I love Waterworld. One of the best hero/adventure movies ever made. I watch it at least once a year.

Congratulations! 🎊 You're the first and only one that has reacted to Waterworld. Good reaction. 👍

@ReelReviewsWithJen

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the video!

One of Waterworld's strongest points is that the James Newton-Howard music absolutely KICKS ASS! Every moment of the music gives this movie extra feeling and energy.

I like this movie and I'm glad someone has finally reacted to it. Now, as to Costner's character leaving at the end was (I feel) that he was so accustom to the ocean and being an outcast because of his gills he couldn't stay enough though he cared about Enola. The land itself was the top of Mt. Everest which in the longer director's cut you see Helen and Enola find a memorial plaque as they watch the Mariner leave.

31:28, it's revealed in the Director's Cut, Dryland is the top of the highest peak in the world: Mt. Everest.

Never revealed, it's implied that the film takes place in the year 2500. The movie suffered a lot of production problems, as most of the actors nearly drowned doing their own underwater stunts. The movie was made on a $175 million dollar budget, and it grossed $260 million dollars at the box office. Dennis Hopper said in an interview that the executives at Universal thought it was a box office bomb, but he said they shot themselves in the foot, as they put a lot of effort to make this movie happen.

If you notice at the beginning of the movie he waters his tomato plant, which is just beginning to sprout before diving in the water, when he surfaces the plant is full grown. Indicating that his dive lasted several weeks.

@Otokichi786

2 жыл бұрын

As a "Muto Gill Man," that would be no time at all.;)

@franklinstine4544

Жыл бұрын

I have never noticed that detail. Great catch.

@stuartwesthall

Жыл бұрын

He waters his lime tree which already had fully grown limes on it before he dives. He doesn't get the tomato plant until he gets to the atoll....

Fun Fact: The massive floating Atoll set that much of the movie takes place on cost roughly $22 million to create. The structure was one-quarter of a mile in circumference and weighed over 1,000 tons (2 million pounds). Yet, neither the massive atoll nor the 30 or so boats featured in the film came equipped with bathrooms. Filming had to be stopped for people to be transported to a nearby ship to use the bathroom. The gigantic Atoll set required every piece of steel in Hawaii and more to be flown in from California. While this cost a fortune, Waterworld injected roughly $35 million to the local Hawaiian economy.

The extended TV cut reveals that the island is actually the peak of Mt Everest. That means that there are tropical plants growing at 29,000 feet.

@NZBigfoot

2 жыл бұрын

yeah not sure how that is supposed to work lol, even if it was hot enough to melt all ice on the planet, it wouldnt for starters go THAT high, and it wouldnt be hot enough to get the tops of the Himalayas to a habitable condition, not to mention if the water is that high the entire planet would be damn cold at that altitude (would the atmosphere spread out but still be thinner, or would it compensate)... its one of those movies if you think about it to much it collapses even quicker than it already tends to.

@louremington6975

4 күн бұрын

Really!! did not know that. I wish that had ben explained in the regular cut

I'm subscribing to your channel because you're willing to watch movies that most reactors won't even touch unless it's sanctioned by their subscribers through a vote and we ultimately keep watching the same old movies over and over again from one reaction channel to the next.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I try and watch a variety of content and it’s good to know it’s appreciated!

Say all you want. Whenever I'm watching Waterworld, I'm having fun.

Ah, this one has a very special place in my heart -- not because any of the characters are particularly likable, but because the idea of living in, on, and from the ocean has always been one of my particular fantasies. I mentioned this once to a friend, as we watched "Cabin Boy" (Y'all remember the bit with the swimming lady?), and he said, "Dude, you seriously need to see Waterworld, then."

Haven’t seen anyone else review this movie, so thanks. I like this movie, and it numbers among the reasons I don’t listen to too many contemporary (professional) reviews.

4:12, this floating city was a massive undertaking, and no, its not based on a book. The actor's name is Kevin Costner. He started and directed the epic western, Dances With Wolves, which won 7 Oscars including Best Picture

"Bye, jet skis! EEEEUUUUUWWWWW, NOOOOO, the drama!" 😂😂😂

The stories about the actual making of this almost epic are as interesting to me as the film, many production issues. At least that's what I've heard, thanks keep up the good work.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

2 жыл бұрын

I’ll have to look them up, thank you so much! Thanks for watching!

@jean-paulaudette9246

2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see that. is it on TY?

Milhouse playing the arcade: please insert 40 quarters lol

My favorite Kevin Costner movie is... 1993 A Perfect World, directed by Clint Eastwood what a movie!

This movie was in the news all the time for different reasons, it was a great time. The movie made its money contrary to the legend, it took time, but it did.

The screenwriter of the film originally pitched the film to Roger Corman. When Corman heard the plot he said "are you crazy? That will cost $5 million".

