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For his first major project after the overwhelming success of Titanic, Leonardo Di Caprio took a risky path in this adaptation of Alex Garland's acclaimed novel, directed by Danny Boyle. Richard (Di Caprio) is an American backpacking through Asia with a handful of friends from Europe. While in Bangkok, he meets a mad Scotsman who calls himself Daffy Duck (Robert Carlyle). Shortly before Mr. Duck kills himself, he gives Richard a crude map to a place in Thailand that he claims is paradise on earth: beautiful, unspoiled, and uninhabited. For lack of anything better to do, Richard and his companions try to locate the spot, which, after a dangerous and taxing journey, takes them to a beach as beautiful as Duck said it would be. Richard and his friends settle in, but before long they discover that they are not alone; a large group of fellow travelers has already dug themselves in, and they have established a community with the same social evils that Richard was hoping to leave behind. Just as important, there is an army of natives who grow marijuana in the nearby hills and do not appreciate the presence of these visitors. The Beach proved controversial during production, partly due to production delays and shifting release dates, partly due to environmental concerns after crew members bulldozed parts of the Thai island of Phi Phi Le for the planting of non-native trees. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie GuideRead full review
This film is brilliant. One of the movies that sets Leonardo Decaprio as one truly amazing actor illustrating that he can act not only traditional roles such as the romantic, but also that he has a sense for adopting a freakish character. The movie educates us on the price of utopia, and thus can it really exist? It’s wickedly optimistic, and gives an elegant glimpse into the international drug scene. The movie is a sociological lesson to what is true human nature.
Wouldn't it be nice to just go someplace no one could find you? Someplace barely touched by man, no laws, no drugs...a paradise. Well in this movie Leonardo Decaprio does exactly that. And as much as he love being away from the annoyances of the rest of the world, he finds his own set of problems. With human beings how long could paradise really last? Well you should definatly find out and buy or rent this one! PLEASE CLICK IF THIS HAS BEEN HELFULL FOR YOU, THANKS!
Inside the case of the beach was the movie the basketball diaries ! How unprofessional to not even check before you ship it out ! Waste of time and money
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I used to love this movie about a decade ago, and it had been about that long since watching it. Then, I would have probably given it 5 stars. Even so, I had never really enjoyed the movie much after a certain part of the movie where the tone of the movie changes drastically. As an older viewer now, the change of tone of the movie bothered me even more, but the first half of the movie is just so amazing, I would watch it again, just like I used to.
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