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Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

xavierramos-79857 This was the first film Di Caprio made after Titanic and as such you could only imagine the expectations especially from the fangirls back then. It was huge. What bout the movie? Well it is a Danny Boyle film many forget and he is a class act. The Beach is based on a book of the same name and has some stunning picturesque locations(Thailand) but there are no redeeming qualities among any of the characters and the film just sort of...trudges along. You can watch it but there's nothing much to recommend- both Boyle and Di caprio have done far better work.

ecolifechoice The film version of The Beach is not as gripping as the book, which is an absolute page turner. If you haven't read the book yet, I highly suggest you give it a read. The film is still very entertaining though, as it keeps you interested throughout, and is filled with beautiful cinematography and landscapes. Leonardo absolutely steals the show, as he does in just about all of his movies, and does a great job of portraying the young, starry eyed traveler Richard, who is seeking the ultimate journey and eventually is pushed to the brink of insanity by the utopia he was so eagerly seeking.One way that the film bested the book, IMO, is by having Richard travel to the mainland with Sal for supplies instead of Jed. I think this was a much better way to depict the interactions and relationship between Richard and Sal, while also building more of an urgency for Richard to keep the others from reaching the island. It absolutely made more sense for Richard to fear being blackmailed by Sal over what transpired during their trip to the mainland than what transpired in the book.

dsgoorevitch Well, Hollywood gave us a good self-portrait of what self-involved human-hating parasites they are.None of the "romance" has the slightest feeling or passion. It's all possessiveness or like going to the toilet: a mere bodily function. To call it "love/adventure" is to insult both love and adventure.What adventure? The narrator (the narration done in a voice absent of affect) tells a tale of someone pretty mindless who travels somewhere and finds something a little less interesting than Woodstock or Burning Man.There is no reason for anything being what it is. No character development because there were, frankly, no real characters.Even death is portrayed as "naturally" justifiable, even murder. But mostly just meaningless.The last line the narrator says was laughable. It reminds me of the 10th rate bit of BS I saw written on a restaurant wall near my house: "In the infinite moments it takes to read these words, you will have lived forever." Like the pseud-koan on the wall, not a single part of that or this movie is true.Hollow, empty, dishonest. No such people exist, have existed, or ever will exist. Save your time.

Kirpianuscus Admirable work. for cinematography, for script, for many performances. more important, for the virtue to be a kind of Swedish buffet- for each viewer a interesting dish. film about freedom and adventure, youth and a place out of social demands, it has the gift to reflect old slices of Utopia, spirit of an age, the Biblical references to temptation and a Leonardo Di Caprio in high energetic role. sure, it could be criticize. or defined as masterpiece . or discovered as a revelation. in fact, the wise science to use the novel for a thriller who gives few good scenes, a credible story and a cast who is far to be bad are the good points for The Beach. and, in same measure, the remind of old dreams about a magnificent place and its comfortable peace.