Waterworld - Nostalgia Critic 

As someone who's worked on boats, all that "stuff" is pretty awesome engineering. I knew at least one captain who, when watching this film, basically expresses "I wish I had my boat rigged that well."

Not gonna lie...I want this movie to be remade. I want this movie to be like Fury Road, with it dealing with the psychology of a desperate and lonely man that can only push others away to protect them, shunned by society in a world where monsters constantly lurk just below the surface of the water and pirates hunt down those that aren't able to protect themselves. Doesn't that sound like a kickass movie?

They're called "smokers" because they use engines that produce smoke. Everybody else uses sails because fuel is too hard to come by. It actually makes sense.

Am I seriously the only one impressed by the practical effects?!

STUFF!!!!!!!

"one of the most non caring kisses ever given to a woman" Only topped by: "I love you wife."

The people who worked on Fury Road should be hired to make a remake of Waterworld.

Interesting fact: The little girl that played Enola grew up to be Deb in Napoleon Dynamite. Fuckin weird...

That opening with the Universal logo is actually pretty cool

Funny he can filter piss but not seawater

"One of the most expensive movies of all time and it's just okay".. so it's Avatar without the box office.

That scene with the flare drop had me dying. "Oh thank god" said before he is blown to bits. I couldn't help but laugh

Waterworld could have been a mad max movie but with water. It needs to be remade imo

This isn't a "bad" movie, in my opinion. It was basically just an interesting and creative concept that was poorly executed. If they swapped a couple of pointless scenes in place with actual development and replaced Costner, it could have actually been cool.

This Aquaman movie looks weird.

Don't care what people think about the film. It resulted in the best thing at Universal Studios. The Waterworld show is great fun.

In fairness, a little kid acting as spokesperson for Samuel L. Jackson would have to be *the* most badass little kid ever.

This needs a reboot. With better everything.

You know, this movie could have been really good if they had written the characters better. The relationship between the male lead and the kid could've made this movie.

"Maybe if we had some FOOD!!" Can confirm, most girlfriends get like that if you don't regularly feed them.

This movie just feels like a water based Mad Max

Bungee Jumping became a bit of a fad in the mid-90's and every action movie had to have a scene of someone doing it. Note how GoldenEye came out the same year.

Maybe they're called smokers because they use engines that smoke

The film's origins began in the 1980's as a Mad Max-inspired script by Peter Rader, which was rewritten several times and floated around Hollywood for years until gaining the notice of Kevin Costner. Costner was on the Hollywood A-list after a string of successes such as The Bodyguard, The Untouchables and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, but it was his success with Dances with Wolves where Costner directed, produced and starred that got Universal Studios to back Waterworld with a budget of $100 million, with Costner both starring and co-producing. Troubles began when Costner took a heavy handed role in pre-production. He insisted on hiring Kevin Reynolds as director (who had previously directed Costner in Prince Of Thieves) and building a massive filmset off the coast of Hawaii (against the advice of Steven Spielberg, who previously dealt with troubles filming in open waters in Jaws). Even before filming began, the construction of the set and related costs was already threatening to drive the film over its budget. Joss Whedon, who was an uncredited script doctor on the film, described his experience as "seven weeks of hell" that amounted to taking notes from Costner without any creative input. With filming underway, Costner went into full Wag the Director mode, constantly arguing with Reynolds over creative decisions. Costner also rejected Mark Isham's music as being "too ethnic" and hired James Newton Howard as composer. Jeanne Tripplehorn also got into arguments over the producers insisting she do a nude scene, though both parties compromised with a body double. Tensions between Costner and Reynolds came to a head around the midway point of filming where Reynolds quit the production under hazy circumstances; Whedon would later claim that Reynolds was actually fired by Costner for pushing back against his demands. Costner would take the reins to finish filming, though Reynolds would be given a full director credit for the final film. Cost overruns caused the budget to spiral out of control, largely due to a hurricane demolishing the Atoll set, which required it to be rebuilt at the cost of $60 million dollars. As a media circus formed around the film, near-fatal mishaps on the set also drew attention; Jeanne Tripplehorn and Tina Majorino nearly drowned on their first day of filming when the trimaran they were on sank, Costner nearly died when he got caught in a squall while tied to the mast of his trimaran, and Stunt Coordinator Norman Howell got hit with compression sickness during filming of an underwater scene and was rushed to a hospital in Honolulu via helicopter. The press gleefully covered the chaos, referring to the film with mocking names such as Kevin's Gate and Fishtar, films similarly notorious for their messy productions. The film's final production cost was a staggering $175 million (and estimated at $235 million with marketing costs factored in), a record amount at the time, with Costner having put $22 million of his own money into the film. The toxic press coverage arguably colored reviews of the final product, which was mixed to negative. While the film opened at #1 at the box office, it only grossed $88 million in the US and was widely declared a Box Office Bomb, though the film performed significantly better internationally, making $176 million for a combined $264 million in total. Waterworld, along with Wyatt Earp and The Postman, sent Kevin Costner's career into a severe downturn, though he would recover in the years ahead in smaller productions such as The Guardian, and even worked with Kevin Reynolds again for the miniseries Hatfields & McCoys. Universal theme parks would launch a wildly successful stunt show attraction based on the film, and the film itself later became a Cult Classic thanks to television reruns and a Director's Cut home video release.

