leeloo23 Review of Blue Lagoon: The Awakening

Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012 TV Movie)

cheesy is expected... but the poor acting & writing is not.

[4/10 · 18 June 2012]

I won't complain about the fact that they didn't grow hair in the movie. I don't care about that. I'll watch Cast Away when I want to see details. Sometimes a movie needs to skip certain details (like how they shaved) in order to stay focused on it's true purpose. For all we know, they used his knife and sharpened it on a rock. But to show us that is too time consuming and dumb. Let's pretend they used his knife to shave and move on. What drove me nuts was the lack of realistic human emotions. Poor Denise Richards. Finally lands an acting gig and boy does she look a bit rusty at it. Here's what I found laughable: SPOILER: 1st... Just 2 months after they are gone, she returns home. Who does that??? I'm sure the sister would rather they keep looking for her sibbling a bit longer! 2nd... Just 2 months after their disappearance, Denise, the mom, starts to pack away her daughter's clothes! WOW! She let that daughter go awfully quick. And without a tear! What a crock. 3rd... the arrival home. This is the WORST scene ever. Not only is it a huge public/media spectacle (in reality it would be a private arrival) but the whole school is there! So are the parents! Everyone waits as if in a queue line. The parents stand there with dorky grins waving when they see their kids come down the escalators... REALLY? You're not running toward your kid who you thought was DEAD! Last... I have a hard time believing, after that traumatic, yet exciting adventure, these 2 would just go their separate ways because of high school kids and their cliques. UGH, stupid, that's my immature reaction and non-lusterous way to describe this movie.