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[-] CascadianGiraffe@lemmy.world 40 points 2 weeks ago

I'll never not like Waterworld

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

Waterworld is fine. It just gets ragged on because of its insane budget and the lackluster results for said budget. But if you don't care about that and just watch a movie, it's a decent movie.

The Simpsons joke where the tie in video game needs 40 quarters is still funny though.

[-] Welt@lazysoci.al 4 points 2 weeks ago

Is that simply a reference to it going over budget? I never got that joke.

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

The movie was infamously over budget. It basically doubled from its initial budget and was for the time a record expensive movie to make. All of that for a final product that was fine but not really showing all that money on screen. It was the topic of many late night show jokes and such.

[-] Rubanski@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

What was the reason it went so overboard with the budget?

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago

Storm trashed the key giant expensive set

[-] Professorozone@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Like most, I totally disagree. However, it had such great potential.

I feel the same about Valerian. The imagery was pure eye candy and then I watched it, so looking forward to a great flick, and what I got was... Valerian.

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

The setting and design in Valerian is fantastic. The opening sequence really is among the best in film. Shame about the plot and main characters.

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

The plot was bad, but I don't think I've ever seen a movie close to how bad the romantic chemistry was between the main characters. There was negative chemistry, in fact they felt more like brother and sister which just made the whole thing creepy.

[-] kalpol@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's definitely a spectacle.

[-] ooli@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I watched it at release time. And the scene where Kevin Kostner run through his boat activating various sail and gadget to escape the bad guy is still engraved in my memory as the most badass thing ever. Was obsessed about the revelation of him having gills too.

All that because it was heavily inspired of one of my favorite Sci-fi series: The Pandora Sequence by F. Herbert (where the 2 last book are on a water planet, where human evolved for this world)

NB: the second book in the series was the source material for a more successful movie "Avatar" by Cameron. In the "Jesus incident" the planet is hostile to human, and there is a magical plant controlling it named "avata".. just to name a few similarity .. they are endless

[-] CascadianGiraffe@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I feel exactly the same way! I was a huge book nerd in the 80s and Frank Herbert was some core sci-fi exposure for me.

[-] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

F you and Saint Joe Hazelwood. I love sails.

[-] viking@infosec.pub 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yep. Great movie, watched it in cinema and a few times later. Still don't understand how people didn't like it.

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

"'Cause she's my friend." Will always have my respect for not phoning it in and just cashing the check.

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