I watched this movie for the first time in the early 2000s when I was very young and it left a profound impression on me - even at the age of 8, I could not believe that a place this beautiful existed. When I was older, around 15, I was expelled from school and went through a very hard time. I picked up the book 'The Beach' and it gave me a sense of relief from reality as I coped with one of the most challenging periods of my life. At the age of 22, I booked a one-way flight to Thailand sporadically. Hungry for adventure, $1,900 in the bank, and ready for anything and everything. Without knowing it, I had somehow booked a flight to a destination close to 'The Beach' (Phuket). Coincidentally, I had also started re-reading the book for the first time in a long time before my flight. When I arrived in Phuket with a teaching credential in hand and less than 2k in my pocket I found a job randomly on Koh Phi Phi (neighboring 'Beach' island) teaching English at a resort. I realized how close I was to the beach and knew that I had to go there. My Thai friends heard about my story and my infatuation with the book and movie and they went out of their way to get me there. I went on an overnight tour that lets you sleep on 'The Beach' in Maya Bay Koh Phi Phi Leh...I had the time of my life. It was everything I could have ever dreamed it would be since my childhood when I first saw the movie and read the book. The next day, the staff of the tour offered me a job on 'The Beach'. I spent the next 6 months of my life on this tour sleeping in this place every night. I am at a loss for words. I never believed in fate until the universe somehow aligned itself for me on this incredible journey to this magical place. I am so grateful to be alive and to have the experiences that I have had. Life is so crazy and beautiful....all it takes is a leap of faith to realize it. The Beach will stay with me forever. It is a part of me in more ways than I can ever describe. Thank you Alex Garland for writing this book. It has changed my life. All I have done for the past 7 years is travel. I have started a UA-cam channel to document my stories. I wish everyone who reads this the absolute best in life. This profound thing we are all experiencing is short-lived and I hope that you make the most of your time in this special place while you have it. Enjoy your life.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful story of your life changing experience in Thailand. To me I will always feel this connection to Thailand, the Beach by Alex Garland and Maya Bay. This film exemplifies this connection. A time before social media and during the age of the fearless traveller. I went to Maya Bay back in 2010 and it was an incredible experience for me. The beach was beautiful, the sea crystal clear and the reminders of the film were clear to see. The only thing that made the experience less special were the amount of tourists, tour boats and limited time on the beach. I would have loved to have spent the night on the beach. You were so lucky to experience what you went through. I hope that you will go back one day, but sometimes the memories are best kept and returning can be a disappointment.
@@Trepines Thank you! I know what you mean. The tour boats and amount of people there is absolutely obnoxious. I am so glad that I got to be part of a tour that takes you away from all that by letting you camp. Although this is bad news for anyone that wants to go to 'The Beach'...it is good news for the environment - the beach was closed for rehabilitation after I left my job. The ecology of the area got so bad due to tourism. Now only small groups of people are allowed in at a time to ensure that everyone can experience this slice of paradise with intimacy. One day I will return. Take care!
@@robbiemontgomery581 we aren't doomed dude. This needed to happen to wake the world from their slumber & finally see the truth. It's going to take a few more casualties/years however..
Yeah I've started detaching myself from all the overwhelming modern tech and social media. I know I'm writing this on a type of social media but we need some way to connect and share our experiences until that time when we can be self sufficient again. We're so reliant on all this *rap now.
Yes, before the advent of thr great web......when everything was genuine and not a fake like nowadays, where everybody has a parallel life on the internet and have grown an Ego like a mountain.........back then everything was a discovery, travelling was so magic, everybody taking photos but nobodysharing them massively, the secret places stays so, if they were intended to be so.........exactely like it happens in this beautiful movie.....
This movie, this song, Leo and an encyclopaedia saved my little miserable life. Growing up in an abusive household i used to escape into fantasy traveling the world and all I wanted was to see the rainforest and these beautiful place. This dream kepy me alive. When I turned 18 i took of with 50 euros in my pocket and a few years later I made it to Thailand, where I stayed for more then a year, healing my wounds and discovering buddhism. Thank you, till today this song creates a longing in my soul for a better world like no other song can
This song is so nostalgic. Life is beautiful. Enjoy as much of it as you can while your here. This is our time. We were here to witness this moment. There will never be a "us" again. Only in the world's memories
This movie was released when I was 12/13ish. I thought nothing much of it. Then after I grow up and experience life for myself 20 years later... I get it. This was a piece of art, and the soundtrack literally gives you goosebumps. I get it now guys, I really do 10/10
I was US Navy/submarines. Spent majority of my time in Hawaii. Went to Thailand, Philippines, Japan, Hong Kong, Guam, Australia. Your comment is very true. Seen and done a lot of things but being in the moment you tend to take it for granted. At least I did.
