I can't believe Leonard Dicaprio took this role! Perhaps it was better on paper, because this is a dreadful movie!!!

Rating: 4/10 (8 December 2013)

I never watched this movie until now, because of the negative reviews it received. Recently I came across this movie again and noticed that there were several peeps out there who feel as though this movie is some sort of lost gem, so I decided to watch it, to my utmost regret. I honestly don't know how anyone could have liked this movie. This movie is extremely overrated for it to be a 6.5. Anywho, I have a feeling that Dicaprio put his faith in the director Danny Boyle (who directed trainspotting), when he accepted this role. There's just no way this could have been a good script, because the movie is absolutely dreadful. It has no direction, no point and is very boring, just like the beach they find. To sum up some elements of the film that were lame to the point of insanity. Richard (Dicaprio) comes across a crazy dude who gives him a map. He speaks of this tropical beach paradise, never mind the small society who occupies it or the marijuana fields guarded by dudes with machine guns. It couldn't be too great, it drove this dude crazy. Perhaps he too had to stand guard for a period of time in solitude, which is what will later drive Richard crazy for a selective period of time on the beach. Which leads us to another significant point of nonsense. So Richard gives a copy of the map to some surfer tourist dudes he meets while in Bangkok prior to himself knowing for sure if the place exists (not a problem). So why doesn't Richard just say to the psycho chick; "witch, I gave them the copy of the map prior to knowing as to whether or not this place existed. How the hell was I supposed to know that their would be a small secret society who wanted it to keep the beach a secret?" Anyways, for whatever reason the surfer dudes sit on the map for approx several months before they decide to seek out the beach. When they eventually seek out the beach and are at the approx. 1 mile swim away to get their, they are spotted by the nasty cult leader chick, who then makes Richard keep watch until they arrive on the beach. The period of time that Richard has to keep watch is unknown, but leads one to believe that it's several days to weeks. Why would the surfer dudes camp out for days to weeks across from their beach destination? They can't possibly be afraid of the swim they have surfboards for Fk sake. Anywho, there is so much ridiculousness in the movie I realize that it would be extremely lengthy to point it all out. But yes, it fails on every level. It's has no direction/pointless and it's just plain silly. All of which I could overlook if it wasn't also extremely boring. Even the beach paradise seems boring. This movie is so bad that it's almost worth watching, just to laugh at how awful and nonsensical it is. It's not quite Troll 2 or The Room, but it's not far from it.