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Kevin Costner's last-ditch effort to wasteland sci-fi
Alanna 2022-03-25 09:01:10
Kevin is one of the hottest Hollywood actors in the 1990s. He became popular with bodyguards and Dancing with Wolves. This film is his second attempt at a wasteland movie, and he made it at his own expense. The first attempt was called In the future, Water World was seriously underestimated at that time. The box office and word of mouth both fell at the time. The film company that released Water World almost went bankrupt. Since then, Kevin’s filming journey has been full of ups and downs. He even divorced his then-wife at his own expense. , Of course, this postman is basically a box office failure. Let's take a look at these two films 20 years later. The postman is the first time Kevin directed and acted himself. I personally like it in terms of the background structure of the story, the pureness of the performance, and the plot. I watched it five times in succession, including The Postman and Water World, and also brought in the assassination of Kennedy, Perfect World, and Dancing with Wolves that Kevin later filmed. Dancing with Wolves is a script written by Kevin's screenwriter friend. Under Kevin's suggestion, the book was published first, and a large number of audiences were cultivated before the film was made. After talking about so much, it was a bit off topic. This film is similar to the Bible in wasteland fans. Under its influence, the most popular film in 2008 The best single-player games Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas came out, just like Mad Max 4, they are the founders of wasteland movies and wasteland games, although Postman also has some unsatisfactory places, such as highlighting individual Heroism and American themes, but this doesn't affect the film's resonance or even moving, I'm not a professional film critic, but I feel very sad to see that Waterworld and this film are seriously underrated, just like Kevin's ups and downs A good actor should not be underestimated for this, not to mention that a film from 1997 can actually have an impact on films and games 10 years later. This is where this film proves itself.
Extended Reading
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Postman: The President's name... is Richard Starkey!
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The Postman: Tell me something: how much mail can a dead Postman deliver?