Started great, sloppy middle, ridiculous end. This movie has an identity crisis. It has the constant narrating of Leo just like Fight club did with Pitt. The beginning is a promising story of a confused boy (Leo) just searching for adventure and hoping to find that one perfect utopia in the world. Long story short he finds it and is happy there. But he slowly goes insane and the story culminates in the realization that there is no perfect Utopia and nothing good can last. It is not that this is a bad movie, but half of the time is spent drilling into the viewers mind how great it would be to have sex and smoke pot all the time. The movie could have and should have been shortened about 50 minutes and at a brisker pace would have been great. Instead we are left with a movie that starts out promising, the middle will make you scratch your head, and the ending will make you burn the disc. This movie could have done with a healthy dose of it's own substance for the audience, namely marijuana which is the only way this movie could be considered good.
The Beach
(I) (2000)
Drugs, girls, and paradise can't save this story.
8 March 2008
Warning: Spoilers