I'm watching this while I am sick. I have a STUFF-y nose.

i could see a good game coming from this. mad max in the water

I always liked this movie. And I liked the fact that the main character was an asshole, reminded me of myself. I think we've all met an incredibly annoying kid we wished we could throw in the ocean. I'm also a fan of all the "stuff" as you put it. I don't know why, I'm just into that sort of thing. Like, if I'm watching a movie with a giant robot some of my favorite scenes are all the scenes with the pieces attaching together and gears shifting into place and whatnot as the robot comes together.

So, in the future, Dr. Evil finally flooded the earth

wait... people disliked this movie???

I agree if u live in waterworld u should learn how to swim

20:23 They finally reach dry land and the first thing they do is play with water..... jezuz

I love this movie. It's such a guilty pleasure, along with Costner's Robin Hood film which is ironically the same director as this film.

Clearly this movie would of done better if only it had more FOOD!!!!!

This concept could be cool for a TV series (hopefully HBO) or a movie reboot directed by the same guy who directed Mad Max: Fury Road

In 2017, there was another movie about a mutant saving an awkward girl, going on a journey, and eventually growing to care for the girl. This movie was called Logan (2017) and it was AWESOME!!!

"An Inconvenient Truth 2! Someone listen to me!" This line is even funnier now that An Inconvenient Truth 2 IS an actual movie now.

Man, this was the very first NC episode I watched. You can say I feel... nostalgic, hehehe.

I remember as a kid, commenting on that scene where they say the girl can't swim... even as a kid I was like ... its waterworld man !

Points out Costner is a bad person for tossing a kid in the ocean ( In a world where everyone can presumably swim.) Proceeds to take pleasure in watching same child be beaten repeatedly. Yup. (Still, I did like the review. )

For all the flaws this movie has, I still quote one scene to this very day. When he drops the flair down the ship and the old oil guy sees it, and just says "Ohh thank god" as he blows up, its just perfect.

Review Rocky Horror Picture Show already!!! It's a majestic cult classic that needs reviewing!!!

I'm looking at Wikipedia and apparently it cost 175 mil to make and made back 260 mil???

I know this is the unpopular opinion, but I really liked WaterWorld

Waterworld deserves to be remade. My casting choices would be: Main character: Jason Momoa. Main bad guy: Michael Rooker. Little girl: Regan Revord (from Young Sheldon). Woman: Ashley Johnson.

Doug, I think you missed the plot point that ppl don't know the world was covered with water. They think it was created that way. He's the only one who knows about the under water city's.

Really? You really never understood why they are called smokers? While most people are using sailboats, they drive gas powered jet skies that belch out... smoke. Not that hard to piece together.

18:16 " Oh thank God.'

You all should watch the diretors cut of Waterworld. It’s an hour longer and it fills many plot holes from the theatrical release.

Nostalgic Critic can we go out for coffee some time, maybe catch a flick?

I always wondered where they found fuel for the airplane let alone the motorboats. Cessna's don't run on crude oil. Also... Oil tankers don't have refineries on them, so how do they turn the oil into gasoline let alone airplane fuel?

I love these old Nostalgia Critic reviews...before he added cast members and skits. Straight to the reviews!

I remember seeing the live Water world show at Universal studios as a child. The story was much better. It had Tiger Woods as the main villain who wanted to create a golf course.

No matter what people say, this is one of my favorites movies ever

"He comes across Hulk Hogans barber here," I didn't know Brutus Beefcake was in this movie

Pretty sure those "convenient" holes on the smoker ship were intended to be convenient , as in the smokers had already been shown to have cut holes in the side for entry/exit of smaller craft,like the hole costner drives the jet ski through. Adding a "ladder" of holes for reaching the main deck from the water seems pretty logical actually

Well. now we know that Costner is literally taking the piss.

Everyone says this movie needs a reboot, but i could have sworn it already did. They even renamed it One Piece.

I loved this this movie as a kid, can't help but continue to love it

It's pretty strange how one of the biggest Universal duds was ironically the bases for Universal Studios most popular show attraction. EDIT: 5:49 Ironically, it is a water show at Universal Studios!

I never get tired of the Goofy Holler.

I liked Waterworld. A lot. I appreciate all the "stuff" just like I appreciate the Millenium Falcon. Costner's emotionless acting fits the hardass outcast character. And I love large bodies of water and the idea of low tech civilization. Why the movie wasn't a cinema success is quite clear - not enough sexyness.

