Kevin Costner's "The Postman"

[Dalton]

Ummmmm......


Well......



What can I say.....


I just watched three hours of ... um .... this .... ahhh .... 'movie'?



I guess I now understand what happened to Kevin's career?

Can someone (anybody) please help me understand what I just watched?

Sincerely,

Confused in Oregon.

 

[deep]

yeah

tom hanks

did the sequel

 

[Dalton]

No one wants to comment on this cinematic gem? Really?

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

It was awful, I'm still recovering...

I can't decide which one was worse though; The Postman or Water World :shudder:

 

[Lancemc]

The Postman is easily worse than Waterworld. At least Waterworld is campy and bizzare enough to watch without throwing up.

The Postman is just painful through and through.

 

[Dalton]

The height of 'bad movie making' has to be the completely irrelevant scene in which the boy runs out to hand the Postman his mail and the final scene when the little boy (now grown up) sheds a tear and says, "that boy is me...".

As if that is not bad enough, the director doesn't feel that the audience is smart enough to make the connection, so (s)he flashes back to the scene.

 

[Justin24]

I am going out on a limb here, but I actually liked The Postman.

 

[deep]

The height of 'bad movie making' has to be the completely irrelevant scene in which the boy runs out to hand the Postman his mail and the final scene when the little boy (now grown up) sheds a tear and says, "that boy is me...".

and in the sequel

Tom Hanks (You've got Mail) is his great, great, great, great, grandson/ or is it grandpa?

 

[LMP]

I thought You've Got Mail was Sleepless in Seattle Part II?

The Postman... yeah... stick to baseball movies Kevin Costner.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I thought he was really good in JFK but other than that Costner has never been my cup of tea...

 

[UberBeaver]

I actually started watching Field of Dreams yesterday, and after about 30 minutes it struck me that all of the acting was just awful. Ray Liotta and the little girl were ok, but Costner, his wife, her mother and family, the people at the feed store and the other ball players were all just awful - especially the wife. I still want to finish it, cause I remember really enjoying it, but wow....it's bad.

 

[LMP]

I just remember the wife as the obnoxious chick John Candy's ga-ga for in Uncle Buck.

Beggars can't be choosers, I guess.

 

[phanan]

I can sit through Waterworld easily - as Lance said, it's campy fun.

The Postman - now that's a different story.

Agreed about JFK. Awesome movie.

 

[Justin24]

Umm people what about Dances With Wolves. One of my favorite films of all time!!!!!!!!!!

 

[LMP]

I was dancing with boredom watching that movie.

 

[phanan]

Dances With Wolves is a good movie, but I think it is overrated. It should never have won the Best Picture Oscar over Goodfellas.

 

[Justin24]

I was dancing with boredom watching that movie.

You have no taste LMP You Suck.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I was dancing with boredom watching that movie.

snap

 

[LMP]

You have no taste LMP You Suck.

Don't make me go Lo Pan on your ass.

 

[Justin24]

Don't make me go Lo Pan on your ass.

You were probably to young to remember the film, now I understand why you thought it was boring. Stop watching crap like Date Movie or Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan and watch quality movies like Dances With Wolves.

 

[CTU2fan]

I've yet to see The Postman...my Mom loves it (she loves Costner) and is continually hounding me to watch it. So far I've resisted.

I generally like Kevin Costner. I loved Waterworld...I honestly think Waterworld got so widely trashed by everyone that it's actually an underrated film. I mean, c'mon, even if Kevin with gills doesn't do it for you...you've got Dennis Hopper! I also love For Love of the Game and A Perfect World, and if you haven't seen it go out & dig up No Way Out, great stuff. Though isn't Kevin Costner just Dennis Quaid with more hype? I actually think Quaid is the better actor, frankly.

Oh and I agree Justin, that Dances With Wolves is excellent...but it's not a very nice movie. As good as it is, watching it just feels shitty to me, and I have no desire to ever see it again. It's kind of the way I felt after watching American History X.

 

[Lancemc]

Dances With Wolves is one of the most overrated films in history. Best Picture? Give me a fucking break.

I mean, it's still a good film, but c'mon.

 

[Justin24]

Dances With Wolves is one of the most overrated films in history. Best Picture? Give me a fucking break.

I mean, it's still a good film, but c'mon.

Just for that Two Sock (the wolf in the movie) is gonna bite u in the ASS. cause you said it was over rated.

 

[LMP]

You were probably to young to remember the film, now I understand why you thought it was boring. Stop watching crap like Date Movie or Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan and watch quality movies like Dances With Wolves.

This would work but Khan's 8 years older than Dances With Wolves. It also doesn't suck.

And is too young one year ago?

 

[Lancemc]

Just for that Two Sock (the wolf in the movie) is gonna bite u in the ASS. cause you said it was over rated.

Your posts make my brain leak.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

i saw the postman when it came out. what a terrible movie.