Chaste Teen Romance Blossoms On A Deserted Island: Corny Fun For Free On TV, Not Necessarily A Must-Buy DVD
Admit it, you were clamoring for a new interpretation of "The Blue Lagoon!" The 1980 original with Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins is probably more notorious than it is actually good, but that's okay. It tapped into a primal innocence and a fascination with sexual awakening that seems to have connected with viewers over time. In many ways, I think that revisiting this topic might be a good idea. A modern telling might bring a bit more frankness to the table. If, however, you are going to modernize a tale this reliant on sexual themes--the Lifetime network probably isn't the best bet to make the subject compelling or believable. "Blue Lagoon: The Awakening," thus, plays more like a chaste opposites-attract teen picture with a dash of Swiss Family Robinson style survival thrown in. Nothing of consequence is really at stake and the conclusion is never in doubt.
Indiana Evans plays a privileged teen beauty queen who happens to just fall off a boat. We won't discuss the...
Sorry, this one just doesn't measure up.
Perhaps if I had not seen Brooke Shields in the original Blue Lagoon I might have given this one two and one half stars.
New age love story
This is not the Blue Lagoon from yester year. This is a modern day Blue Lagoon love story about a boy who is an outcast of sorts and a prim-and -proper OCD girl who are on a school trip and catastrophe happens. They end up on an island with a beautiful lagoon. They must overcome the fact that they will probably not be rescued. Long story short, love story of 2 opposites that have to work together to survive.
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