Circa 1999, I was studying for my exams, and while just glancing at the newspaper kept on the study table, saw Leo at some random beach in Thailand, reportedly shooting for this upcoming movie. Leonardo DiCaprio was a huge star then after Titanic and I haven't seen such a fan following since then, for an actor. He was definitely a teenage icon then, and we all adored him and looked forward to watching him in a movie. Ofcourse later when the movie released, the songs as well as the soundtrack went on to become immensely popular, especially with young audiences worldwide. The movie also inspired me to travel to Bangkok then. I still have fond memories of that incredible trip to Thailand. Well nothing untoward happened, like in the movie, but the experience left a lasting impression on my soul. Thanks for reading.
First timer i went to Thailand was in 1995, i was in Bangkok at Khao San a real funky place back Then, long story Short, i meet a local Thai guy, who sells me a diving trip to a little Island called Ko Tao, i end up staying there for 6 months very primitive, but for fun. These backpackers comming from mailand, keep talkinge about a little Udlandet down south in the andaman sea near the border to Malaysia, i decide to go look with a norse guy i became friends with. After a detour over Phuket no tourist to speak of at that time, we travel down south to Satun province, at that time it was very difficult, and adventure on its own. we end up at a place called Pak Bera, where we get transportation to Ko Lipe.....it was a tiny hippy commune island 100 % freedom👍😃 Sadlye all 3 islands Ko Tao, Phuket and Ko Lipe is overrun by package tourist today 😥. But if you pay attention, there are still places where you can have freedom in SE Asia, you just need to know where to look😉
Etienne is the most underrated character in this movie. Great at planning, organized everything, got their asses to the island. Wished his girl the best when she turned to another guy, put her happiness before his own, do you know how rare it is, especially at their age? And of course, he was the only one really caring for the guy who got bitten by shark. True hero.
Etienne is the embodiment of Order... Richard and Francoise are the embodiment of Chaos. Women in general are drawn to Chaos so that's the reason she was drawn to him. That's the reason Sal was drawn to Richard as well.
@@HyggeMusicIf his future had something "better", he should never have gotten back together with Françoise (even karma affected her in record time lol).
Nostalgia is one helluva drug. This movie gives me all the feels. I remember everyone was waiting to see what Leo was going to choose to do after Titanic. And man did he do it right with this one. I was 16 when The Beach came out and loved this movie so much. Also because it introduced me to Danny Boyle, Trainspotting, and then kept me on Leo’s trails til this day. Leo hasn’t made one bad movie IMHO
This movie brings me back down memory lane, reminding me of the first trip to Thailand some 25 years ago. I was fresh out of uni, girlfriend and a copy of Lonely Planet's Southeast Asia on a Shoestring in tow and spent a year travelling around the world. Some of my current friends don't understand what I see in Thailand or other countries in Asia (say India) but it's emotions and memories at this point that forge an unbreakable bond. The Beach really brings me back there every time and I hope my two children will come to forge their own memoreis as we travel in the region. Here's to memories, old and new!
The nostalgia is real in this one, One of my favourites movies of all time! I visited Krabi 13 years ago and we went out to the island, its such a beautiful place same with the surrounding islands.
I went to Maya Bay in Thailand where this movie was filmed (smoked something when I was there) and rewatched this movie back at my hotel that evening... good times.
I find the book much better, i can relate to many things in ot went to Thailand first time in 1992, been back at least 25 times and have travelled all over SE Asia
saw it in theather when I was 18, what an experience, awesome movie, amazing vibe and very very underated masterpiece and this music. This is Pure Nostalgia
I was 31 when this film was released. I was actually on honeymoon on a quite close island while it was being filmed. I thought it was quite entertaining when it came out. As I have got even older over the years I realise what I missed as a young person not willing to take risks. I "get it" now and deeply regret not throwing caution to the wind. To everyone that did, with success or failure, I raise my hat (and a glass of vodka).
32 years ago i travelled Thailand, it was an adventure to reach Ko Chang, Ko Lipe and Ko Tao. I travelled further down Indonesia, Borneo, Sulawesi and the Philippines especially Palawan, somehow i ended up in Thailand again and did not leave for quite some time, there where all sorts of these travelling communes all over.
