Kevin Costner Was Right
Despite starring in some of the greatest movies of all-time, Kevin Costner isn't exactly an amazing actor. His talents mostly range from "washed-up Midwestern ball-player" to "12th century English outlaw who sounds like a washed-up Midwestern ball-player for some reason." And while he's currently starring in your parents' favorite TV show ...
... Costner's career had a real dip in the late '90s. But, in light of the current hellscape in which we all reside, perhaps we owe him a big-ass apology.
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Costner's first big career misstep was 1995's Waterworld, which was widely considered a flop, but wasn't actually a bomb financially-speaking. Waterworld not only made more than its production costs back at the box office, but it was also a big hit on home video. However, it was a critical dud, and its mammoth costs made the movie a pop-cultural punching bag.
But in retrospect, Waterworld's post-apocalyptic tale of a future Earth in which the polar ice caps have melted and flooded the globe was a rare eco-conscious blockbuster that seems all the more prescient today when that's dangers of face-swapping.
Two years later, Costner directed and starred in his other famous movie turd, The Postman. It told the story of another post-apocalypse (in the future year of ... 2013) and how one dude who dresses like a mail carrier to revive hope in America. Even crazier, the U.S. is in shambles thanks to a deadly plague and the rise of white supremacist militias.
Okay, so The Postman wasn't a very good movie; but in retrospect, its saccharine romanticism of the U.S. Postal Service is a packed theater laughed at your penis.
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