The Beach is not just a bad movie... (Score 2)

It's actually one of the best books I've ever read. It was originally a novel by Alex Garland, a brilliant writer, much in the vein of Douglas Coupland... pop culture and all that. Having said that, the movie horribly slaughters the book with a 6" dull spoon. First, they deleted and changed various characters in the book. Second, they changed the main character from British to a smiley-eyed dull-brained morally-superior American, a change which destroys about half the character right off the bat. If you read the book, you'd see. Finally, they throw out all of the main themes of the book, and focus on Leo bangin chicks on a beach in Thailand. Like, wtf? The movie was such an insult to Alex Garland and his fine work I thought I was going to throw up. Luckily I left before I did. Once again the movie mantra holds: If there's a book, $@&! the movie. Kaii