By Drew diet
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Remember in the 90s when Horizon: American saga Guy threw himself into an epic post-apocalyptic blockbuster, which became a sad rental failure?
And then he did the same thing again?
Waterworld It can attract all the attention, but this is a different blow to Kevin Kostner in the Distopian science fiction that we will look.
Therefore Postman Failed.
Kevin Kostner loves the distance
Just two years after the exit Waterworld. Kevin Kostner would shoot, produce and directed adaptation PostmanThe famous David Brin’s novel about post-apocalyptic America. A funny aspect of this is the stated Brinin cause of the novel’s creation were the answer to the post-Fierce Maximum The boom of science fiction that made the madness of the future wasteland seem cheerful and exciting.
And Kevin Kostner just finished Mad max RIP … We’ll call it reverence Waterworld. Seems like Postman was a focused attempt by Costner to move into a slower transfer with a similar genre history. Both films even start with the scenes of drinking water!
The main idea of both the novel and the film is that a nomadic person who passes wiped America gets into the deceased postal worker and their mail. It takes the shape and mail from the corpse and begins to let people believe that it is a real postman, which leads to hope in the restored United States.
As for comparisons with the novel seems like Postman It is more, just taking this concept and some specific elements of David Brin’s history and turn everything into something much, much more Hollywood.
First impressions of first viewing
So, it was my first time I saw Postman But I always wanted to see it because I liked it Waterworld As a child. Things that prevented me immersed in PostmanHonestly time and the general negative critical response he received.
Now I always want to give credit where I feel it is due, so here are some highlights Postman After first viewing.
Kevin Kostner is a much more funny actor than most people would understand the most popular roles and Postman Allows him to the character who is allowed to be blunt. It helps to capture the character for the spectators, such as when it gets a hot bath and shave and can’t not sing a stupid little song.
Unfortunately, this trait bears a thin and actually contributes to some of the big movie problems in which we will eventually get.
But now I’m positive! Kostner as a director has a sense of style and greatness, probably best illustrated in the opening of the movie sequence. It does not stand throughout the movie as we enter, but it is something.
F@#% fascists
Probably object I considered the most successful in Postman It was related to the unworthy fascists, led by Will Paton. The character of the water is purposefully staged, but I evaluated a film that illustrates the true evil and philosophy of the fascist faith.
This reminds me of the problem with the first order in the Star Wars trilogy. These villains carry all the attributes of fascism without determining any firm moral beliefs and showing any actual commitment to a specific fascist ideology. This approach « has your cake and also eat it » that gives veneer criticism of fascism Dysne a network of safety from any political rise.
But in PostmanBad guys don’t just wear bandages with a minimalist logo, and this is all the work that the movie does to show why they are evil. Members of this movement openly talk about pure blood and eugenica when they accept prisoners as new potential soldiers. They confidently use racial lanes against black. The whole system of laws is displayed at the beginning to enlighten you with your fascist ideology. Postman Not just wants to say to you, « These are fascists, and it means they are bad. » This illustrates why the fascists are bad through their behavior and beliefs.
It sounds like unnecessary praise, but given that I can’t even say certain words here, without our plots to be writing, it is refreshing to remind the era when Hollywood and pop -culture were not afraid of evil as directly and directly as it is. If I can recommend one about PostmanThis is what I applaud her morality when it comes to recognition and an example of an evil fascism.
And this is largely the end of any praise I can give Postman Because this movie is SuuuuuuuuuuuUcs.
Return to the sender
The vision of Kostner for Postman Facial drop first very quickly overcrowded for almost a three -hour movie. The plot and the step very quickly became painstaking, and they only plunged further into the sediment after the horrific romantic subplete is fixed with a woman named Abbie, played by Olivia Williams. I do not blame Viliams at all, but these elements of the film are a direct failure.
Plus, it is not interesting to watch this movie if you understand what about the editing of moving images together. Geography, time and movement are confused in several sequences.
Here is just one very small example: the postman looks at the character who rides on horseback, setting a link to the height. We then cut off a close-up of Abby, which obviously entered the scene outside the camera. We know that it is at a higher level, because the postman also seems to strive to admit it, but the big plan does not set its geography on stage.
Then the next incision shows Abby on a horse. Here’s the problem: the previous shot had Abby in big terms, its figure is large in a frame with lots of trees behind. The following picture shows her small, and left from the open air frame behind. This is an unforeseen comparison of the images that you probably haven’t noticed at the moment, but this type of bad editing and composition really affects the treatment of your brain’s visual information. You feel it, right?
By the time Postman Start, you are more than two hours, and there are 45 minutes left. Any possible emotional investment burned, which is a siege because it is a playful role. Daniela von Bargen and Tom Petty are revealed because they helped to wake me during this movie.
And Kostner himself deserves a lot of guilt here. Postman It is felt that the director’s slice is not only in length but also in indulgence. Goompier Side Costner faces a sense of self -value that movie is released. Again, this leads to many comparisons that are more dissonant than harmonious. The shameful heroic passage of the postal legion is perhaps the best example of the explosion of this movie that works against it and heart message. It’s so nonsense that it just plays as a stupid advertising roller for the postal service.
About a lot about Postman To choose because there is too much movie. I didn’t even have time to make fun of Giovanni Rybiya or highlight this guy, who I did not believe that I did not become a memeph.
I have to imagine how Kevin Kostner made this face when he saw the audience’s response Postman In 1997. It opened at the place No American werewolf in Paris. Postman Completely resulting in a $ 17.6 million profit against the reported budget for $ 80 million.
Why the postman failed
So, why exactly did this Postman Failure, except that I agree with most critics that is not a good movie? Undoubtedly, Costner makes another post-apocalyptic movie so fast after the notorious debala Waterworld Made the audience extra wary. And for comparison Waterworld At least it is sold as a giant extravagant. Postman It was not so successful with his marketing and the audience just didn’t feel it was worth three hours.
Just as negative as I was in this video, Postman Does it prove that films can be virtually unsuccessful for their common purposes as long as they still touch the moments, ideas, performances and emotions that work. And although I didn’t like the movie very much, I was interested in reading the novel. And only the room seems ripe for a movie or a series of remake. Postman already inspired other great modern sci-fi stories and worlds as Death and Last of us.
I will never look Postman Again, even if I support a lot of what he tries to say from his heart. Sorry, kev but i’d be better observed Waterworld.
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