"How is THIS not covered in water?" I dunno...maybe it's Mount Everest or something.

Damn I miss the blockbusters of the 90s. Nothing about Water World is “terrible.” This is a fantastic adventure film from a much better era of Hollywood.

@NZBigfoot

2 жыл бұрын

Its not terrible, but its still not a 'good' by movie standards, its the perfect example of a folly. Way to ambitious for the time and tech, and finances with the sort of issues only movies like this can throw up during production. That being said, the effort they put into sets and the action pieces was commendable... ill give them that, even though I find the film meh. I think the oil man probably summed up the last day of filming of this movie for the crew and cast... "Oh thank god!"

Kevin Costner's boat in Waterworld is actually a "trimaran." Two versions were built, a relatively standard racing trimaran for distance shots, and an effects-laden transforming trimaran for closeup shots.

The ocean was digitally added in some scenes. The part where Dennis Hopper is throwing the spam and cigarettes at the crowd in particular. The tanker deck was a set and the ocean added in later.

This is one of my guilty pleasures. The Extended edition of this movie is so nice.

Fun Fact: Steven Spielberg actually warned Kevin Costner against filming Waterworld entirely on location at sea, following his own bad experiences filming Jaws twenty years earlier.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

2 жыл бұрын

He should have taken that advice lol

28:17 "Ohh, excellent bonk!" High praise, from the connoisseur!

Fun Fact: You're correct, Jen, in that minimal CGI was used in the making of Waterworld. However, Kevin Costner reportedly did have the visual effects team digitally erase his receding hairline in the movie, which was quite expensive to do in 1995. lol

@prltqdf9

2 жыл бұрын

You're talking out of your ass. In 1995 no such technology existed to do it convincingly.

@44excalibur

2 жыл бұрын

@@prltqdf9 I looked it up. That's one reason why the film was so expensive and why Costner put up $22 million of his own money to make the film. The sea monster was also made with CGI.

This movie literally scares the crap out of my sister. Everytime it's on the TV she freaks out.

Fun fact: The dry land they find at the end is supposed to be Mount Everest. This is further explained in the extended version of the movie.

Fun Fact: The Smoker airplane pilot was played by a young Jack Black, long before he became famous.

Another futuristic Kevin Costner movie, definitely taking place in a dystopia society, was The Postman. Just like in this one, where he was simply known as the Mariner, in the other movie he was just the Postman.

The 'Smokers' villain concept also took hold in Hollywood around the same time culture pushed for anti-smoking campaigns. For instance, I remember being on an international flight in 1996 where there was a literal 'smoking section', not that the 2nd hand smoke didn't filter throughout the whole cabin. And I recall talking to my uncle about it, who told me US continental flights still had smoking in the mid to late 80s, but obviously that doesn't exist anymore.

I know one method to not get water up your nose when you go under, blowing air out. But you couldn't stay under very long doing that. The other method of somehow creating pressure I couldn't figure out, and I used to love swimming for fun. I mention this because the little girl who couldn't swim somehow learned very fast how to do it, we don't see her holding her nose when he's teaching her to swim. And the woman can. I can't imagine breathing air through your mouth would work without something holding the nose closed (during the "breathing for both of them" scene).

When the Mariner took Helen down to the city underwater, the city is Denver, CO, as you can see the signature "cash register" building that's in downtown Denver.

Jen you totally ROCK! your channel is the BEST!❤💯

@ReelReviewsWithJen

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! So kind!

11:23, yeah that too! Lol!!

If you like this movie, I'd highly recommend "The Postman" another big budget bomb and Kevin Costner post apocalyptic movie.

6:00, fish gills! He's a mutant!

It wouldn't be a Jen reaction without an "Ohhhh, mmmmyyy!" LOL 😂

"Is that why they're called smokers, because they create, like, exhaust? I don't know." Yeah, that's pretty much why they're called "smokers," Jen. Good guess. LOL 😆

9:36* they turned this whole scene into a theme park attraction called WATERWORLD The live experience.

@ReelReviewsWithJen

2 жыл бұрын

Wow 😬 I wonder how long that lasted

Finally!!! Yes!!! This is one of those big movies that a must to watch because of the utter amazing silliness and tremendous story behind its creation. Along with Cutthroat Island.

8:05* that's right! They create exhaust, because they need their vehicles to be gas powered.

Jean Tripplehorn also played in another of my favorites, "Quigley Down Under," with Tom Selleck and Alan Rickman.

@kj7124

2 жыл бұрын

FYI I think that was Laura San Giacomo

@jean-paulaudette9246

2 жыл бұрын

@@kj7124 Oh, rats! My apologies, Ms. San Giocomo! Alas, once again my brain proves retentive enough to rival any fishing net.

7:33, R.D. Call. That's his name.

29:48* they filmed it on location in Hawaii.

