An old film nearly 10 years ago, after having been to Thailand 3 times, I saw LP Southeast Asia Book recommend this film as a must-see movie in Thailand. Looking for it, I found that it was unexpectedly good, almost the best movie I have seen this year. Of course, maybe it was because I thought it was a commercial film of scenery + horror, and I lowered my expectations, so there were surprises.
There are really many surprises, and many shots are beautifully shot, such as the scene where the hero and heroine are on the beach under the moonlight. The scene where Richard transforms into a character in the game is also a stroke of genius, but when I learned that the director of this film made "Trainspotting", I was not surprised.
The surprise came from Thailand, which I am familiar with. Bangkok, the noisy Khao San Road, the cramped and cramped Guest House, Koh Samui, Phang Nga, Bangalow, marijuana, rock, beach spree, backpackers in hemp clothes, hippies who are drunk, and beaches where the dead are not worth their lives.
Of course, more surprises come from the plot. Although I read the plot introduction first, I am constantly surprised by the development of the plot. This is a Thai version of "Lost Horizon", where a few young people go to find Shangri-La or Peach Blossom Land in Thailand. When they searched all the way and finally reached the legendary paradise, what they saw was indeed a picture of a man farming and a woman weaving. But as the story goes on, it's the exact opposite of "Lost Horizon" or "Peach Blossom Land".
"Desires still exist, the sun can't go out, and the sea can't wash them away." People who have escaped from the world still miss or say that they need batteries, sanitary napkins, condoms, chocolate, curry beef, newspapers in the material world... If this is the case, then January A big purchase is solved. What can't be solved is that they need to keep this secret, even if they watch their companions die. The story or the people in the story became more and more cruel, and the heaven collapsed.
After six people died, what this story tells us is actually "Why search for the so-called heaven" sung by Guangliang, or Charlene's monologue in "I've never been to me":
Hey, you know what paradise is?
It's a lie, a fantasy we create about people and places as we'd like them to be
But you know what truth is?
It's that little baby you're holding, it's that man you fought with this morning
The same one you're going to make love with tonight
That's truth, that's love...
A book of "Lost Horizon" makes people still looking for Shangri-La, or going straight to the little boy whose real name is Zhongdian town, but after watching "The Beach", I just want to stay at home and not go anywhere, even if I return to Thailand someday, I won't go looking for that beach.
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