-List back in the early 1990s. And the rest having terrible review scores: His other features from the same period are not much better, with only the Wedding Singer scoring a fresh rating of 67%. Aside from Punch-Drunk Love none of them can really be said to be great movies. While I realise that Rotten Tomatoes can hardly be used as hard evidence for whether a movie is good or bad, it still manages to give some idea about the general critical reception of the above mentioned films. Gross-out humor overwhelms the easy chemistry between Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, who bring some energy and yucks to this tale of a girl with short-term memory loss and the guy who tries to get her to love him.
Those who enjoy Adam Sandler's schtick will find plenty to love in this gleefully juvenile take on professional golf those who don't, however, will find it unfunny and forgettable.īilly Madison is typical early immature fare from Adam Sandler, even if it finds moments of inspired lunacy. Odd, touching, and unique, Punch-Drunk Love is also delightfully funny, utilizing Adam Sandler's comic persona to explore the life of a lonely guy who finds love. Punch-Drunk Love, 79% on Rotten Tomatoes:
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