8:17, that's what this movie is supposed to be: MAD MAX ON WATER. LOL!

This is I love your reactions, this is my first reaction from you, I love Waterworld and your reaction is fun I'm definitely subscribing

@ReelReviewsWithJen

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed the video ❤️🎬 thanks for watching and subscribing!

The underwater jetski drivers were breathing from a tube that was at the surface.

Universal Studios had a live show attraction they designed after this movie came out.

4:45, he has to, in order to figure out if it's pure.

And the swimming sene is so magically💓

Fun Fact: Kevin Costner reportedly invested $22 million of his own money into the Waterworld production, which is the same amount it cost to create the massive atoll in the film.

@3Kings_Industries

2 жыл бұрын

Was that before or after the first film cut was lost to water damage and had to be remade?

@44excalibur

2 жыл бұрын

@@3Kings_Industries I have no idea.

"So where are these Smokers hanging out?" Their ship is the Exxon Valdez, Jen; the infamous oil tanker that ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on March 24, 1989, spilling 11 million gallons of oil and creating an environmental catastrophe.

Dennis Hopper: now known to her as "the guy from Super Mario Brothers"...

Great movie

I love Waterworld❤ I love the music in it and all the things❤❤❤

He actually never tried to find dry land he do it for the girl and the woman😃

The Island they found is the top of Mt. Everest. As seen by the plaque the discovered on the island.

@ronaldjeffrey8712

2 жыл бұрын

@@DV80s That would explain it. I caught it on cable eons ago. That scene was pretty obvious I doubt anyone could miss it.

The island would have been the highest point on earth, Mount Everest and the Himalayas. The little city where he first meet the girl and woman, sank and had to be rebuilt. This was the most expensive film at the time and was a bomb at the theater. The oil tanker was the Exxon Valdez which had run around in the '80s or '90s and covered a good area in Alaska in oil, huge disaster.

TBH I have always enjoyed this movie, including Kevin Costner's character and the way he portrayed him (not fully human, not socialized at all). I have always thought that island was the top of Mt. Everest.

Professional surfer Laird Hamilton was Kevin Costner's stunt double for many water scenes. Hamilton commuted to the set via jet ski. Kevin Costner was on the set for 157 days, working 6 days a week. At one point, he nearly died when he got caught in a squall while tied to the mast of his trimaran.

They filmed the movie in Hawai'i. Jen's observations were dead-on correct; it was expensive ($175 Million) and difficult to shoot, and yup they were trying to film Mad Max on water. I'm from Hawai'i and I remember there were tons of reports of problems with the filming, cast and crew issues, delays, equipment failures, environmental problems, etc. and it went WAAAY over budget into one of, if not the most expensive movies ever. Almost everything was practical, built and filmed on the open sea. It was panned by critics when it was released and was a box office dud. I personally thought the movie was fine, not great but not horrible 🤷‍♂️

@Hogtownboy1

2 жыл бұрын

Why listen to Spielberg what does he know about making movie. Rank amateur LOL.

@Hogtownboy1

9 ай бұрын

@@darkstar3116 What are you talking about. Spielberg has 20 successful films and produced many cult classics. 58 director credit and 171 producer credits. Sorry you find his success as selling out

You don't remember Kevin Costner's name, Jen? 😲 The Untouchables? Bull Durham? Field of Dreams? Dances With Wolves? JFK? Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves? The Bodyguard? OMG, it hasn't been that long, has it? LOL 😆

@ReelReviewsWithJen

2 жыл бұрын

Lol I’ve seen maybe two of those and I watched them decades ago

Fun Fact:Jack Black was the Smoker Skyboat Gunner,it was one of his first films.Same with Jeanne Triplehorn(Helen) and Tina Majorino(Enola), the former went on to several Lifetime TV Films and the latter went on to ABC Family and Hallmark TV films including a 1999 adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland" where she starred as the titular character in her early teens.

A mirrors' main component woulds be glass, and that's made from sand. So, unless there's salvage, a mirror would be a mystery

I love this movie❤️❤️‍🔥 the music in this movie is so dreamy and wonderful🥰❤️❤️❤️

I don't know if you recognized the pilot who spotted the Marinrer's boat in one of the earlier scenes. It was Jack Black from Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Jumanji: The Next Level.

Looking forward to this!! What happened to "Wickerman" though??

@ReelReviewsWithJen

2 жыл бұрын

It will be up tomorrow! Apologizes for the delay!

@richardbuckendorf1390

2 жыл бұрын

@@ReelReviewsWithJen lol, I can only imagine what a pill it was to edit. I'm just glad you watched. :) I shot you a couple of lighter suggestions for your channel. Hope you get to see them, if you already havent

I believe up to this point in time, this was the most expensive movie ever made

I always enjoyed "The Postman" too, though it too isn't a popular flick.

