What a nice pop video.

Rating: 7/10 (21 February 2000)

Fantastic music, fantastic images. No real content, though, sadly enough.
Leo's fans will love it, of course, particularly females, as he spends most of its time running around naked. The general theme does sound quite good: a bunch of ostracised people living their lives away from civilisation, simply because "they can't bare it anymore". A criticism towards today's society? Sort of reminds me of William Golding's Lord of the Flies, or even Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Always this idea of an Island, a paradise, a false sense of loneliness, of independence.
I must confess I overall liked the movie. I particularly enjoyed that conjunction of sometimes poetic, sometimes violent music and image. Congratulations to Moby, to Underworld, for such gorgeous themes, and to Danny Boyle, for putting it all together, even though sometimes we wish the movie had been more than just a nice pop video.
I'm sure all the Yanni's and Vangelis' out there will love The Beach. Just like I did, by the way.