Man, I remember when this movie came out. I don't think I've actually seen it though. Kael's review is hysterical. "Disney nature porn"??? hahaha
The Blue Lagoon 1980
The Blue Lagoon 1980
The central and virtually the only characters are two little cousins; shipwrecked, they grow up alone together on a South Seas island, and turn into Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins. The film has an inevitable, built-in prurience. All we have to look forward to is: When are these two going to discover fornication? The director, Randal Kleiser, and his scenarist, Douglas Day Stewart, have made the two clean and innocent by emptying them of any dramatic interest. Watching them is about as exciting as looking into a fishbowl waiting for guppies to mate. It's Disney nature porn. The cinematography, by Nestor Almendros, is so inexpressive that we seem to be looking at the scenic wonders of a vacation spa in a travelogue.
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Posted by sheilaand yet the sight of a fully frontally naked Christopher Atkins was instrumental in my burgeoning journey into manhood. I will be forever wistful and eternally grateful.-Mitchell
Posted by: Alex at May 12, 2005 4:23 PMBlue Lagoon did nothing for my bourgeoning journey into Manhood. Sadly.
Posted by: red at May 12, 2005 4:26 PMhahaha..perhaps it was a blessing!-Mitchell
Posted by: Alex at May 12, 2005 4:51 PM