not as bad as i had been led to believe but still not good..

Rating: 3/10 (24 July 2000)

i probably would never even have bothered with seeing this movie except that i got to do so for free.. and then there is the danny boyle factor - how could it be all bad if mr. boyle was the director. and actually there were a few cinematic moments that i thought were mighty fine. unfortunately i thought that much of the film was tainted by leonardo dicaprio - i just found him boring and pompous - and i know his character was supposed to be pretty puffed up, but it was all false puffiness.. he couldn't carry it off.. there are other actors who could have pulled it off much better i think. and then there is the whole premise of the film which i thought was a bit over blown. maybe it was just marketed poorly, but i didn't really see the big deal about finding this beach. maybe the characters needed to build a bit more beforehand or something but it was just a bit wishy-washy overall.. but surprisingly not as horrific as i was expecting.