The only other thing which may have kept audiences away from “Return to the Blue Lagoon” was perhaps sheer jealousy.
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Jovovich has since said this was the worst movie she has ever done, and I imagine any of the “Resident Evil” sequels are vastly more entertaining to sit through.
The sequel opened in theaters on Augand grossed only $3 million dollars against a budget of $11 million. The one for “Return to the Blue Lagoon,” however, gave us more than enough reason to not bother taking a second trip to that deserted island. Movie trailers are supposed to get you excited about what they are advertising, not give you a reason to avoid it altogether. Remember those unintentionally hilarious videos we watched in health class? Watching this trailer reminded me of them. When the narrator says “through the eyes of innocence, they discover their sensuality,” I did a facepalm. When Jovovich tells Krause how she realizes she is now a woman, I did my best to stifle a laugh and failed. The trailer for “Return to the Blue Lagoon” made this sequel look like it will be an exact photocopy of its predecessor as it features Milla Jovovich (in her breakthrough performance) and Brian Krause going through the same motions as Shields and Atkins did before them. Indeed, its portrayal of these two kids living an idyllic existence and developing outside of what is considered civilized society is laughable to say the least, and the overly dramatic score by the late Basil Poledouris made things even more cringe-inducing to where watching this movie on mute made it slightly easier to digest. Seriously, was anyone begging for a follow up to Randal Kleiser’s 1980 film which starred Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins? While “The Blue Lagoon” was a huge hit which made almost $60 million and only cost between $4 and $5 million to make, it was critically eviscerated in a way few movies were at the time. The trailer’s narrator talked of how the 1980 original was “the first movie to explore the innocence of natural love,” and my eyes immediately rolled up in the back of my head. This trailer made this sequel to “ The Blue Lagoon” look infinitely lame as well as completely unnecessary.
I still vividly remember watching the trailer for this sequel at Crow Canyon Cinemas where it played before a screening of “ Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey.” I could hear and feel the audience’s disdain for “ Return to the Blue Lagoon” to where I kept waiting for them to erupt into a chorus of boos.