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Remember at the age of 90 when Horizon: American saga Guy plunged into an epic post-apocalyptic blockbuster that became an infamous failure at the cash register?
And then he did exactly the same?
Waterworld It could pay all attention, but it is another sting of Kevin Costner on the dystopic sci-fi we look at.
Therefore Postman Failed.
Kevin Costner loves dystopia
Just two years after the release Waterworld, Kevin Costner would play, produce and direct adaptation PostmanDavid Brin’s famous novel about post-apocalyptic America. A funny aspect is Brin’s reasons for making a novel.Crazy Max Boom of Science-Fiction, which made the madness of the waste of the future seemed fun and exciting.
And Kevin Costner has just finished Mad Max Rip … we call it a tribute Waterworld. Looks like that Postman He was a deliberate attempt by Costner to move to slower equipment with a similar genre story. Both films even start with scenes about the purity of drinking water!
The basic idea of the novel and the film is that the nomadic man who went through the deleted America meets the deceased postal worker and their mail. He takes the uniform and post office from the corpse and begins to allow people to believe that he is a real postman, leading to hope in the renewed United States.
As for the comparison with the novel Postman More or less just takes the concept and some specific elements of the story of David Brin and turn everything into something much more Hollywood.
First Impressions on the first viewing
So this was my first time I saw Postman But I always wanted to see it because I liked it Waterworld as a child. Things prevent me from throwing myself PostmanIt is almost three hours Runtime and the overall negative critical reaction it received.
Now I always want to put credit where I feel it is due, so here are some main points Postman After the first viewing.
Kevin Costner is a much more fun actor than most people would realize from their favorite roles and Postman It allows him a character that can be goofy. It helps to crush the character of the audience, like getting to a hot bath and shaving and can’t help but sing a stupid little song.
Unfortunately, this feature wears thin and in fact contributes to some major problems of the film that we will eventually get to.
But so far I remain positive! Costner as a director has a sense of style and grandeur, probably best illustrated in the opening sequence of the film. It won’t last in the whole movie when we get, but it’s something.
F@#% fascists
Likely thing I found the most successful Postman It should have been related to the villain’s fascists led by Will Patton. Patton’s character is deliberately a scene, but I appreciated the film illustrating the true evil and philosophy of fascist faith.
This reminds me of a problem with the first order in the Star Wars trilogy. These villains wear all blades of fascism without ever defining solid moral beliefs or showing any real adherence to a particular fascist ideology. It is an approach “to have your cake and also eat it” that gives the veneer to criticize fascism while actually says nothing about it, giving Disney A safety network from any political backward morning.
But in PostmanPadouchy does not only wear bracelets with a minimalist logo, and this is all the work that the film does to show why they are evil. Members of this movement openly speak of pure blood and eugenics when they take prisoners as new potential soldiers. They confidently use racial elevation against black figure. The whole system of laws is shown early to illuminate you on their fascist ideology. Postman He just doesn’t want to say, “These guys are fascists and that means they’re bad.” This shows why fascists are bad because of their behavior and faith.
It sounds like an unnecessary praise, but since I can’t even say certain words here without our rulers to get to Pissy, it is refreshing that you commemorate an era where Hollywood and pop culture are not afraid to be afraid to call evil as honestly and directly like this. As far as I can recommend one thing PostmanIt is that I applaud her morality in terms of recognition and example from bad fascises.
And this is largely the end of any praise I can give Postman Because this movie suuuuuuuuuuuucks.
Return to the sender
Costner’s vision for Postman Falls Falls Falls first into exaggerated ridiculousness too fast for almost three hours. The plot and stimulation are very strenuous and they dive into the sludge after the terrible romantic subpller stands with a woman named Abby played by Olivia Williams. I don’t blame Williams at all, but these elements of the film are a direct failure.
In addition, this film is not fun to watch if you understand something about editing moving pictures together. Geography, time and movement are confused in more sequences.
Here is just one very small example: Postman looks at the character who rides a horse, and introduces a reference to the view of height. Then we cut ourselves to a detailed Abby, which apparently entered the scene outside the camera. We know that it is at a higher level, because it seems that the postman also seeks to recognize it, but cutting on this close -up does not provide her geography on the scene.
Then another cut shows Abby on a horse. Here’s the problem: the previous shot had Abby in detail, her character big in the right frame with a lot of trees behind it. The next picture shows its small and left of the frame with an open sky behind it. It is an irregular juxtaposition of images that you probably will not notice at the moment, but this kind of poor adjustment and composition affects the processing of visual information of your brain. You feel it, right?
At a time when there is a real climax Postman Turn, you have more than two hours and 45 minutes left. Any maybe emotional investment burned, which is Bummer because it is a gaming cast. Shoutouts, Daniel von Bargen and Tom Petty appear because they helped me to awaken me during this film.
And Costner himself deserves a lot of guilt. Postman He feels like a directorial cut not only in length but in ind also. The Goofier Costner party thus conflicts with the feeling of self -confidence that the film publishes. Again, this leads to many Juxtapozice, which are more dissonant than harmonious. The infamous heroic ride on the postal legion is probably the best example of the bombing of this film that works against its useful and sincere sending of messages. It’s so stupid that it just plays as a stupid advertisement for postal service.
There’s a lot of that Postman Choose because too much of the movie is happening. I didn’t even have time to make fun of Giovanni’s character’s character or to emphasize the guy I can’t believe, did not become a pan.
I have to imagine that Kevin Costner did this face when he saw the reaction of the audience Postman in 1997. It opened on site 6 for one of the worst sequels ever, American werewolf in Paris. Postman Absolutely reftulated with a $ 17.6 million profit compared to the reported budget of $ 80 million.
Why did the postman fail
So why did it do that Postman fail otherwise than I agree with most critics that this is not a good movie? There is no doubt that Costner made another post-apocalyptic film so quickly after a notorious debacle Waterworld He also made the audience careful. And in comparison Waterworld At least he sold himself as an extravaganza gigantic event. Postman He was not so successful with his marketing, and the audience simply didn’t feel as if it were worth three hours.
As negative as I was in this video, Postman It proves that films can be almost completely unsuccessful in their overall goals, while still touching the moments, ideas, performances and emotions that work. And even though I didn’t appear, I was interested in reading the novel. And the assumption itself seems to be mature for a remake movie or television series. Postman has already inspired other great modern stories science fiction and worlds as Deadly death and The last of us.
I will never look Postman Again, even though I support a lot of what they try to say from my heart. Sorry, Keve, but I’d rather look at Waterworld.