Most of this movie was shot on the backside of Catalina island near Long Beach ca

The Waterworld stunt show attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood is loads more popular than this movie ever was. Funny enough. And it's still there to this day!

Mad Max on the water complete with a floating Barter Town.

It's not based off a book, but there was a book written afterwards based off the movie :-) And what a great movie this is (not least thanks to James Newton-Howards "water-music")!

Great reaction. This is one of three famous box office disasters of the 90s. The other one is Cutthroat Island and The 13th Warrior. All good movies in my opinion.

@shaitanlavey

2 жыл бұрын

Would love to see Jen react to both Cutthroat Island and 13th Warrior, although she should watch Beowulf before 13th Warrior.

This movie is amazing!

Now you're just spoiling us, Jen 😃

At the time Kevin Kostner and Mel Gibson were basically rivals for being the top box office draws and this was definitely Kostners attempt to compete with Gibsons Mad Max.

This movie really shows how Costner’s ego started to get the better of him, almost to William Shatner Star Trek 5 levels. I like both actors but sometimes a swelled head really shows. I think this movie and “The Postman” were both massive bombs.

It bankrupted the studio. It set Costner’s Career back a decade. He got the tremendous budget because of the success of dancing with wolves and went on to make two bombs in a row this in the postman both which cost a fortune

just searched and the budget was $175 million for this, at least per the source I looked at

Since "Waterworld" was filmed locally, I found this movie to be OK. I don't/didn't see the "Kevin's Gate" thing applying to this very interesting production. Bottom line, this production spawned a successful Universal Studios attraction. Over the years, my "Mad Max at Sea" take on "Waterworld" is right on the money. "From a certain point of view," planet Earth is a "water world." Visit scenic Pineview: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pW2mlalvo6WWnZs.html

A bit goofy, but there's a lot of fun world building in this monstrosity of a post-apocalyptic epic. And hair would be used for rope, fyi. Without livestock or fibrous plants, cordage would be hard to come by in Waterworld, and good rope is essential for sailing.

1:07 THIS movie! I hope I like you as much as I like this movie, giggle giggle. Looking forward to checking out your other content .

This film is an absolute marvel of film making, terrific, unfairly maligned movie.

This movie is epic❤️❤️❤️

I really like this movie!!

Waterworld... a 2 hour and 15 minute movie that somehow feels at least twice as long.

Dennis Hopper passed on in 2010. He did have an amazing career. Here's a list of sci-fi films, (good, bad, so good, it's bad, and so bad it's good) "Trancers" (1984) "My Science Project" (1985) [also Dennis Hopper] "Memoirs Of The Invisible Man" (1992) [Chevy Chase, Sam Neil, Darrell Hannah, John Carpenter directed] "Detention" (2011) [Josh Hutcherson, Dan Cook] "A Scanner Darkly" (2006) [Keanu Reeves, Woody Harrelson, Robert Downey JR, Wynona Ryder, Roy Cochran. Based on a book written by Phillip K. Dick] "Repo: The Genetic Oprah" (2008) [Paul Sorvino, Bill Moseley, Paris Hilton] *this movie is a musical, sci-fi, horror, comedy*

12:26 oh my, indeed!

I thought the island was revealed to be Mt. Everest.

Waterworld has a great score by James Newton Howard.

5:33, that's right. She's the key to the whole thing.

You caught on to the mad max vibes, the cinematographer worked on Mad Max and I'm sure other crew members did too. Very much Mad Max of the sea

It's not terrible, please don't judge a book by it's cover!

Just when you thought the production of Waterworld didn't have enough trouble, Jen, composer Mark Isham's score - which was not recorded for approximately 25 percent of the film and had only demos completed - was reportedly rejected by Costner because it was "too ethnic and bleak", contrasting with the film's futuristic and adventurous tone. Isham offered to try again but was not given the chance. James Newton Howard was brought in to write the new score. Joss Whedon flew out to the set to do last minute script rewrites and later described it as "seven weeks of hell"; the work boiled down to editing in Costner's ideas without alteration.

Waterworks cost $175 million to make (the biggest budget ever at its time) but with advertising it cost closer to $235 million while making $264 million (which is not profitable for the studio as it can be estime that the theatres kept about half of the box office; as they usually do). Water world became profitable only once it went to video and tv, but it had been push as THE hit movie of 1995 that was going to break box office records;and did anything but that. It came in 10th in the US that year, way behind other movies like Batman Returns, Apollo 13, Toy Story, Die Hard: With A Vengeance and Golden Eye (Even the sequel to Ace Ventura did better than it!) So it was a flop because expectations were too high (and financially unrealistic) plus, virtually no one liked the story and cinematography: You were right to call it “Mad Max on Water” ad that is exactly what the pitch of the movie was initially.

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