Kevin Costner: 5 Awesome Performances And 5 That Sucked
1. The Postman - The Postman
And here it is: the one movie that I could not stand. There is really no aspect of this movie that I enjoyed: it is a long, dull, pointless experience.
Set in the post-apocalyptic future, when the governments have disappeared, an army now rules the land, led by General Bethlehem (Will Patton). Kevin Costner plays a wandering nomad who travels from town to town and does one-man Shakespeare plays to make a living. Sounds like a reasonable occupation in a dystopian future!
So, the nomad one day comes across an old bag of mail, and he thinks to himself - hey, I think Ill be a postman now! And he goes to a town to deliver some mail. Long story short, he inspires a rebellion, and his army of postmen eventually challenge General Bethlehem. Heres the message I got from this movie: The U.S. Postal Service is so devoted to its customers, not even the end of the world can stop them! Did I really just watch a 3-hour commercial?
And Costners performance is just the icing on the cheese. The postman character is less charismatic than the mariner from Waterworld, which is saying something. He is childish and silly, like a little kid trapped in a grown mans body. Yet, at times you will also see him stab someone, attempt to choke a guy, and shoot multiple people. Its sort of a creepy combination, if you think about it.
Of the three movies that Costner has directed, this is BY FAR the worst. Open Range, a western, came a few years later. Thank God he redeemed himself with that one. But Im still afraid that hell come back and make The Postman 2: Return to Sender. (shudder)
So that about sums up my list of Kevin Costner's best and worst performances. What do you think? Do you agree with my rankings? Leave a comment below, and thanks for reading!