My Sarah Kate P read this book to me while driving up the east coast of Australia on a 3 month trip exploring the beaches. Best time of my life and yes we managed to hide in one of the deserted Island in the Whitsunday, that was 23 years ago..... how time flies. Awesome thanks for sharing.
@@TashaMissSassy123 If you do, Go to Kho Samet a small island five hrs from Bangkok the closest place to heaven i have ever seen. if you like a beach, Sand like sugar. x
While no masterpiece , this movie is really fun and enjoyable and holds important part in my life. The year after it came out i ended up backpacking across China and South East Asia. The Beach was on the to do list and we did it properly. We paid a local fishermen to take us out there late afternoon and pick us up the next morning. It was a national park and forbidden but we still got away with it even with Thai patrols checking at night for the theft of the Swift's bird's nests in the cliffs, Birds Nest Soup, a delicacy in China. It was magical, a stary sky, bioluminescence in the water at night. In the morning a snake track in the sand next to my sleeping bag was an interesting start to my day at The Beach. A photo my fiend took in the dunes behind the beach of me waking up in my sleeping bag looking over the water resides on my living room wall to this day. Ah, i miss the days of internet cafes, the days of having to make an effort!
I sometimes think this film seems so significant and moving is because by the time it was released, so many of us who'd read the novel four or five years earlier and went to see the movie were hit by a huge sense of nostalgia for a time that had already gone. Beautiful film, beautiful song.
I remember going to the Thai islands when l was younger; contrast that now to the glass walls of the office l work at everyday now with all the stupid people I have to endure and dumb work l have to do as well, staring at screens and spreadsheets, this video and the book bring back such amazing memories. I am thankful for them.
That’s awesome. One of my first experiences high was alone with headphones on listening to Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness. The track “Porcelina of the Vast Oceans” in particular gave me a pretty psychedelic experience on cannabis.
Yeah! Going to Thailand when this movie was released. Pi Pi and the, (quite not as impressive) Maya Beach. Backpackers. Fun people. Horny Brit girls. Fun Times!
Makes me feel nostalgic about our youth without all the bs we live today. Im 34 but I lived in an era without all the tech we have now and realtionships were more down to earth
This song has a LOT in common with the Grimes album "Art Angels." I remember Grimes saying that album was super inspired by late 90s/early 00s alternative pop....and you can definitely hear it throughout the album. And this song seems like it was probably a direct inspiration for the sound of Art Angels. So.....if you like this song, I highly recommend looking up that album! Start with the song Realiti, but NOT the album version, instead watch the music video....which uses the demo version of the song, which is significantly better.
Makes me feel hugely nostalgic...I was at uni, 19 and loving life! Still loving life at 41 but there was a wonderful innocence and positivity to the early noughties (despite lots of bad things still happening). It was just before social media took over, but we still had all the positives of the internet. Life felt a bit better, rawer and more real when we didn't film/record every single moment of our life. Just enjoyed the present moment a bit more and less focused on aesthetics. Glad I lived through those times. Not that you can't rediscover those times..just disengage from too much social media!
Watched this film when I was 8 years old and it really mesmerised me how beautiful the location was and the love scene 😍 12 years later I spent my 21st birthday on The Beach and it was nostalgia and moby on repeat for one week haha was a masterpiece I am so lucky to have experienced a full moon party on the island I had the time of my life ❤
I remember this movie. I forgotten about this song until gta v. When they brought this song to the game and remember how nostalgic it sounded. A real beach type music alright
I watched this film in early 2000 in the cinema.we were free and we didn't know it. I know this now because all innocents and freedom is taken away.God I would to re go back to the late 90's early 2000's.
15yrs ago i went to thailand for 1st time and visited koh phi phi (the beach) and my life was permenently changed. To experience such a country and such beauty is transforming. And still i am going there (next month in fact again)
Having lived in 🇹🇭 for 10 yrs those dayz are gone most islands are fu.... Now hopefully with no tourists for the last 2 yrs it may recover a little i truely hope so as this place is paradise
I watched this in a backpackers in 2003 in surfers paradise Australia. I think I fell in love with the French bird in that film but I had drank a shit load of black samba a at the time. Fast forward 17 years and it's January,pissing with rain on the West coast of Scotland in a fucking pandemic.......ah bollocks!
Lol I hear you. I saw this movie in 2000, and 2003 went to Thailand,phi phi and Phuket. Me and some friends went to Goa in 2005 and I had a fling with an essex girl. It was kinda like in this film. A bit cringe, but hey what an era.
