Beach

Pros: Scenery, special effects, soundtrack
Cons: Too much to possibly say in the mere fifteen words allotted here.

The reality is that the best part of The Beach was the credits. I was in seventh heaven when I successfully attained my goal of sitting through this movie. No, I didn’t win millions, but I successfully suffered through the watching. I also...

Pros: Beautiful scenery, weird plot
Cons: A few plotholes, some people get off too easy

If I were to write a synopsis for The Beach, I would have to steal the line from an Aerosmith song. It goes: "You can't run away from trouble, because there ain't no place that far."

The Beach is about a young man, Richard (Leonardo...

Pros: Wild plot, adventure, stepping outside the boundaries of "normal" society.
Cons: Might make you want to go off on a crazy adventure of your own.

From the moment Richard (DiCaprio) drinks snake's blood in a dingy back room in Thailand, he's on a new path - the path away from typical travel experiences. His mind is wide open as he sets off on his quest to find something different.

Then...

Pros: Its insights, enjoyable for multiple viewings.
Cons: Weak Apocolypse Now homage. Seems pretty dragged out.

Upon a second viewing, I have come to the conclusion that this movie isn't half bad. I thought after the first time I saw it that maybe I was just in a good mood, and that I was giving it way too much credit, I mean after all it is a Leonardo DiCaprio...

Pros: Carlyle, Cinematography, Soundtrack
Cons: PLOT, Di Caprio, shameless hustle for a buck

THAT MUST BE IT! I'd have to be to watch this movie not once but twice! The first time I fell asleep. The lull of the ocean, and the insipid presence of the skinny hairless boy, bored me. I am glad I watched it the second time though. This time, I got to...

Pros: great acting
Cons: middle of the movie drags on

The Beach

After having enough of the Olympics I sent my husband off to blockbuster to pick out some movies. I told him, "I don't care what you get but be sure and get me something I haven't seen." So he brings back The...

Pros: Beautiful scenery at times; DiCaprio is actually decent.
Cons: Ideas never get developed, irritating characters, superficial treatment of subject matter.

The Beach (2000)

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What a disappointment. Danny Boyle had recently directed one of my favorite films of the last few years, Trainspotting, and although Leonardo DiCaprio has...

Pros: Surreally beautiful scenery
Cons: Too numerous to mention

Pros: Thought-provoking theme
Cons: Contains one of the worst depictions of jungle-fever ever imagined!

"One night in Bangkok and the tough guys crumble - - not much between despair and ecstasy”

Young Richard (Leo DiCaprio) is “looking for something more beautiful... more dangerous”, so off to Bangkok he goes. Bangkok:...

Pros: Soundtrack is a must have!
Cons: DiCaprio can be obnoxious

I really hate to admit that I liked this movie, as "Leo" mostly irritates me and I know that this movie created controversy even before it was released, but I have to say, I was impressed. I probably should have read the book first, because...

Pros: Great acting and scenery, a cool storyline
Cons: Not what fans of Titanic are looking for

I have to start by saying that this movie is not anything like what you have seen in the previews and it is very weird. So anyone expecting this to be another love story with Leo playing the guy that eventually gets the girl, you will be very...

Pros: Great Scenery
Cons: Not much else!

After I read Alex Garland's excellent novel, The Beach, I rushed out and bought his next novel as soon as it came out. A few years later, when I heard his first novel was to be made into a movie, I was very excited to see it. Unfortunately the...

Pros: Gorgeous Scenery and Cinematography
Cons: Like most movies...it does the book shame.

In Leonardo Dicaprio's eagerly anticipated followup to the massively popular Titanic, Leo chose the low road and went for a much lower budget adaptation of the popular contemporary novel by Alex Garland. The movie, while visually stunning, does the book...

Pros: A witty look at Utopia, great locale, Solid characters
Cons: Not received by the intended audience

I fear that Titanic subjected Earth to one fate worse than that Celine Dion song, it ruined The Beach. This movie has won a place in my heart as the most under-rated film of all time.

Danny Boyle had already guaranteed a spot in my heart...

Pros: The Acting, Direction, Script. ALL GOOD
Cons: Maybe too weird for some

"The Beach", is the brilliant new film by director Danny Boyle. It's also the follow up to Leo's "Titanic". And this film is far superior to "Titanic" in almost every way.

Leonardo DiCaprio gives a balls-to-the-wall performance. I have never...