{"id":2845,"date":"2007-03-30T10:25:12","date_gmt":"2007-03-30T17:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2845"},"modified":"2021-01-13T16:08:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T23:08:22","slug":"blue-lagoon-the-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2845","title":{"rendered":"Blue Lagoon, The (1980)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I have a funny feeling in my stomach.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Blue-Lagoon-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Blue-Lagoon-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-31419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Blue-Lagoon-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Blue-Lagoon-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Blue-Lagoon-Poster-670x1024.jpg 670w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Blue-Lagoon-Poster.jpg 982w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo shipwrecked children (Elva Josephson and Glenn Kohan) grow into teens (Brooke Shields and Christopher Atikins), and soon find themselves sexually attracted to one another.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coming-of-Age<\/li>\n<li>Deserted Island<\/li>\n<li>First Love<\/li>\n<li>Sexuality<\/li>\n<li>Survival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this &#8220;terribly made&#8221; remake of the &#8220;tasteful, enjoyable <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2821\">1949 British film<\/a> with Jean Simmons and Donald Houston<\/a> has for years been mocked.&#8221; Brooke Shields deservedly won a Razzie Award for her performance here; while she&#8217;s undeniably gorgeous, she can&#8217;t act her way through even the simplest scenarios. Curly-headed Christopher Atkins is just as bad &#8212; as Peary notes, &#8220;every time he puts his hands on [Brooke], you want to gag.&#8221; The film&#8217;s sole redeeming feature is the stunning cinematography by Nestor Almendros, which ultimately deserves a much, much better movie. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lush, Oscar-nominated cinematography by Nestor Almendros<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Blue-Lagoon-Island.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Blue-Lagoon-Island.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Blue-Lagoon-Island.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Blue-Lagoon-Island-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Blue-Lagoon-Island-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Blue-Lagoon-Island-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hilariously awful acting by teen heartthrobs Shields and Atkinson<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Blue-Lagoon-Couple.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Blue-Lagoon-Couple.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Blue-Lagoon-Couple.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Blue-Lagoon-Couple-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Blue-Lagoon-Couple-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Blue-Lagoon-Couple-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a look simply for its historical notoriety.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0080453\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1980\/06\/20\/archives\/blue-lagoon-coyness-in-paradise.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/the-blue-lagoon-1980\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/23833\/the-blue-lagoon#articles-reviews?articleId=21857\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I have a funny feeling in my stomach.&#8221; Synopsis: Two shipwrecked children (Elva Josephson and Glenn Kohan) grow into teens (Brooke Shields and Christopher Atikins), and soon find themselves sexually attracted to one another. Genres: Coming-of-Age Deserted Island First Love Sexuality Survival Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, this &#8220;terribly made&#8221; remake of the &#8220;tasteful, enjoyable 1949 British film with Jean Simmons and Donald Houston has for years been mocked.&#8221; Brooke Shields deservedly won a Razzie Award for her&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2845\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2845"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63189,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2845\/revisions\/63189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}