The desire to find something real - to connect with something or someone - is what drives Richard, a young American backpacker who arrives in Thailand with adventure on his mind. Travel, he asserts, is the search for experience, the quest for something different. At a cheap hotel in Bangkok, Richard meets a French couple, Etienne and Francoise. He also encounters Daffy, an older traveler ravaged by years of sun and drugs. Rambling and paranoid, Daffy tells Richard the improbable tale of a secret island, a paradise on earth: the perfect beach, unsullied by tourists. The next day, Richard finds a piece of paper pinned to his door. It is a hand-drawn map of the island described by Daffy. This, Richard realizes, may be the "something different" he has been looking for. Richard persuades Francoise and Etienne to join him and they set off on a journey, following Daffy's map. Reaching their destination, they find a small community of travelers like themselves, living in secret. They are welcomed into the group, and the island paradise becomes their home, sapping them of all will to return to the world they knew before. Yet beneath the surface, this heaven on earth is less than perfect.
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Leonardo DiCaprio as Richard
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Richard: I had nothing left to offer but pure reflex. Pure reflex and mankinds basic drive for survival, that somehow shouts, "NO - I WILL NOT DIE TODAY!"
The ghost pirate ship has landed on the sandy beach and the skeletons are caring their treasure on shore. Hope you have a spooky and wonderful Halloween, Wally. Source: Ezthemes Size: (94)
A Really beautiful slide show of various beaches and oceans. You will love the sound of the waves crashing on shore and the ocasional call of a sea gull. Source: Ezthemes Size: (1217)
This is a very nice picture of a Black Skimmer who has landed on the sandy beach among some grass and seashells. From the screen saver Birds Of The Caribbean, which was posted separately. Music by Slim Whitman, Unapoloma. Enjoy Darlene. Source: Ezthemes Size: (830)
Given his post-"Titanic" heartthrob status, it's easy to forget Leonardo DiCaprio has usually been an actor who likes to work close to the edge. "Titanic" and "The Man in the Iron Mask" seem almost out-of-character for the man who previously starred in such dark works as "The Basketball Diaries," "This Boy's Life" and "Total Eclipse." While "The Beach" returns DiCaprio to the dangerous ground on which he's given his best performances, the film itself turns out to be much like its hero Richard: good-looking, slightly cryptic and ultimately more than a little tiresome.
