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...does Kevin Costner keep doing these post-apocalyptic flicks? Is it because he still owns a pair of Waterworld goggles that would otherwise go to waste? Or does he just love creating scenarios wherein women inquire about the quality of his semen...
Truth to be told, the "semen sequence" is one of the most entertaining parts of The Postman, Costner's latest overblown, over-long epic adventure. In answer to your immediate questions: no, it's not a great film; yes, the premise is hokey; yes, it's too long; and yes, it's a blatant display of self-aggrandizement and megalomania on the part of actor-director-producer Costner. But is it as bad as everyone thought it would be? As was true of Waterworld...
Basically, it's a Costnerian fantasy world. There's no gasoline, so everyone rides horses. There's no government, so Kevin gets to be a vigilante hero. There's no America east of the Rockies, so fuggedaboudit. And there are plenty of guns. I'm sure Costner tried his damnedest to work baseball into the story...
...aside from the national pastime, all the proper elements seem to be in place. So what's missing? Not surprisingly, Costner himself is the weak link. His tried-and-true brand of look-at-me-I'm-cute acting doesn't wear well on a man his age. And even if he had one, he would need more than a pretty face to pull off a role intended to elevate the mailcarrier to hero status...
Speaking realistically, though, the leap from familiar suburban mailcarrier to action hero is a lot to ask of the moviegoing public. And Costner is not the actor to ask it. His Postman is supposed to be a traveling actor (the first of many ironies) who uses his charm and chutzpah to snowball the entire American West into believing that a new government has been created (in Minneapolis, of all places) and that postal routes are being reestablished all over the country. Costner, however, is so devoid of charisma and conviction that you wonder why anyone would believe...