I watched this movie today and 10 years ago, it never bored me and i really enjoyed the movie.. so why the hell this movie only has 5.6/10? This seems ridicules!!!
Yesterday i watched The Iron Lady, and also this movie has a low rating, altough i really enjoyed the movie
Is IMDB about trolls?
I don't know why either. I enjoy this movie and Waterworld both even though the critics tell me I shouldn't.
sharePeople listen to critics and let them make up their minds for them. OR they listen to other people put it down and don't decide for themselves because they're lazy or can't think for themselves and they want others to do it for them. Yeah, I know...lame isn't it? I appreciate all of Kevin's films. He works hard at trying to deliver something that is so easily dismissed by some people. But if I say as much, I'm always flogged for it and everybody finds reasons why I'm the one who's wrong.
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I want to agree also. I hate it not because I was told it's bad, but because when I saw it (deliberately, sometimes apocalyptic becomes rather clever SF themed stuff) it's just bad. Absolutely didn't care about anyone, or anything. No obvious peril. Everyone is clearly acting in a movie the whole time, etc.
If anything, 5.9 is over rated.
No obvious peril? I agree the movie is bad but if you're going to make comments as to why at least make sure they make sense. lol
shareI don't know why either. I enjoy this movie and Waterworld both even though the critics tell me I shouldn't.
If you enjoy it, that's all that really matters. And yes, trolls thrive to attack on IMDB.
Open the pod bay doors, Hal.
TO ME, Waterworld and THIS are worlds apart. I won't watch Postman again, but will dig out Waterworld from time to time. Postman is a western, and waterworld is a sci-fi.... maybe the is the biggest difference to me.
Never knew this was a book and didn't care after finding out.
I personally like this film and gave it a 7 (IMO 8 would be great film and 6 is enjoyable, this film is right in between), and it is very underrated.
Yet it is easy to hate this film, especially for those who are not American. I think the single biggest fault of this movie is that it overplays on the epic greatness of the postman. Since it is not a real story, it seems a bit silly even ridiculous at times.
I love this film as well. Too many people take this film too literally and consider it too American or as you say they think it overplays the greatness of the postman. But they fail to grasp the message or the film.
It's not about the postman it's about what he represents; that there is finally some order to the chaos that fallen on the world. He represents the hope that the world can be restored to what it was.
I will always remember the two scenes where the blind woman gets a letter from a long lost daughter and the sheriff gets a letter from his sister whom he thought was dead. That shows that we can get back what we lost.
It's not about America and it's not about being a postman.
Some people just can't think for themselves and listen to the critics and others who hate the film instead of finding out for themselves.
Spot on!
shareIt's low rated because too many critics are just rich kids, and rich kids hate three dimensional characters.
I'm not a fan of this film, but honestly, it has about the most believable characters you'll find in an apocalyptic movie.
The trouble with three dimensional characters is that you are very likely to hit a whole more people under the belt, a whole lot more.
You've got spunk! I hate spunk!
LOL yeah Bethlehem is so 3 dimensional.
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Definitely underrated. As other posters have said, perhaps the Americanism is putting some people off. I however, don't find that such an issue with this film. (Armageddon and Pearl Harbor were by far harder to endure - there's a star-spangled something in almost every bleedin' frame)
You can imagine this story enfolding just as easily in Europe or Asia in my opinion. The character of the postman is believable in that he doesn't consider himself a leader. He is a survivor and loner who doesn't mind lying if he can get a meal out of it. Opportunity, circumstance, fate... He grows to be a leader and a hero and isn't that what we all hope we might do?
I think you are right about the Americanism being an issue for some. What is good about this movie is that with a couple tweaks, the movie could take place in almost any country in the world. This movie just happened to be shot by an American film company so therefore it's in America.
shareI really wanted to like this movie but it just turned to *beep* around halfway through. Devolves into a cheesy Kevin Costner vanity project.
shareThere's a certain degree of hate for Costner. I don't know why, but it's out there. There's also, as someone else said, the "epic-ness" of its presentation. Although I do agree there is a certain degree of manufactured epic-ness that, in the end makes it seem like it's trying to hard. The story and message stand on its own and there really was no need to manufacture the heightened rallying that permeated the film.
Although, I have to say that because Shakespeare was a recurring point, and that there is an epic-ness to the Bard's tales, I did find it somewhat fitting to the theme.
I did have issues- like the people the same age as Costner buying into that whole Richard Starkey "stuff's getting better" bit. But overall, I found the tale to be somewhat riveting and inspiring for a post-"apoclyptic" sci-fi story.
The kids were great, the enemy was great and even Costner sold me on his role in the play.
An easy 7/10
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In the book, it is specifically mentioned that some seem to know that it is not real, but find the hope that arises from the belief more beneficial than harmful.
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