I heard how bad waterworld was. When I finally watched it I liked it and watch it when I see it playing. Kind of a mad max on water.
However, Ishtar and Battlefield Earth are just plain terribly bad horribly made movies. It looks like Heaven’s gate was too. To use the car analogy: more on the scale of a Cummins diesel Oldsmobile. It was always best avoided at any price over the scrap metal value. ;-)
In fact, to paraphrase:
Waterworld and Postman = VW Phaton - VW lost a bundle but a lot of people got a great car for far less than it cost to make.
Battlefield Earth and Heaven’s Gate = Oldsmobile diesel car - for anyone who touched it, it left a mark.
You guys should check out 2012 Cloud Atlas with Tom Hanks and Halle Berry.
Any conservative would spout this travesty a one of the worst movies of all time.
Gay sex, socialism, hatred of big oil, bigotry, sexism, homophobes. You name it, and you’ll find it in this film.