SnoopyStyle
Emma Robinson (Indiana Evans) is a popular sweet girl. Her partying friend Lizzie tries to push her to date the hot quarterback. Dean McMullen (Brenton Thwaites) is the angry school outcast. The class goes to Trinidad to do humanitarian work or more like a privileged Caribbean vacation. They go on a party yacht. The police breaks up the party. Emma falls off the boat. Dean jumps in after her. Dean cuts the line not wanting to get in trouble with the cops. They are lost in the ocean and lands on a desolate island.Dean is a real jerk and a true idiot. He is a horrible character. He could be an interesting quiet introspective outcast. Instead, he is really annoying and fully deserves his outcast position. It doesn't help that he's the reason that they're stranded. He caused the whole thing. The movie needs him to save her to start their adventure. On the positive side, it's two beautiful people on a desert island. The time back home is actually more interesting and a bit more compelling. The last act has some good melodrama. Neither of the actors are terribly good although I can't blame anything on their performance. They did what the movie needs but nothing more.
SentinelPrime
Okay, I am a little bit embarrassed to be reviewing this film, but I read some other reviews, and I wanted to point out some elements I noticed.I caught this movie by accident one morning when I happened to have a day off. I was just flipping channels when it came on. When I saw what it was, I decided to leave it on while I did other things.What surprised me about the film was the arc for Indiana Evans' character, Emma. While much of the movie was silly, the dialog between the two leads seemed honest in the context of the story and the characters. They actually talked to and got to know one another. Also, unusual for a Lifetime movie, Emma actually takes joy and pleasure in her own sexuality. That the character (not the actor) is a teenager makes for a slightly subversive moment in an otherwise formulaic film.Emma is also the one who misunderstands Dean when they return home, which is nice, as often men are portrayed as misinterpreting signals, and instead Emma misunderstands Dean. Emma and her sister also have a great moment that passes the Bechtel test, in that they do not talk about the men in their lives, but each other. The movie has problems, but the acting is not one of them. I think the two leads are quite good with the material, and they make their characters work despite some obvious holes in the plot. The movie's island scenes were also beautifully filmed. The eponymous lagoon is particularly lovely.Not a spectacular film, but it had a few surprises.
Armand
from an old book. an adaptation for XXI century of a romantic story. another part, with same ingredients. game with common pieces. nothing original. same teenagers, same isle, only end is little different. it is not a bad film. it can be almost nice. but the empty presence of Christopher Atkins, the unrealistic solutions, the place of film as another movie about teenagers, the beauty of nature as essence, the not inspired option for Trinidad , the ambition to create something interesting, the performance as convention, all are arguments for not great enthusiasm. sure, Blue Lagoon has its fans. but a small circle is not entire public. verdict - an exercise and a dusty theme.
hugobolso-1
This is supposed to be the new version of the blue lagoon. There is the island, the sea, the "dangerous", "mystery" and of course the blue lagoon. And the actress Indiana Evans and her mom (Denise Richardson) could be clones of the Milla Jovovich and Brooke Shields. But this look much more a third version of swept away. A popular chick and a lonely guy (both look like supermodels or at least like The Robinson Swiss Family), take about from a ship, and then ended in an inhabited island. The thought at first that they were on a resort. After a couple of days, they cut strategically their clothes, and finally have sex until they are rescued a month after. Finally, they have some troubled for stay together after they were rescued, but end happily together just like the infamous Madonna movie.If you forget the impossible details. Like this could happened on the Caribbean sea (much possible in the Pacific Ocean, where there are thousands of relative big deserted islands), they look better in the island with the sun, they haven't troubles with the bugs, bad sleep, and the duo looks more like supermodels, well isn't as bad. In fact it's an entertaining movie.From the cast Christopher Atkins, has not learned anything from acting since his debut 35 years ago. Denise Richards as the suffer mum is just a little better. And the couple, definitive the guy Dean (Brendon Thwaites) is a much better actor than Atkins, share some emotion, and probably will a better career than Gaskill, after cast in a key role on a Angelina Jolie movie.From the girl Evans. Well Jovovich and Shields weren't good actress at time they made their flicks.Jovovich need more than ten years to be a great action (and acceptable drama) actress, and Shields 25 to be a good comedian on TV and Stage.So clearly, her acting could be improve.-
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