Waterworld? déjà vu?

Rating: 10/10 (31 March 2008)

OK, I just finished watching the movie Waterworld. I last saw it when it came out and thought it had a nice flow to it, nice development and evolution of character and plot line. I enjoyed it even more this time around. But I had this eerie feel of déjà vu! No, I am not mistakenly posting a review for the wrong movie, please bare with me. A quick search on IMDb and I came up with this: the writer for both movies, Waterworld and Pitch Black is the same one!
The rest is quite easy to follow. The unlikely hero, an outcast from the society, crosses paths with a party in distress. Reluctant to even approach him, they find themselves in the need to ask him for help. Our hero meets the innocence, the child, the only one who will truly see inside his soul and will see him for what he really is: the man and not the beast. Through the child's eyes, the others and the audience will grow closer to this character, who will lead the worthy to the salvation.
OK, there is a tiny hint of sarcasm, because I felt a little disappointed when I realized the story was recycled A to Z. And yes, I know what you are going to say, they are two completely different stories. A giant deserted planet without so much as a drop of water could not be any more different from the planet covered with the vast seas (and not a drop of fresh water). But all jokes aside, both narratives are great none less. They hold their own and have many layers and depths to discover. I guess in this time and age of the Hollywood recycling machine I was craving for the rare spark of originality, but I will let this one slide since they can both be accredited to the same brilliant writer.