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... totally loving watching it again !
Been a few years since watched always forget how great it is, music, scenery, filming etc
...always shed a little tear takes me back to 1999 four months in Thailand living the island life !
Could even be in top 50 films !
unfitgeezerCould even be in top 50 films !
Definitely in the top 50 Leonardo DiCaprio films.
I have never seen it,.nor have I read the book.
It's never well rated but I liked it
funny the other night i was going to put it on. not a great film ,but watchable. just for the imagery and memories of thailand
Underworld, oh yes. Never seen the film mind
A classic film.
I think it probably helps if you took a 'gap yaah' but I enjoyed it back in the day.
Yep, loved it, one of the few that lived up to the book.
Tilda S is pretty hot in it.
Watched one of my favourite films again tonight, which also centres around a beach - Local Hero.
never been a fan of- who was it?- in the Beach, so I havent seen it. But having lived there for a few years, and been back almost 2 years now, I'd like to see it
I'd like to see if it's the thailand I was looking for, or the one I saw
Great film. OST on my playlist frequently, too (God knows you're lonely souls)...
Tilda S is pretty hot in it.
I only have eyes for Virginie
I'd like to see if it's the thailand I was looking for, or the one I saw
More likely the made up, Hollywood, version.
Still an enjoyable movie though
I only have eyes for Virginie
+1
We watched it in a beach bar not too far from where they filmed the beach scenes. Very enjoyable.
My dad, who travelled that area a bit in later life, used to say that in a few short years the Kao San Road changed from location described in the book to one filled with hotels to accommodate the travellers looking for the one described in the book.I'd like to see if it's the thailand I was looking for, or the one I saw
Odd film this one.. for me.
See a lot of my mates and work colleagues back in the same era did the "gap yeha, man." Some made a really big thing of it, most going to Thailand and Aus and India, most had either come out of or were doing the divorce scene, most selling homes and splitting assets or arguing over access rights to kids.. but it didn't stop them heading East with a pack, a hat, some sandals and shorts and a camera.. all at the time this film came out.
And deep down, I was a little envious..
So I never watched the film, always avoided it when it's done the rounds on Sky, yet I quite like DiCaprio (Titanic though is utter slime)
Maybe, if it's raining outside I should turn the heating up to 30C and watch The Beach .. all these years later.
I have never seen it,.nor have I read the book.
Book is better, they changed the plot so he gets the girl in the film...
Definitely in the top 50 Leonardo DiCaprio films.
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Poor film.
A much better book IMHO.
Idiotic rather silly simpleton's film IMO, but the locations, cinematography and music and feelings it conveys make it really rather enjoyable.