I'm a 90's kid, born in 92' - I saw this along the way. Its so impactful and iconic. My dream has yet to come true. I've had tastes visiting different parts of the world. Unfortunately the right woman has not and may not come - but I can hope. Maybe lets try to live our dream if slightly. If not seeing a bit of fantasy never hurt anyone. I'm glad at least God allowed me to see this movie and some of the beauty out there - a lot of the UK, cities especially is ugly man. Gotta get myself out there again.
@@rosyrosa2007 it's really hard to find one of such level 😕 These women are rare as a pearl. Normally "they" do not behave like that. Thet's why people make movies 🎥 🙄
Just watched this movie today for the first time. Wow! What an amazing movie. I'm so glad I watches it because I had it in my watchlist for months and today was the last day before it was removed from Peacock. Legendary movie!🔥🔥🔥
I watched this movie for the first time in the early 2000s when I was very young and it left a profound impression on me - even at the age of 8, I could not believe that a place this beautiful existed. When I was older, around 15, I was expelled from school and went through a very hard time. I picked up the book 'The Beach' and it gave me a sense of relief from reality as I coped with one of the most challenging periods of my life.
At the age of 22, I booked a one-way flight to Thailand sporadically. Hungry for adventure, $1,900 in the bank, and ready for anything and everything. Without knowing it, I had somehow booked a flight to a destination close to 'The Beach' (Phuket). Coincidentally, I had also started re-reading the book for the first time in a long time before my flight. When I arrived in Phuket with a teaching credential in hand and less than 2k in my pocket I found a job randomly on Koh Phi Phi (neighboring 'Beach' island) teaching English at a resort.
I realized how close I was to the beach and knew that I had to go there. My Thai friends heard about my story and my infatuation with the book and movie and they went out of their way to get me there. I went on an overnight tour that lets you sleep on 'The Beach' in Maya Bay Koh Phi Phi Leh...I had the time of my life. It was everything I could have ever dreamed it would be since my childhood when I first saw the movie and read the book.
The next day, the staff of the tour offered me a job on 'The Beach'. I spent the next 6 months of my life on this tour sleeping in this place every night. I am at a loss for words. I never believed in fate until the universe somehow aligned itself for me on this incredible journey to this magical place. I am so grateful to be alive and to have the experiences that I have had. Life is so crazy and beautiful....all it takes is a leap of faith to realize it. The Beach will stay with me forever. It is a part of me in more ways than I can ever describe.
Thank you Alex Garland for writing this book. It has changed my life.
All I have done for the past 7 years is travel. I have started a UA-cam channel to document my stories.
I wish everyone who reads this the absolute best in life. This profound thing we are all experiencing is short-lived and I hope that you make the most of your time in this special place while you have it.
Enjoy your life.
nice words man
Thank you for sharing this beautiful story of your life changing experience in Thailand. To me I will always feel this connection to Thailand, the Beach by Alex Garland and Maya Bay. This film exemplifies this connection. A time before social media and during the age of the fearless traveller.
I went to Maya Bay back in 2010 and it was an incredible experience for me. The beach was beautiful, the sea crystal clear and the reminders of the film were clear to see. The only thing that made the experience less special were the amount of tourists, tour boats and limited time on the beach. I would have loved to have spent the night on the beach.
You were so lucky to experience what you went through.
I hope that you will go back one day, but sometimes the memories are best kept and returning can be a disappointment.
@@Trepines Thank you!
I know what you mean. The tour boats and amount of people there is absolutely obnoxious. I am so glad that I got to be part of a tour that takes you away from all that by letting you camp.
Although this is bad news for anyone that wants to go to 'The Beach'...it is good news for the environment - the beach was closed for rehabilitation after I left my job. The ecology of the area got so bad due to tourism.
Now only small groups of people are allowed in at a time to ensure that everyone can experience this slice of paradise with intimacy.
One day I will return. Take care!
@@goyurigo Sounds amazing!
wow, your history it's really amazing!
Before social media.... When life was authentic.... 21 years later... Unbelievable!
We're all doomed
@@robbiemontgomery581 we aren't doomed dude. This needed to happen to wake the world from their slumber & finally see the truth.
It's going to take a few more casualties/years however..
Yeah I've started detaching myself from all the overwhelming modern tech and social media. I know I'm writing this on a type of social media but we need some way to connect and share our experiences until that time when we can be self sufficient again. We're so reliant on all this *rap now.
