Waterworld (Limited Edition) – Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

[t1g3r5fan]

Kevin Costner was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood during the first half of the 1990’s; he had earned Oscars – Best Picture and Best Director – for his work on Dances with Wolves (1990) and had box office success with films like JFK (1991), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), and The Bodyguard (1992). However, the most ambitious project he undertook as a star, Waterworld, nearly derailed his career as it was the most expensive production ever embarked upon by a major Hollywood studio at the time. Though previously released by Universal on both DVD and Blu-ray, Arrow Films licensed the film and has given it the Limited Edition Blu-ray treatment.



Waterworld (1995)



Released: 28 Jul 1995
Rated: PG-13
Runtime: 135 min




Director: Kevin Reynolds
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller



Cast: Kevin Costner, Chaim Jeraffi, Rick Aviles, R.D. Call...

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[Josh Steinberg]

Nice review!

 

[titch]

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Waterworld (Limited Edition) - Blu-ray Review

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Good review. I watched the Ulysses cut a couple of weeks ago and enjoyed Waterworld a lot more than when it came out theatrically. Seems to be the case for quite a few movies I didn't initially care much for back in the '80's and '90's. Good to see that that Arrow completely sold out both the UK and US editions too. There is an appreciation - and market - for their carefully curated cult movies.

 

[David Norman]

Good to see that that Arrow completely sold out both the UK and US editions too..

Not sure I understand -- it appears to be for sale pretty much everywhere in the US I check including Amazon.

 

[Traveling Matt]

I also enjoyed revisiting this recently, but boy did Dennis Hopper ever do this for the payday. He is tremendously over the top in most scenes and at least a little in pretty much all scenes. And at the end, as he's racing towards the girl on the jet ski, he hits it with a riding crop?

Come on.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I also enjoyed revisiting this recently, but boy did Dennis Hopper ever do this for the payday. He is tremendously over the top in most scenes and in his final scene, as he's racing towards the girl, he hits his jet ski with a riding crop.

Come on.

I think Dennis Hopper performance is one of the best things about this movie. It was meant to be over-the-top and it still cracks me up today.

 

[Traveling Matt]

Ironically he is still one of the most enjoyable things and I liked it back in the day, but it didn't strike me as having the nuance to hold up as classic cheese. Maybe if there was a wink at the audience or something.