![]() Shakespeare is impressed into service after playing a miserable rendition of Shakespeare’s MacBeth in an impoverished village. The militia plunder the tiny villages of survivors and abduct the ethnically pure to join their army of 8. Bethlehem (Will Patton), the copier salesman-turned-tyrant, enforces several rules: death to all who cross him no mercy and, anyone can fight him to challenge his totalitarian rule. Shakespeare, as he comes to be called, is captured by a neo-fascist band, known as “8”, who are attempting to bring dictatorial order to the present-day chaos. Diverging from the humanist connotations and the storyline of the book, the movie is purposefully mythic in Joseph Campbell’s confused sense.Ĭostner plays a Shakespearean actor wandering the vast wastelands of the western United States in 2013 after a devastating nuclear war which killed most of the people in the U.S. Whereas Robert Duvall plays a broken man who delivers the message of the Good News of Jesus Christ, Costner plays a broken man who delivers fabricated messages that are, in fact, merely lies, which offer no more than an ephemeral hope in a post World War III society. Both may very well be derived from the ancient Greek word, “apostolos” (messenger), but the message of the two films is very different. In fact, it could be said that there are two movies now out with the same title: Robert Duvall’s THE APOSTLE, and Kevin Costner’s THE POSTMAN. THE POSTMAN is an unabashedly allegorical piece of apocalyptic science fiction. Like WATERWORLD, THE POSTMAN is an epic movie of unfulfilled potential. The movie is further weakened by excessive violence and fornication. By replacing truth with lies, the movie demeans the heroic. Jesus's dictum that "the truth will set you free," which inspired the Founding Fathers, is replaced by the proposition that lies will give you warm, fuzzy encouragement. Furthermore, this movie is the story of someone who is supposed to be the bearer of hope, but bears only wishful lies. THE POSTMAN is poorly conceived with continuity problems and spotty acting. A young admirer of The Postman appoints a rag-tag group of young postmen, and Bethlehem declares war on the postmen. On his next raid, Bethlehem takes Abby prisoner, and The Postman must come to her rescue. Abby asks him to make her pregnant because her husband is impotent. ![]() government so that he can finagle a bowl of soup. At the nearest town, he claims that he is a postman appointed by a restored U.S. Neo-fascist General Bethlehem, who plunders villages, captures the actor, who escapes and dons a postal uniform as a disguise. In 2013, an actor (Kevin Costner) wanders the wastelands of the United States after most of America has been destroyed by nuclear war. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, 2014 Extended Version (HBO)Ĭ.B.Apocalyptic science fiction, THE POSTMAN is an epic movie of unfulfilled potential. Super Villains, The Investigation (Supervillains, l’enquête), Max Original Premiereįlordelis: A Family Crime (Flordelis: Em Nome da Mãe), Max Original Premiere Here is everything else coming to and leaving HBO Max this month.īirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), 2014 (HBO)ĭionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over, Max Original Premiere There’s also Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm sprinkled in there on Feb. Later on HBO Max subscribers will be able to enjoy Edge of Tomorrow (Feb. February 1 sees the arrival of many appealing library titles like Birdman, Casino Royale, The Silence of the Lambs, and The Terminator. 17.įebruary also looks to be a jam-packed month for movies on HBO Max. 6 and Spanish-language animated comedy Poor Devil a.k.a. Other HBO Max original series this month include another C.B. ![]() Consider this a fun little aperitif for the fast approaching Harley Quinn season 3 – which will feature none other than freshly-installed DC czar James Gunn. 9 and finds Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy celebrating their first Valentine’s Day together. ![]() Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special premieres on Feb. With its list of new releases for February 2023, the HBO streamer is bringing a very special Valentine’s Day episode into the fold. Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and HBO Max got the memo. ![]()
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