In many ways, it’s a film of tremendous ambition and huge ideas, so much that the movie can’t possibly support them all. On a list of all the terrible science fiction films made, Waterworld wouldn’t even make it into the worst 25. While Waterworld is a flawed movie, it’s nowhere near the disastrous joke that its reputation suggests. Kevin Costner’s Waterworld stands as one of the most notorious of these films, a movie that stopped one of Hollywood’s biggest stars dead in his tracks just a few years after a slew of massive successes, including Academy Award wins for Best Director and Best Picture. More recently, After Earth (2012) is another, the first true flop in the career of one of film’s most resilient stars, Will Smith, and a notable bit of backlash against his growing dynasty.
Heaven’s Gate (1980) is a famous example, legendarily branded as the end of the New Hollywood generation’s glory run.
Throughout cinematic history, there are a few great examples of hubris, of projects that collapsed under the weight of their stars (whether they were actors or directors, or even producers, in the rare case of Robert Evans) and the stresses of grand filmmaking.
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