Kevin Costner’s Is My Love For The Postman My Worst Opinion The Actor And Reddit Seemingly Agree

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00:00 Is my love for Kevin Costner's The Postman my worst opinion?

00:03 The actor and Reddit would seemingly agree with me.

00:06 My mother is the type of woman who has the TV on 24/7 and the TV is usually playing crowd-pleasing

00:11 favorites on cable or subscription networks like HBO.

00:14 For a time in the early to mid-90s, the TV frequently favored Kevin Costner movies, some

00:19 of which were critically acclaimed and some of which were flops like Waterworld and The

00:23 Postman.

00:24 For me, The Postman became a pretty standard favorite over the years.

00:27 But is it my worst opinion or does this movie not suck as much as people like to make out?

00:32 Why people seem to hate The Postman

00:33 First of all, while dystopian movies had a run for a while between The Hunger Games,

00:38 The Walking Dead and projects like Divergent, that wasn't really a thing in 1997 when

00:43 The Postman came out.

00:44 The Kevin Costner flick struggled further because it was based on a book by David Brin

00:48 and a lot of the elements in the book did not make the movie, which fans of the novel

00:52 seemingly didn't like.

00:54 The movie also came out shortly after Waterworld and feels eerily similar in some ways, given

00:58 Waterworld occasionally pushes the boundaries of crowd-pleasing sci-fi.

01:02 Remember the explanation for how to drink your own pee?

01:05 I do think there's a faction of people who tied these two movies together, even though

01:09 one is tonally more grounded than the other.

01:11 But probably the biggest hurdle for The Postman was its runtime.

01:15 Directed by Kevin Costner himself, The Postman clocks in at just under 3 hours and it's

01:19 3 hours you really feel.

01:21 Today audiences are a little more used to long runtimes thanks to blockbusters from

01:25 DC and Marvel, not to mention flicks like Avatar, The Way of Water, 3 hours, 12 minutes.

01:30 They are also willing to sit through extra scenes in projects like Oppenheimer, 3 hours,

01:35 at least when it comes to directors they trust.

01:37 Movies were often a lot shorter in this period, so this is a really notable runtime, particularly

01:41 for a movie that is serious and leans heavily into dystopian theming.

01:45 Upon rewatch, you certainly feel all 3 hours.

01:48 Whether that's a good or bad thing is largely up to taste.

01:51 Why The Postman doesn't suck, according to me and Reddit.

01:54 That's right, I'll state it.

01:55 I love The Postman.

01:57 I love Will Patton's performance in the movie.

01:59 To me, he's having way more fun even than Kevin Costner, who has the meteor role.

02:03 Costner's playing a dude who is basically a liar but who scrapes by things to quick

02:07 thinking and becomes the deposter child for a whole movement.

02:10 So he's not a typical hero either.

02:12 Tom Petty cameos and it's a pretty good performance.

02:14 There are a lot of fun cultural tough stones.

02:17 Or Lincoln Mercury, that make the viewer think about how life would change if governance

02:21 and control fell apart.

02:22 It's got a western vibe.

02:23 I mean what is not to like here people.

02:26 Turns out, I'm not the only person who feels this way.

02:28 I actually found this shocking when I did research for this piece.

02:31 The Postman isn't exactly a movie I'd love to champion Givena.

02:35 Most people have never seen it but b) most people still manage to have negative opinions

02:39 about it.

02:40 Thankfully, the internet has many niches and fandom for the 1997 Kevin Costner film is

02:45 definitely one of them.

02:46 For example, a quick perusal of forum on reddit has some people, yes, complaining about

02:51 the runtime and many others defending the infamous Kevin Costner film.

02:55 It has a unique story with reasonable production value for a 90's movie.

02:59 Parts of it could be better.

03:00 But the acting was good.

03:01 It tells a story of hope coming from places you would least expect and superior ideas

03:05 ultimately triumphing over bad ones even when they are at disadvantage.

03:09 I love this movie for many reasons.

03:11 I till love till this movie.

03:14 Also 2M freaking PTTI.

03:16 I just want to say I agree with you and offer my support lol.

03:19 I've actually watched it a few times and I quite enjoy it.

03:22 You do have to have like 6 hours to kill though.

03:24 This is one of the best underrated post-apop movies of its time.

03:27 I absolutely love this movie.

03:29 If you haven't seen it, you should look it up.

03:31 If you're a fan of the dystopian/survival genre or of Costner, you should at least see

03:36 it.

03:37 It's a long movie, almost 3 hours, but it's an iconic movie.

03:40 Check it out.

03:41 Thanks OP.

03:42 Glad to know I'm not the only one.

03:43 To me, The Postman is a classic.

03:45 I loved it way back then and I still love it today.

03:48 Still have no idea why it got shat on so heavily.

03:51 Perhaps loving this movie isn't the worst opinion in the world.

03:54 What Kevin Costner says about The Postman.

03:56 While doing press for Man of Steel, Kevin Costner spoke about his two infamous flops,

04:00 The Postman and Waterworld.

04:02 While he said he enjoyed making both movies very much, he legitimately feels the former

04:06 is a good movie.

04:08 Speaking to the Huffington Post, Costner himself joked about his complicated lead character,

04:12 also noting he felt like the movie came out well.

04:14 "Ugh, maybe not 'Dances with Wolves' well, but well."

04:17 So it seems he's on the same page with certain factions of the internet when it comes to

04:20 the flick.

04:21 He commented on this again just a short time ago when he noted, "I was always kind of

04:25 proud of it," again defending The Postman.

04:28 Interestingly, Costner also said that while the flick was a flop at the box office, Waterworld

04:33 actually fared better in theaters and ended up making back its budget and some thanks

04:37 to home media releases.

04:38 Ergo, while the two movies are often tied together, their fates, premises, legacy, and

04:43 money-making potential have been very different, though it's worth noting too that the 1995

04:48 flick has its own fans.

04:50 Despite the more aquatic-oriented feature bringing in more money, it's not the one

04:54 I love more than 20 years later.

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