The Blue Lagoon (1980)'s comments

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CarcamanoFerreto

The first tits I ever seen on TV. Remarkable childhood moments. :D

9 years 2 months ago

For a movie this much panned by critics, the performances from youngsters Atkins and Shields are very goods and the first half of the film is intriguingly set up. It does go downhill from there though as the movie lingers on too many shots resembling a young couple's photo album from a tropical island vacation with little variation or dramatical development beyond the sexual awakening angle.

10 years 7 months ago

letisplash

my whole conception of sex comes from this movie. oO

12 years 11 months ago

Siskoid

I remember seeing The Blue Lagoon on TV, and given the nudity (none of it under-age despite the furor at the time, Brooke Shields has an obvious stand-in), it was probably cut to ribbons. Or it may have been in French translation, and French-language channels didn't really get upset over that sort of thing. Whatever the case may be, it's a beautiful picture to look at, with lush locations, animal photography, and the feeling of being in Eden with the first two people, still in their innocent state. When they're little kids, learning to survive on a deserted island, and seeing civilization through fragments like memories, photographs and the ship's cook who, for a time, survives with them, it's rather quite sweet. When they reach adolescence and become Shields and Chris Atkins, I'm afraid the acting isn't strong enough to carry things off. Best when the characters don't speak, really, line deliveries proved a stumbling block to appreciating this story of young love developing outside society. I might have liked it a touch better too if it had gone 100% for ONE of its endings, but the climax is filled with coincidence and contradiction, and doesn't feel ambiguous so much as unresolved and forced. You know that moment where they walk back into the jungle, covered in mud? That would have made a fine ending.

3 years 9 months ago

misstawpa

There's something about movies that take place on islands that fascinate me. This is definitely one of my favorites.

11 years 9 months ago

Dieguito

Classic of love!

12 years 9 months ago