Yes, before the advent of thr great web......when everything was genuine and not a fake like nowadays, where everybody has a parallel life on the internet and have grown an Ego like a mountain.........back then everything was a discovery, travelling was so magic, everybody taking photos but nobodysharing them massively, the secret places stays so, if they were intended to be so.........exactely like it happens in this beautiful movie.....
It’s a bit fake but hopefully it can get some feeling back
This movie, this song, Leo and an encyclopaedia saved my little miserable life. Growing up in an abusive household i used to escape into fantasy traveling the world and all I wanted was to see the rainforest and these beautiful place. This dream kepy me alive. When I turned 18 i took of with 50 euros in my pocket and a few years later I made it to Thailand, where I stayed for more then a year, healing my wounds and discovering buddhism. Thank you, till today this song creates a longing in my soul for a better world like no other song can
I hope you're well and happy! Your message made me smile :)
I guess "Good old days" does not resonate with you.
Same for me. Video games saved me.
Amazing, thank you for sharing. I will look at this track differently knowing your story! ❤
That sounds beautiful did u stay their
What about her? ;-)
24 years after seeing this wonderful movie, I am finally going to Thailand. Phuket, koh Phi Phi, Krabi....this has been on my bucket list for so long.
I watched this movie, then read the book. Then spent 2 years across Thailand. Best experience of my life.
Similar, say here 20’plus years later wondering where it Al went
I'm going in June for a few weeks. If I like it, I am going back for a few months
This song is so nostalgic. Life is beautiful. Enjoy as much of it as you can while your here. This is our time. We were here to witness this moment. There will never be a "us" again. Only in the world's memories
Life was so much better 20 years ago
it is not about age, it was way better, 90s were also great
Makes me feel so nostalgic...
OH YES! still in 21!!
me too !!!
Where does time go
This movie was released when I was 12/13ish. I thought nothing much of it. Then after I grow up and experience life for myself 20 years later... I get it. This was a piece of art, and the soundtrack literally gives you goosebumps.
I get it now guys, I really do
10/10
Pppp0pppjp0
This movie is a rare treasure for people who love to travel and understand what paradise truly means, much love
Yeah
I was US Navy/submarines. Spent majority of my time in Hawaii. Went to Thailand, Philippines, Japan, Hong Kong, Guam, Australia. Your comment is very true. Seen and done a lot of things but being in the moment you tend to take it for granted. At least I did.
Ditto..♥️
An underated masterpiece on many levels. Bless All Saints.
what s the link between the movie and the saints?
@@user-bt3tj6we7b I think this song was part of the official soundtrack back then....but im not sure
Beautiful woman actress, Leo the legend, great music and a paradise location. Always loved this film.
She is breathtaking and has the most perfect ass!
Circa 1999, I was studying for my exams, and while just glancing at the newspaper kept on the study table, saw Leo at some random beach in Thailand, reportedly shooting for this upcoming movie. Leonardo DiCaprio was a huge star then after Titanic and I haven't seen such a fan following since then, for an actor. He was definitely a teenage icon then, and we all adored him and looked forward to watching him in a movie. Ofcourse later when the movie released, the songs as well as the soundtrack went on to become immensely popular, especially with young audiences worldwide. The movie also inspired me to travel to Bangkok then. I still have fond memories of that incredible trip to Thailand. Well nothing untoward happened, like in the movie, but the experience left a lasting impression on my soul. Thanks for reading.
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First timer i went to Thailand was in 1995, i was in Bangkok at Khao San a real funky place back Then, long story Short, i meet a local Thai guy, who sells me a diving trip to a little Island called Ko Tao, i end up staying there for 6 months very primitive, but for fun.
These backpackers comming from mailand, keep talkinge about a little Udlandet down south in the andaman sea near the border to Malaysia, i decide to go look with a norse guy i became friends with. After a detour over Phuket no tourist to speak of at that time, we travel down south to Satun province, at that time it was very difficult, and adventure on its own. we end up at a place called Pak Bera, where we get transportation to Ko Lipe.....it was a tiny hippy commune island 100 % freedom👍😃
Sadlye all 3 islands Ko Tao, Phuket and Ko Lipe is overrun by package tourist today 😥. But if you pay attention, there are still places where you can have freedom in SE Asia, you just need to know where to look😉
@@ueks69 I want to go to SE asia someday but it seems increasingly more like it won't ever happen - life is such a disappointment
@@ueks69 Excellent!
@@ueks69would be good to have some clues about where to find those please, without revealing them to the masses.
DiCaprio's most underrated film tbh.
