The Blue Lagoon (1949)

This is definitely a good original film it is very good and is actually enjoyable but what I have a problem with is the relationship between Micheal and Emmeline. When their both kids their relationship is like a small friendship but when they're both older they rarely show romantic communication or oftenly don't exactly act like they like each other. I mean granted in some scenes Micheal does show that he cares about emmeline where she is nearly taken away by the men and when a big storm strikes the island. And with emmeline it's the same. What I also find annoying is The baby's relationship with his father. When he is born Micheal is happy and weirdly laughing ( I was a bit wierdes out by it ) But when he grows up to be a toddler. Micheal rarely shows love for him mostly talking about how the kids miserable and how he sounds mad when he says how having him it was confusing.Okay further all the movies good but the relationship between the main leads and the child eh.

Unlike most of the reviewers here, this version of The Blue Lagoon is one I just watched on YouTube for the first time ever. I knew it was on that site for years but I didn't decide to watch it until just now, having previously seen the Brooke Shields-Christopher Atkins from 1980 version some 37 years ago-when I was 13-when it was on a pay channel called Showcase. Nice to see an 18-year-old Jean Simmons here with her stunning beauty and nice figure complimenting her skimpy clothing she wore throughout. The addition of a couple of thieves before the end made this a little more exciting. The Shields version had some funny scenes concerning preferences in certain kinds of people one wants to socialize with but this one seems a little more serious about what to do when going back to civilization. So if I had to choose which version I'd prefer, I'd have to watch the other one again to make comparisons. Still, I rather enjoyed this version of The Blue Lagoon, so, yes, that's a recommendation.

I saw this movie when I was about 6 or 7 which would be around 1961 at the Royal Navy Club in Port Louis, Mauritius, back in the days when Mauritius was a British Colony. Life was rich in pomp and ceremony. The movie was played on a blank wall at the end of a swimming pool. The pool was covered by planks of wood to allow people to sit in a theatre style. I think it would have been the first movie of my life. It was definitely B&W and my parents had brought me along as a treat. It was the most memorable night I can remember. Living on Mauritius gave a it a particularly strange sense of reality which lives on in me today. I keep have these moments when I think about this movie and the effect it had on me. So today I just googled it to see all these reviews and thoughts I would add mine. It is a great childhood memory and one I will take to my grave happily. I would love to see it again! If anyone can tell me where I can get a copy that would be perfect.

I too remember seeing this film as a youngster at a local small theater that presented foreign films each week. It was the daring adventure of it all that stayed in my memory ever since.Especially impressionable was the scene with Noel Purcell as the old seaman, Paddy, who drank too much, saw or heard apparitions and died of fright in a cave. I always kept track of Noel's career even decades later due to my seeing him then. There's also a youngish Cyril Cusack as the leering boatman, James, with designs on the lovely Jean Simmons, shown as Emmeline grown up.Would very much like to own a video of this haunting film and refresh my memory of it. Where do I send my request?