While I do not agree with every aspect of this film (I am a Medievalist and a Platonist, so I don't necessarily feel the same way about the Western Canon that the film-maker may have), I still find it to be a beautiful reflection on the psyche of the American everyman. It was a parable of sorts about the types of men Americans are and what they are capable of (notice that the head bad-guy had a traditional, classical education, while Costner did not he appreciated these things but they were not at the center of his belief system. That is what made this film great (and I rarely use the term great), that this film was essentially an examination of America and what America means. Where Brin had to rely on cheezy sci-fi standards (like supersoldiers) to resolve his story, this film does using only two men, both frauds, and both with radically different understandings of what constitutes a proper society.
I felt that Kevin Costner's everyman act worked beautifully in this film and created a sense of reality for the character and of his situation.Īs far as the sci-fi novel by David Brin, this film exceeded it in every way possible. This was a GOOD movie: it had a strong and intelligent story excellent and interesting characters and real feel for the post-Apocalypse genre. I loved this film and was very impressed with the loving amount of dedication that it demonstrates on the part of the actors, writers and director. I truly do NOT understand why The Postman was attacked as viscously as it was by the film media (there films much more worthy of the Golden Raspberry Awards in 1997).
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