Etienne is the most underrated character in this movie. Great at planning, organized everything, got their asses to the island. Wished his girl the best when she turned to another guy, put her happiness before his own, do you know how rare it is, especially at their age? And of course, he was the only one really caring for the guy who got bitten by shark. True hero.
I think Etienne was another in the litany of themes in this movie: Nice guys finish last.
Etienne is the embodiment of Order... Richard and Francoise are the embodiment of Chaos. Women in general are drawn to Chaos so that's the reason she was drawn to him. That's the reason Sal was drawn to Richard as well.
@@c1h9o8b0i I agree. Until she settle down to have children then she realise what a shitty life it is to have a partner like Richard.
Life choices hey
@@HyggeMusicIf his future had something "better", he should never have gotten back together with Françoise (even karma affected her in record time lol).
The best character was JED
Always loved this song with its dreamy, surreal and ethereal vibe
Nostalgia is one helluva drug. This movie gives me all the feels. I remember everyone was waiting to see what Leo was going to choose to do after Titanic. And man did he do it right with this one. I was 16 when The Beach came out and loved this movie so much. Also because it introduced me to Danny Boyle, Trainspotting, and then kept me on Leo’s trails til this day. Leo hasn’t made one bad movie IMHO
It is a pure class A ,luved it!
This movie brings me back down memory lane, reminding me of the first trip to Thailand some 25 years ago. I was fresh out of uni, girlfriend and a copy of Lonely Planet's Southeast Asia on a Shoestring in tow and spent a year travelling around the world. Some of my current friends don't understand what I see in Thailand or other countries in Asia (say India) but it's emotions and memories at this point that forge an unbreakable bond. The Beach really brings me back there every time and I hope my two children will come to forge their own memoreis as we travel in the region. Here's to memories, old and new!
The nostalgia is real in this one, One of my favourites movies of all time! I visited Krabi 13 years ago and we went out to the island, its such a beautiful place same with the surrounding islands.
Late 90s early 00s was such a great time
Best time ever
1996 to 2004 the magical era ✨💎❤️
tears in my eyes. parallel universe
Yes, literally! In light of covid ❤️
thats how it ends ;)
true...this is a master peace
Coming closer to you
Pure madness this movie, love that era top of the pops ,drum and bass and a safe London, well kind of!
Me too
Real message of this movie is that there is no ideal place to be in.Thats place is inside us and will be revealed at the end of this earth life.
You said it all mate, that's the real message.
Why at the end of life? Lol
Real message was don't fuck with sharks
👍🤝
I went to Maya Bay in Thailand where this movie was filmed (smoked something when I was there) and rewatched this movie back at my hotel that evening... good times.
one of the best songs of all time. the 90s/early 00s were something else.
That is correct.
This movie is phenomenal and Leo was amazing in it. One of my favourite Leo movies by a mile
Only a few could understand the essence of this masterpiece 🖤
I find the book much better, i can relate to many things in ot went to Thailand first time in 1992, been back at least 25 times and have travelled all over SE Asia
@@ulrichkristensen4087 You understand, then.
Yes
@@ulrichkristensen4087 ❤
@@antonboludo8886 ❤
Danny Boyle I admire you Sir. Absolute masterpiece.
Didnt know he directed this movie. nice
best movie ever created in universe
saw it in theather when I was 18, what an experience, awesome movie, amazing vibe and very very underated masterpiece and this music. This is Pure Nostalgia
An amazing book, an even better film, a super soundtrack, and a stellar performance from Caprio et al.
I was 31 when this film was released. I was actually on honeymoon on a quite close island while it was being filmed. I thought it was quite entertaining when it came out. As I have got even older over the years I realise what I missed as a young person not willing to take risks. I "get it" now and deeply regret not throwing caution to the wind. To everyone that did, with success or failure, I raise my hat (and a glass of vodka).
You are not dead yet. It's never too late. 𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳.
@@dominysynclair Yes. Very true.
No excuses
Especially glass of vodka
32 years ago i travelled Thailand, it was an adventure to reach Ko Chang, Ko Lipe and Ko Tao.
I travelled further down Indonesia, Borneo, Sulawesi and the Philippines especially Palawan, somehow i ended up in Thailand again and did not leave for quite some time, there where all sorts of these travelling communes all over.
My Sarah Kate P read this book to me while driving up the east coast of Australia on a 3 month trip exploring the beaches. Best time of my life and yes we managed to hide in one of the deserted Island in the Whitsunday, that was 23 years ago..... how time flies.
Awesome thanks for sharing.
