History YMMV / Waterworld

* RetroactiveRecognition: Hey, that's a pre-fame JackBlack as the Smoker plane pilot!

* {{Narm}}: The scene where Kevin Costner blows up at the kid over the crayons. The seen where Helen screams "FOOD!" also qualifies. The sentence it's a part of isn't actually that bad, but the fact that she just randomly ''screams'' the last word makes it all fall apart.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The {{SNES}} and VirtualBoy games based on the film were seen as pretty bad, especially the latter.

* WhatAnIdiot: Your world has been completely submerged in water, and you've found a man who can breathe underwater along with various aquatic. Do you A) make use of these talents or B) try to kill him for the horrible crime of having gills? In Waterworld, the answer is B.

** Kevin Costner throws her in the ocean and she ''can't swim''. Please, oh God, leave her...

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: "Maybe he doesn't like to be called Chuck. Maybe we should call him Charles. Charles!"
** The Exxon Valdez's oil reserve tankman's reaction when he sees the flare the Mariner dropped down a pipe fall into a pool of oil in the reserve.
--->Oil Reserve Tankman: [[OhCrap "Oh thank god."]]
** When Helen asks about '''FOOD!!!'''
** This:
--> '''Enola:''' ''Don't call him that. He doesn't like it.''
--> '''Deacon:''' ''I don't give a shit'' what ''he likes! He took out my eye!''
--> '''Enola:''' ''"He'll come for me, he will."''
--> '''Deacon:''' ''"Well, I hope so. 'Cuz if he does, I'm gonna cut open his head, and I'm gonna EAT HIS BRAIN!" ...You think he'd like'' that?

* {{Narm}}: The scene where Kevin Costner blows up at the kid over the crayons

* SoOkayItsAverage: Despite being a box office flop in the U.S., the film has gotten mixed or average reviews from many film critics, who gave it [[http://www.metacritic.com/movie/waterworld an average score of 56 out of 100]] according to Metacritic. Even WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic considered it an okay film, neither good nor bad, just "okay".

* SoOkayItsAverage: Despite being a box office flop in the U.S., the film has gotten mixed or average reviews from many film critics, who gave it [[http://www.metacritic.com/movie/waterworld an average score of 56 out of 100]] according to Metacritic. Even ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' considered it an okay film, neither good nor bad, just "okay".

* CriticalBacklash: Some people don't find the movie to be that bad.
* DesignatedHero: The Mariner. Though it's more AntiHero with shades of trying to avoid The Call through most of the movie.

** Kevin Costner throws her in the ocean and she ''can't swim''. Please oh god, leave her...

* DesignatedHero: The Mariner.

** [[NapoleonDynamite Deb]] has the map to dry land!

* CriticalBacklash: Some people don't find the movie to be that bad. Even ''TheNostalgiaCritic'' thought the movie had its good points.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: "Maybe he doesn't like to be called Chuck. Maybe we should call him Charles. Charles!"

-->Oil Reserve Tankman: [[OhCrap "Oh thank god."]]

* CrowningMusicofAwesome: The SNES Waterworld Game is known as a pretty bad game. However its OST by Dean Evans has a lot of awesome tracks.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H5YoFv09uQ&fmt=18 Diving]] is a perfect example of an amazing ambient track on this OST.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp7xqhunH88&fmt=18 Mission Theme 1]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA062Rc5tmQ&fmt=18 Mission Theme 3]]

* {{Narm}} - The scene where Kevin Costner blows up at the kid over the crayons

** Kevin Costner throws her in the ocean, after learning that she can't swim this troper was cheering for the main hero at this point.

*** Kevin Costner throws her in the ocean, after learning that she can't swim this troper was cheering for the main hero at this point.

** Which makes the scene where she gets punched in the face really satisfying. Can we see that again? And again? In slow motion?

* LoveItOrHateIt: For most, it's either SoBadItsGood or SoOkayItsAverage (RogerEbert even said "it's one of those marginal pictures you're not unhappy to have seen, but can't quite recommend").

* Narm - The scene where Kevin Costner blows up at the kid over the crayons