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Rating: Null/10 (30 April 2001)

i quite enjoyed this film but it kind of annoyed me a little too. i thought the film makers, who i regard highly, were trying a little to hard to make a cool film, and ended up with a slightly pretentious one. undoubtedly trainspotting was a cool film, but the beach turned out to be little too self consciously cool for my liking.
the scenery was beautiful and there were some nice touches. i enjoyed the Vietnam movie "tributes" an attempt at one mans journey into himself(apocalypse now) and the Russian roulette scene (the deer hunter). nevertheless it was a mildly enjoyable film, if trying a bit too hard to be "alternative" and knowing, but in the end it is just entertainment and nothing more. i also thought the book was a bit overrated, nice story but not really great writing style.