Ive been to Thailand 21 times because of this movie. just one 2 words to say, Thank you x
Thailand is it x
@@TashaMissSassy123 If you do, Go to Kho Samet a small island five hrs from Bangkok the closest place to heaven i have ever seen. if you like a beach, Sand like sugar. x
👍Epic!!!
A classic track if everyone could capture a moment to last a life time of mystery
Back in time when travel felt exciting and authentic with a thrill of discovery. These days it's all on youtube or instagram.
While no masterpiece , this movie is really fun and enjoyable and holds important part in my life. The year after it came out i ended up backpacking across China and South East Asia.
The Beach was on the to do list and we did it properly. We paid a local fishermen to take us out there late afternoon and pick us up the next morning. It was a national park and forbidden but we still got away with it even with Thai patrols checking at night for the theft of the Swift's bird's nests in the cliffs, Birds Nest Soup, a delicacy in China. It was magical, a stary sky, bioluminescence in the water at night. In the morning a snake track in the sand next to my sleeping bag was an interesting start to my day at The Beach.
A photo my fiend took in the dunes behind the beach of me waking up in my sleeping bag looking over the water resides on my living room wall to this day. Ah, i miss the days of internet cafes, the days of having to make an effort!
I sometimes think this film seems so significant and moving is because by the time it was released, so many of us who'd read the novel four or five years earlier and went to see the movie were hit by a huge sense of nostalgia for a time that had already gone. Beautiful film, beautiful song.
This movie has changed me. I love this song so much ❤❤❤
I remember going to the Thai islands when l was younger; contrast that now to the glass walls of the office l work at everyday now with all the stupid people I have to endure and dumb work l have to do as well, staring at screens and spreadsheets, this video and the book bring back such amazing memories. I am thankful for them.
First movie I watched when high, just stumbled upon it. Was the early days so it felt like I was in the movie was a trip
Same 💚
Lmao same! Was only like 15, 24 now and this song still hits different 🤣
Lol I forgot about this till I smoked
That’s awesome. One of my first experiences high was alone with headphones on listening to Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness. The track “Porcelina of the Vast Oceans” in particular gave me a pretty psychedelic experience on cannabis.
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Leo is that kind of crush that never goes away😻😂
No song can replace this masterpiece
100% brings back what it was to be like when I was younger
I'm glad I was born in 1992
Yeah! Going to Thailand when this movie was released. Pi Pi and the, (quite not as impressive) Maya Beach. Backpackers. Fun people. Horny Brit girls. Fun Times!
Just a movie as a teen. Now I'm 32 and it might be my favorite movie after rewatching it for the first time in 12+ years. And this song is too good.
💫🥋😉
I love Francoise :)
What a fantastic song by the beautiful all saints!
Still one of the best films ever made
Before cell phones, social media, and globalization. Life was better in so many ways.
What Jeff said.
2000 was actually peak of modern globalization.
Makes me feel nostalgic about our youth without all the bs we live today.
Im 34 but I lived in an era without all the tech we have now and realtionships were more down to earth
listening in December 2020... it is like my new mantra for getting the energy for upcoming year. love it ❤️
Me too, mate
This song has a LOT in common with the Grimes album "Art Angels."
I remember Grimes saying that album was super inspired by late 90s/early 00s alternative pop....and you can definitely hear it throughout the album. And this song seems like it was probably a direct inspiration for the sound of Art Angels.
So.....if you like this song, I highly recommend looking up that album! Start with the song Realiti, but NOT the album version, instead watch the music video....which uses the demo version of the song, which is significantly better.
How suits that song, so identical
The music likes running away to somewhere far away and flying above the sky really.
Весь саундтрек к этому фильму великолепен❤
Makes me feel hugely nostalgic...I was at uni, 19 and loving life! Still loving life at 41 but there was a wonderful innocence and positivity to the early noughties (despite lots of bad things still happening). It was just before social media took over, but we still had all the positives of the internet. Life felt a bit better, rawer and more real when we didn't film/record every single moment of our life. Just enjoyed the present moment a bit more and less focused on aesthetics. Glad I lived through those times. Not that you can't rediscover those times..just disengage from too much social media!
Watched this film when I was 8 years old and it really mesmerised me how beautiful the location was and the love scene 😍 12 years later I spent my 21st birthday on The Beach and it was nostalgia and moby on repeat for one week haha was a masterpiece I am so lucky to have experienced a full moon party on the island I had the time of my life ❤
What a movie 😍
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24 years later & Leo is the greatest & biggest & most amazing star on the planet!
