The Blue Lagoon

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Kimberly L. @RT04359972 Jun 1 From a filmmakers point of view you can see how impactful the simple script is. The story line is complete with subtle cues that our modern world usually taught us and there small young minds had to grow up essentially with the knowledge of an 11 year old. Its a simple yet impactful masterpiece. See more Animal K @AnimalKing Apr 26 Basically 80s equivalent of "Cuties" This film is pretentious trash, yet some call it a masterpiece. It presents a "love story" mirroring a twisted Adam and Eve retelling, where characters enter the "real world" only after consuming forbidden fruit. It feels like a fetish story involving cousins trapped on an island who don't understand the consequences of sex. The film disturbingly treats attempted non-consensual encounters as acceptable. Furthermore, the unnecessary, racist depiction of natives adds nothing to the plot, as they never even interact with the leads. Challenging societal norms in unrealistic scenarios doesn't make this "art"; the metaphors are shallow and lack payoff. Its theatrical success likely stemmed from a pre-internet era when viewers couldn't easily access such fantasies elsewhere. See more Marti M @Goodmom4 Feb 10 I was in my 20's when this movie came out. People loved it, and I guess the nudity wasn't a big deal. We assumed that Shields used a body double, which was true. Atkins was 18 and has said that he was comfortable with it. We were focused on the story and they did a great job. See more Rue F @ARottingBody Jan 21 Great movie for paedophiles! Horrible for anyone else! Who tf showed them sex, kinda implies paddy was a pdf? they were children when they went on the island! Someone said they watch it to get in the mood and its eye candy, HELLO?? its not a "beautiful classic" its fucking underage softcore incest. If children were actually left in a island alone theyd die or lord of the flies that shit. Horrible. The "beautiful dreamy underwear shots" was just mega flashing a child's dick. I PRAY to whatever gods out there that none of the camera crew were paedophiles. This isn't a classic coming of age story, it's child porn. Also the subplot about a tribe on the island was dumb with how they never did anything with it. It would have been such an adorable movie if they didn't show they naked and the tribe adopted the two kids after paddy dies and they DIDNT FUCK LIKE HELLO???? also the statue being called god was wild :| no kid would have given a fuck about whatever religion in that situation See more Daniel C. M @RT91944882 Jul 30 A movie i will defend to death. Short, fun, heartbreaking and heartwarming at times. A tale of the purest form of love there is. See more Liam S @RT10091728 04/12/2025 Personally I loved the 20-30 minutes of the movie it was so fun the watch I always liked the idea of they got stuck in a deserted island when their boat sank but after that the movie cuts to years later when they are adults the movie gets so boring it's nails on a chalkboard and the characters are that stupid they should have known to just put out the fire by using a bucket but when they reach the island they build a hut and try to survive i like that part of the movie a lot but they should have just take the boat and just find a ship to get rescued but nope they stay there and the Captain Paddy just dies for some reason and then they take the boat to another island and just stay there and then years go by when they are adults and then it just becomes so bad and they made a sequel that's even more shitter this movie its awful personally I think this movie should be a short film i give this film a only 3 out of 10 that means i give this film the Johnthebluehatguy seal of garbage sorry you are not going to San Fransisco. See more Read all reviews

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