The Beach





The Beach is a very stupid movie. The performances suck. The plot is horrible. You have gotta be high (like the people in the movie) to really watch this movie and like it. :wink: But seriously, it's not good at all. What seemed interesting from the previews turned out to be a more current, "island"-type version of The Village, only 10x worse. Two hours I'll definently never get back.

D+

Another proof that your movie taste and mine are similar. I was hoping for you to dislike it when I saw that you rented it. Man, I hated this film.

F


What makes me upset the most is what people would think of the novel the movie is based on after having seen the film without reading the book. I read parts of the ook after having seen the film, just to see if it's just as bad and I was very surprised. The book is actualy very good. The movie is artrocious, though. Acting is very bad, all-around. I have never liked DiCaprio, but in that movie he definitely gives his worst performance so far. It seems to me as if the filmmkaers only wanted to show off the nice locations without giving the movie any substance. If you want to see a film somewhat similar to this one, story-wise, just miles better, then rent Lord of the Flies. I'd easily call this pretentious piece of crap the worst movie of its year...but unfortunately Battlefield Earth was released in the same year and believe it or not, turned out to be even worse than that! The Beach is a complete bore that basically rapes the novel it is based on without giving the viewer anything worth seeing. It should put the otherwise talented director Danny Boyle to shame. It is not only one of the worst movies of 2000, but also one of the 5 worst films I have ever seen.

yeah, it definitely wasnt good, the plot was interesting........uuummmm yeah thats about it!....

C

Oh man, me and my friends burst out laughing in the theater when DiCaprio hissed at the chick.

But yeah, it was a wildly uneven movie, though it had some beautiful cinematography and some good moral dilemmas. C-

The book offers some really good moral dilemmas, the movie however...bleh. Also the last act of the film is different than it is in the book from what I have read partially.

Whoa. I mean, I hated it, but damn! Top 5 of all time?!

It's definently one of the worst movies I've seen, but not really the worst. May I suggest you watch...

Pootie Tang
Adventures of Pluto Nash
The Cat in the Hat
Cold Creek Manor

...and then rethink your top 5?! :razz:

I own two of them, haven't seen either. Cold Creek Manor was given to me as a present recently

The Beach is actually one of the three worst films I have ever seen. Others being Battlefield Earth and Mission to Mars (that without considering some cheap DTV C-movies)

For me, the difference between The Beach and Battlefield Earth/Mission to Mars is that I didn't expect a whole lot from The Beach, and I still got crapola. Battlefield Earth was my most anticipated movie of that year, and it was a total let down. Mission to Mars sucked as well, but not one of my all time worst.

Well, by the time Battlefield Earth arrived in Germany, I already know that it was proclaimed the worst movie of the century in the States so I didn't expect much. However, I had pretty high hopes for Mission to Mars. The trailer was good, I liked the director, the cast and the idea behind the film... *sigh*

I was one of the opening night losers who saw Battlefield Earth.

I wanted to see The Beach soooo bad when it was in theaters, by at the time, my parents were more strict on me with the R rated movies. After 5 years, I was thankful of my parents decision, for once. :wink:

I found The Beach stylish but pretentious and unintentionally hillarious. Haven't seen it in five years or so, but going from memory, I'd give it a D.

4/10 (D+)

Nice scenery but not much else is present in this lame wannabe thriller.

The Most boring DiCaprio Film I've ever seen

C

Well.. I really really liked it. DiCaprio is great as always. A

I never heard of this or any desire to see it when it came out. It looked like the last we'd ever see of DiCaprio (Thankfully his Teen Phase was all we never saw again)

I remember TV spots making it look like some sort of horror or slasher movie, and I knew it didnt do good or make money but I was bored and saw it on HBO recently, WOW. This a movie where really nothing happens, its TV spots I remembered didn't show it like this at all. It was really stupid overall. Glad Dicaprio was able to recover though.

D

I like it, except for the video game sequence. - 7/10.

Recently watched it again and my grade goes down a notch to A-, but I still don't get the hate.

It's been overdue for me to rewatch one of my favorite films of all time again. This struck a chord with me when I first saw it, but I only started loving it more later on. It lead me to read the book, which is simply brilliant and in a way the film can't match it, but I love it a lot in its own right.
Great move to put DiCaprio in it, not one of his best roles, but definitely excellent casting and love the performance, as well as the presence of, and match with, Ledoyen. The soundtrack and cinematography are gems as well. This came out when I was in my second year of high school and just well, it's been a bit of a defining film for me and packs so much nostalgic teen value for me now as well. The first half of the film is mesmerizing, from the introduction to the map, the trip to the beach and getting to know the paradise, up until that make out sequence. All paired with the best song selections, those scenes make me feel bliss basically. The second half is where it jumbles a bit, but with the constraints of the film I still think they made the most of it and the ending just works for it too.

A+