The Beach (DVD)

***FILM ONLY REVIEW*** The Beach was released in 2000, adapted from the novel by Alex Garland by the team of director Danny Boyle and screenwriter John Hodge. This is a film that I saw when it came out, at the cinema I believe, I have seen it once since then, and I watched it again just a few weeks ago. The Beach stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Richard, a young American who travels to Thailand seeking adventure and escape. Once there, he meets a French couple, Étienne and Francoise, and after he is given a map to a legendary paradise-like beach, they set off on an adventure to find it. Needless to say, they do, and find the community who live there. ...  Read the complete review

As with everything I try to write about recently, there is no category for the new release "28 Days Later" - I could have sworn there was, but there you go. I have chosen this category to put my review in as it was the last film done by the same director and writer, and I was damned if I was going to bin my words after putting the effort into writing them. As always, I apologise for this. Released on Halloween, "28 days later" had assumed the top spot in the UK Box Office charts within a week of release, having taken a massive £1.5m by November 5th - this is despite having an 18 certificate and being up against Disney's ...  Read the complete review

Ahh, a movie with Leonardo Di Caprio in the starring role - what could be more enjoyable? Perhaps an evening spent sticking pins in your eyes eh? I've had the misfortune of enduring three of Leo's other movies before this one: Critters 3 (which he can't be blamed for), The Man In The Iron Mask where he's miserably miscast in a crap movie and more unfortunately he plays two roles badly instead of just one and Titanic...don't get me started on that one! With those movies in mind, and with Poison Ivy there too which I turned off before half an hour had passed, I was less than interested in seeing The Beach either and wouldn't have were the choice ...  Read the complete review

Many films are hyped so much before the release that you feel you have actually seen the film before it is released. This was very much the case with 'The Beach', and I was not expecting any surprises. Based on the novel by Alex Garland, and brought to us by the team behind 'Trainspotting', 'Shallow Grave' and 'Life Less Ordinary', who are director Danny Boyle, producer Andrew MacDonald, and script writer John Hodge, so you may expect the film to have some dry wit in amongst the plot, and it is there but in small doses. After failing to attain the same success as he did in 'Titanic', Leonardo De Caprio was quoted ...  Read the complete review

Well thats 2 hours of my life I'm never going to see again, depressing isn't it - sorry if you liked the movie yourselves and it isn't 'that' bad but I'm a big fan of the book and although some movies of books leave out little bits of the storyline, this movie absolutely slaughtered the book. But its a review of the movie you've all clicked to see so its a review of the movie you're going to get, a quick insight into the storyline of the movie, a young American backpacker named Richard decides that he wants to visit Thailand in search of a different way of life, upon arriving he finds that although hes in a completely different ...  Read the complete review