The Blue Lagoon (1980)
Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline and Richard make a home for themselves surrounded by exotic creatures and nature's beauty. But will they ever see civilization again?
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Just what I expected
Best movie of this year hands down!
It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
The Blue Lagoon is a novel adaptation from early century to the big screen which had a bad reviews at this time, but it was a stunning box office's success although the story is silly and initially made to teenagers the movie proved to be more than this,the fine cinematography....fantastic underwater shooting....a innocent romance....the beautiful island spots and finally the thriller about cannibals's sacrificial altar...a large stone of God.....the casting is fantastic especially young beauty Brooke Shields and Leo McKern as funny drunkard Paddy....the movie survives for all these years and never lost your magic and fantasy...like it or not it's a Classic movie!!! Resume: First watch: 1987 / How many: 5 / Source: TV-DVD-BLU-RAY / Rating: 7
A really sweet and dream-like film with beautiful music. The acting was over-the-top for the first hour, but for the rest of the movie I thought it felt more genuine and considerated for the most part. I think it worked particularly well at the sequence when Emmeline has just had the baby and they have no idea _why_ she has had it and tries to feed it fruit. I'm thinking perhaps their acting was meant to be a bit exaggerated to emphasize how they sort of remain children since all they have is each other with no other contact with other people or impacts, apart from their memories. However, the dialogue came off as clumsy at times though.Further I would've thought it would be interesting to see Emmeline and Richard in "the real world", the civilisation, because surely these crucial years on the island affected them in many ways. How would they differ from other young adults? How would they perceive a world that they were never really part of? Maybe that was what they ending was trying to tell – that Emmeline and Richard would never be able to fully adapt to the society, considering it was so far from what they knew. As viewers we actually don't know know if they do die, if the berries are _that_ poisonous, although that is what we can assume, but still – the last lines are: "are they dead?", "no sir, they are asleep". They remain in the dreamlike state in which they have lived in most of their lives, leaving the outcome a bit open.
**** Contains Spoilers***** No I don't think they died at the end. However the movie forces us to draw our own conclusions. They probably survived. Was re-united with their father and moved back to San Francisco or Boston. It would have been nice if the made a proper movie sequel. Where after they are rescued they show a bit about Richard, Emmeline and their son their life back in America. After returning did they get married. You want this family to live happily ever after because you emotionally invested so much in their lives and this very moving story. How did they re-integrate after so many years living on a desert island. I would hate to think our innocent heros , Richard and Emmeline died after all they have been through. I have to say Blue Lagoon is one of the best films I have seen in my life. It is now one of my favourites. Because once in a while a rare movie comes along that deals with the human condition, relationships between men and women, desire to raise a family. Their child like innocence is endearing in a harsh world. Yet they survive against the odds. Few movies deal with real issues like this. A movie about the human condition. IMDb's rating is far too low. This movie deserves a solid 8. The very least 7.5. Outstanding movies with a outstanding story like the Blue Lagoon deserve a much higher rating on IMDb.
I use IMDb almost daily, and slowly I have learned not to discount a movie based on others' ratings solely. This movie is a gem - I missed out on seeing it in the theater as I didn't start high school until 1983.It is a skillfully woven tale of survival, friendship, love and the human condition. For my tastes there are a few scenes that are over the top goody-goody, but given the nature of the film I just let them slide.In typical US moronic fashion, the film was panned by critics and considered to risqué for teens to watch given partial nudity in scenes throughout the movie. I guess its better to read National Geographic in the school library. Sure, I'm male, and Brooke Shields is easy on the eyes, but any mainstream internet selfie is more likely to be considered more perverse than anything in this film.