Beautiful, original and... pointless

Rating: 6/10 (28 March 2005)

"The Beach" is a movie which left me with mixed emotions. It was really a beautiful and well-made film. the beaches, the sea, the jungle, the kisses- all was beautiful and cleverly shot. On the contrary, when something bad happens, like shark attack, it is really gory and nasty. The contrast was brilliantly made. The actors played very well. I'm not a great fan of Leo Di Caprio, but he proved his talent again. The plot was original and interesting. But after all this strong points of the movie, I wondered - what's the point of "The Beach". It is obviously not "just for fun" and I really tried to figure its message. But I didn't find any. People go to a secret beach, live happily, than with shark attacks and drug farmers the dream becomes nightmare. Few of them die, they leave the beach. This is the film. A beautiful, well made, original, but... pointless. Still I recommend it and maybe you will find something I didn't.