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Summary: Certainly most thought-provoking and heart-wrenching.
Review: This movie is a MUST-WATCH! I had high expectations for it and I was not disappointed. =]Firstly, this movie stars girls' heartthrob Lenardo diCaprio. Scenes of him topless and exhibiting his hunky body adds to the attractiveness of the film. Secondly, I feel the success of this film should go mainly to the plot: the cool detachment, the sinister aura, the exciting storyline, the profound underlying meaning, the X-factor which managed to capture me into the story. I think this is the best film I've ever watched so far. I was pretty much shaken after watching the film, thinking about the merciless killings, the bloodshed, and so on.... You can admire the beautiful scenery of Thailand and enjoy the hair-standing plot at the same time. Marvellous!
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Summary: A Movie Lacking Direction
Review: Besides for a great scenic beach, the movie just dragged on. It appeared as if the script wasn't finished and it was being improvised by the actors. I really wanted to see this movie since seeing the movie trailers, but was totally disappointed once I saw it. Titanic was a better movie to see Leonardo at his best. Hopefully he'll appear in something more interesting and challenging to his talent. If you want to see this movie, wait until it's 99 cent rental at your local video store.
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Summary: A beautiful travelogue but a half arsed movie
Review: I so wanted to like this film, the whole idea, the book, my own personal history with early 90's Thailand and with Danny Boyle and Robert Carlyle on board it seemd too good to be true, but there is a very big but....... With a wonderfully crafted book from which to draw, The Beach should have been one of the first major successes of the century. However the world isn't perfect and we are left with not much more than an 'ok, if there's nothing else on' film, a stunning looking advert for the islands of Thailand and lots of 'beautiful' people trying desperately to launch a career on the back of an adiquate DiCaprio performance. So much was lost from the book in the transfer to film - characters missing, nationalities changed, ideas confused and an ending that panders to the mass market by leaving nothing for the audience to think about. The chances are that if you haven't read the book then the film is an entertaining couple of hours, but if like millions you have read Alex Garland's modern classic then you'll have a fraustrating time. In it's own right the film is good peice of modern movie making with plenty of acknowledgment to the foibols of the nationalities involved, but sadly it pales next to the printed page. My advice? See the film first, enjoy the great visuals and then read the book - do it the other way round at your peril.
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Summary: Poetically Brilliant
Review: I loved this movie. As a recent graduate of a film school and an industry producer I found this movie to be poetically brilliant. Both the intelligent camera shots and bizzare story line centered around the break down of Richard were gripping. I would recommend this movie to any aspiring indi filmmaker!
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Summary: Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder..
Review: There is not much to say, is a very good movie. Great picture, very good acting, cool soundtrack. I just feel it has been misunderstood and not appreciated enough.. Maybe because those people who didn't like it didn't get the message of the movie: there is no paradise in the everchanging, relative sphere of life.. you can just find it in the moment, inside yourself. If you find it, everywhere you are is heaven! Ciao! Antonino
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Summary: The Beach without a Bum
Review: Many people didn't like this movie. Some though it too slow, others thought it strange. I liked it.
This guy, Richard, played by Lenny DiCaprio, goes to this island where pot and sex are rampant. There, he learns of the true nature of mankind. A previous reviewer said it best by saying it is a cross between Lord of The Flies and Apocalypse Now.
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Summary: NOT THAT MUCH!
Review: The beach is not that good in my opinion.And it is also not bad.It was so so actually.But the film has so much presure love and blood.I mean thereis dead people in great account.This is a point that I dont like it.And Richard has a bad character.How can he be so bad ,liar ,dishonest and good at the same time.I think he is so clever for that film.And everything happened so fast.I cant keep following the film.I could not decide whether I should get sorry or not.In summary It was O.K.
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Summary: DiCaprio plays some kinda MAN
Review: This movie is overrated but still much better than expected. After his obligatory way to stardom in »Titanic«, Leonardo DiCaprio comes back to his old shape, showing he is a good actor. It's a movie about what's worth it in life, seizing the day, grabbing your moments, taking responsabilty... reaching out for freedom and being prepared or not to pay the costs. Apart from some stupid movie mistakes and some sub-realistic sequences, it is well-filmed, averagely directed, but exciting all the way through.
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Summary: the beach:an exellent movie
Review: ive seen the beach and its a very good movie and a good thing is that the director joined up a crew with lots of nationalities i advice everybody who will read this to see it (even if they did but like me,im looking to see it another time)
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Summary: Not quite there
Review: The film was good but failed in two main aspects. While the book developed an inexorable decline to mayhem, madness and murder, the film gave it that hollywood touch: it was all glitz and glamour and lacked any depth. For the first hour and a half nothing really happened and it only survived due to its one-liners and cult portrayal. Then suddenly Richard goes mad, gets better and they all (just about) live happily ever after. It was all too quick and implausible. It did, however, get the idea of 'How far do you have to go to keep the secret?' across well. Its other main failure was Richard's character. In the book, he was no angel - he'd had his spate of delinquencey - but was essentially a nice guy; he didn't try anything on with Francoise out of respect for Etienne and he certainly didn't go for Sal. The film makes him out to be a liar and a cheat who deserved none of the support of Alex Garland's Richard (who was a hardened Londoner). So, a charcter flaw and a poorly developed plot discredit what was otherwise quite a cool film.
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