The Blue Lagoon (DVD)

I saw this when a kid in the 80s, I've always slightly remembered it and finally bought it again recently. It was a good descision, this is a really nice film to watch especially for anyone that loves paradise beaches, which should be most people. It is the story of a pair of children on a boat trip with family, the boat sinks and they are the only survivors along with an old alcoholic type of beardy old man. They find themselves on a dessert island in the middle of the ocean. The kids are very yound at first, we follow them from this young age until they are eventually rescued many years later as young adults. The story is great, the old man soon ...  Read the complete review

The Blue Lagoon staring Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins is based on the 1903 novel written by Henry DeVere Stacpoole. The film follows two small children (Em & Richard) who are stranded on a remote tropical island with a cook after surviving a fire on their ship. Sadly however, the cook later dies and both children and left to fend for themselves. The pair grow closer over time and after entering adolescence become lovers. I was surprised to find that a lot of my friends have either never seen the film, or have never even heard of it. But despite this, I found The Blue Lagoon to be a movie of pure beauty and innocence that offers plenty of reasons ...  Read the complete review