The Beach (2000)

“The beach is about Richard a young man who travles to Thailand to escape, what Ricard finds is a mystery man with a mystery map that the man claims is the map to paradise. Richard finds this Paradise, but as they say looks can be deceiving. Richard soon finds out that paradise comes at a cost, and just how much are you willing to pay. This movie is an adaptation of Alex Garland's novel, I have not read the book but I have watched the movie. The movie is good the story good and Leonardo DiCaprio is good, and the scenry is wonderfull.” read more

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"Directed by Danny Boyle and covers the story of life in the Far East"

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"Movie: 7/10 Character: Richard Performance's Rating: 7/10 "

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" Cast : Leonardo DiCaprio, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, Robert Carlyle, Tilda Swinton What was it about? Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it. My two cents: It is probably the least regarded movie made by Danny Boyle but even though it is indeed flawed, I actually enjoyed it. The point is that, the first t"

7 Disappointing Movies That Should Have Been Great (8 movies items)

" What We Thought Before: Alex Garland’s perfect meditation on backpacker culture is ripe for cinematic adaptation, given that the novel’s writing style reads like that of a screenplay and the man himself admitted to being far more influenced by movies than books. With Danny Boyle at the helm (who made two of the best British films of the 90s), they’ve hired a director who can actually get to the heart of the material. It can’t possibly fail. What We Got: A complete misreading of the so"

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"31.10 (Netflix) Olin keväällä Thaimaassa ja luin siellä Alex Garlandin samannimisen kirjan, mihin tää perustuu. Kirja on paljon parempi, mikä omalta osaltaan söi elokuvan tehoa aika paljon. Ihan peruhyvä elokuvahan tää on, ei hirveesti pahaa sanottavaa. Kirja toi vaan sanoman paljon paremmin esille. Kuitenkin kaikkien omatoimimatkaajien tulisi tää leffa katsastaa."