12:43 That's a actually a pretty impressive high note for a man. Can't believe I haven't seen this before, I was pretty sure that I've watched all of his old reviews by now....

5:48 -_- Well technically (puts on nitpicking glasses) the Waterworld stunt show is at Universal Studios Hollywood, not Florida. The only water themed stunt show in the Orlando park was the Lagoon Live Action Stunt Spectacular which ran from 1990 to 2002 and since has been replaced with the Universal Movie Montage attraction. Waterworld still runs in Hollywood since 1995 after replacing the Miami Vice stunt show. Waterworld is also showing at Universal Studios Singapore as part of the Lost World themed area of the park where it shares space with Jurassic Park.

The mariner isn’t bored, he’s just used to it. Hardened by the kill be killed life of this world.

I love the subtlety of that "Deliverance" reference.

I liked Waterworld

Universal studios actually did do a Waterworld show. The only difference is that instead of whatever this thing's plot was, the plot was about Tiger Woods wanting to find dry land so he can create a personal golf course. That already sounds worlds better.

20:30-20:35 Alright. Let's hope that island doesn't have any of John Hammond's dinosaurs. I mean to be honest, both film are universal, you never know if both film are in the same universe. Scenario plays out like this. Our heroes made it to dry land but see dinosaurs there. And they see the Jurassic Park gate. It would be called Water Park. Wait no that's a terrible title. Jurassic World. Wait that's even worst. Water Jurassic. Yeah that works.

"Little girls can't be spokespersons for heroes because it'll degrade the heroes" Mormont girl from GoT wants to say hello i know it was a joke but still :P

"paper mache toilet seat" 😂

100's of views later, and that Flipper noise when he jumps out of the water still makes me laugh my ass off. Every time.

On a related note, the Universal Studios attraction based on this ride is so awesome it routinely draws packed crowds despite being based on a 90's film with no sequels.😊

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I really liked this movie.

you should compare teen titans (the good one) to teen titans go (the AWFUL ONE!)

George Miller needs to make a remake of this movie, imagine how kickass that would be!!

So an ultra macho-man dictator chases a loner type in an armada of gas guzzling vehicles because the man is helping a young lady who he thinks is his property, and this entire chase is set in a barren post-apocalyptic landscape? Fury Road ripped this movie off

Maybe people hate mutants because they're all like him lol

Enough time has passed for people to forget what happened to the old world, mutants to evolve, and people to forget about dry land. But not enough time for the smokers to run out of gas, cigarettes, or oil. And no one questions where the airplanes, jetskis, and steel came from. That about sums up this piece of garbage.

I like stuff, too. Could never figure out where all the hate against this movie comes from. I mean, it's Mad Max on water. What's _not_ to like?

Hey, it's the only movie with a Virtual Boy game. Give it some respect

10:30, nope that's just Tig being Tig from Sons Of Anarchy.

Ironic that the sequel to Inconvenient truth comes out 2017. You called it.

4:35 To be fair, even if they decided to put his mutation to public use, they'd probably treat him more like a butler and he'd still have a lousy life.

6:12 Yeah, that old man never thought of building a safety lock into his balloon machine

03:30 gotta love that banjo playing 🤣🤣

Hurrah! Haroo! Love Blackadder references.

You'd think, if you had a map to dry land, in Waterworld, you'd attach to it one of those floaty things they put on boat keys. Or, in this case, TEACH IT TO SWIM.

You know if you look at it, it's like Mad Max but on the sea. This may sound crazy, but Universal can this be one that gets re-made or even a sequel? Give it the Mad Max:Fury Road treatment.

Jurasic Park theme at the sight of dry land.

I'll always love this movie just for Costner's Trireme alone... Damn that's a cool boat. Always was.

You know I do like Nostalgia Critic but this review wasn’t well thought out...

"An Inconvenient Truth 2! Someone listen to me!" Heh... Funny.

I've always loved the Nostalgia Critic. But I love him even more for fitting in Blackadder clips. That show is timeless and consistently funny!

By far the best NC episode. "Stuff" and "idiot clock" and "if I didn't know any better" are all comedy gold.

2:08 WHOA TECHNOLOGY!

It's funny that the Critic mocks the movie for being a water show, considering that apparently the Waterworld show is the most popular attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood...

The Little Girl is The Actress Who Played Deb from “Napoleon Dynamite”! 😯😄

What doesn't really make sense in this movie is that even if all the ice in the world melted, we'd still have considerable landmass. Sure, most of the world's population lives in coastal areas, so there would be mass destruction, but there would still be tons of land. Melting all the icecaps would only raise the sea level by 216 feet.

The actor who plays pedo guy, Kim Coates, was in both this AND Battlefield Earth. Poor guy.

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