I remember this movie. I forgotten about this song until gta v. When they brought this song to the game and remember how nostalgic it sounded. A real beach type music alright
living now in Thailand, nature here is fantastic
Me too. Fantastic.
Used to be a proper backpacker , watched this film when it first came out on ko pang Yang . Amazing times!
ALL SAINTS(group) still lives in my heart. I love their songs
One of the best soundtrack movie.....nice👍👍👍
brings tears of nostalgia to my eyes
Me too.
Best song of the film.
Life was good when all the good songs were out, now the music is crazy and so are the people, coincidence?
My favourite actor and movie of all time!!!
And still here, now with a family all grown up… Been a hell of a ride..
Love this song, lots of nostalgia here for me x
Favourite song of all times thorugh times! Magic!
💯 arī mana!
Yes I love it 💜💜
Nice to dreaming and do it. 😍 Phi phi Island so Awesome
I watched this film in early 2000 in the cinema.we were free and we didn't know it. I know this now because all innocents and freedom is taken away.God I would to re go back to the late 90's early 2000's.
Oh mon dieu !!!!! Mais c'est une des 8 merveilles du monde, ce n,est pas possible!!!
Gives me shivers.
This brings nostalgia to my mind.
15yrs ago i went to thailand for 1st time and visited koh phi phi (the beach) and my life was permenently changed. To experience such a country and such beauty is transforming. And still i am going there (next month in fact again)
Welcome back love from TH😁
@@loyhot love ya back
Very underrated movie
Who underrates it?
Please choose your words.
Having lived in 🇹🇭 for 10 yrs those dayz are gone most islands are fu.... Now hopefully with no tourists for the last 2 yrs it may recover a little i truely hope so as this place is paradise
This is where I wanna be... in a place I can call mine.
I love that line.
I watched this in a backpackers in 2003 in surfers paradise Australia. I think I fell in love with the French bird in that film but I had drank a shit load of black samba a at the time. Fast forward 17 years and it's January,pissing with rain on the West coast of Scotland in a fucking pandemic.......ah bollocks!
Those were the days..I watched it in Phi phi in 2005.I want to relive those days😓
@@BREFFNIBLUEBOY all you can do is try
And you,ll get through it ,,there are better days ahead
Lol I hear you. I saw this movie in 2000, and 2003 went to Thailand,phi phi and Phuket. Me and some friends went to Goa in 2005 and I had a fling with an essex girl. It was kinda like in this film. A bit cringe, but hey what an era.
Watching this with a full heart ❤️
I was 17 when this film came out. Oh the nostalgia! 😅
I'm a 90's kid, born in 92' - I saw this along the way. Its so impactful and iconic. My dream has yet to come true. I've had tastes visiting different parts of the world.
Unfortunately the right woman has not and may not come - but I can hope.
Maybe lets try to live our dream if slightly. If not seeing a bit of fantasy never hurt anyone.
I'm glad at least God allowed me to see this movie and some of the beauty out there - a lot of the UK, cities especially is ugly man.
Gotta get myself out there again.
Brilliant film great soundtrack. When life was ow so simple.
So Beautiful and lovely.
Loved the whole idea of escaping the sweatshops of the 90’s. Where to now? Book summed up an era, this is its themetune. Cheers for this!
Makes me miss the girlfriend I never had.
What’s stopping you from meeting her now?
@@rosyrosa2007 it's really hard to find one of such level 😕
These women are rare as a pearl.
Normally "they" do not behave like that. Thet's why people make movies 🎥 🙄
@@rosyrosa2007 hi,how are you, can we be friends?
Me too
Dai che ci sono gia non fare cosi mi senti?
yes miss that 😍😍 era...
just feel, freedom, pure life
Just watched this movie today for the first time. Wow! What an amazing movie. I'm so glad I watches it because I had it in my watchlist for months and today was the last day before it was removed from Peacock. Legendary movie!🔥🔥🔥
pure music and life..
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@@mvpchannel113 awesome.. i loved that clip too
Saw the movie on the plane after four months Koh Phangan. Just before we landed I saw the final scene and was moved deeply...
Piosenka nad którą można się rozmarzyć 🥰🥰🥰
I loved that movie and the song💯❤👌
Iconic
21 years ago time just goes by in a blink of an eye 😩😩
One of my Fav Films 🎥
Went to Maya Bay, Thailand (The Beach) back in 2014. What a beautiful place it is.
One of my favourite movies/songs perfecto
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Mine too. People have no idea what song it is or from what movie But they love it lol 💕💗💗💕
Love from tropical island Indonesia ..😎💥🤩😍
Beautiful ✨