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Summary: a good enough movie to watch
Review: I saw the movie before I read the book so here is my short review. Overall the movie was nice and sweet, a story about a group of children stranded on an uninhabited island without adult supervision who become savages and lose touch with civilization. The only three who maintain reason are Ralph (the initial leader who tries to always maintain a fire), Simon (the good pure child who suffers a tragic ending, and Piggy (the conscience of the group). The others Jack and his tribe eventually become wild and barbaric with fear of a monster and a primal urge to hunt. The good versus the evil is obviously seen in this movie. However, the symbolic pig's head, the glasses and Simon are dulled down in the movie as opposed to the book. Moreover, Ralph and Jack seem too buddy buddy at first and seem to agree to much and then all of a sudden split apart. The last scene though is the best in the movie. There is a huge fire in the island set by Jack and his tribe as they hunt down for Ralph as they would a pig. The music and the way it was filmed with slowmotion and the perspectives really shocked me and kept me with my breath caught. The ending was too short though and the acting was good. The actors who played Ralph and Jack did a superb job, especially the Ralph actor who is so damned cute and looks a lot like the kid on the cover of the book by Sir William. Simon could have received a bigger role in the movie and the kid who played Piggy was annoying at times but I truly felt bad for him when his glasses fell and he they threw that rock at him that was crazy. So watch the movie it's pretty good and then pick up the book if you haven't read it.
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Summary: This Movie Bugged Me To Death-
Review: The movie of Lord Of The Flies was a cheap interpretation of the novel by William Golding. Harry Hook's idea on what some pieces of the novel were that some had no significance. When in fact they had other meanings and which showed a completely different story. I believe that when they created the movie he number one didn't know about what had made this book so famous, number two he didn't read the book, and number three he didn't know about the symbolism.
The novel was on one side is about how they group of Boys get stuck on a deserted island and separate each other; on the other hand though the island they were stuck on was a symbol for the world and how the evil was taking over the world. In the movie it only showed the Boys getting stuck on the island, they also took some parts out to show that better and less of the symbolism. In doing this they destroyed the part of the novel that was great, and changed the story line.
Despite destroying the storyline, the actors did an OK job and could have done better. These kids come from a military school then as soon they're on the island they start cursing, then showing a rapid change to evil. In some emotional points in the movie they showed very little emotion, or were very serious. For instance they before they find the an accordion from no where they were both crying about the killing of Simon, Ralph did not show a lot of emotion in his crying.
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Summary: A MOCKERY OF A CLASSIC BOOK
Review: Okay, Lord of the Flies is one one the finest books the world has ever known. The 1963 version of the book is mediocre, at best. The 1990 version is an even bigger let down. The fact that the kids who crash on the island are military school cadets defeats the entire purpose of the book. In Golding's novel, the cast away boys have to create their own society to survive. In the 1990 film, there is already a military chain of command set up. Stale acting and plot holes abound this movie as well. And what is it with the $#&*ing curse words? These kids speak like they have just stepped out of a Quentin Tarantino film! The swearing in this movie is out of place and completely uneccesary. Lord of the Flies (1990) is way too different from the novel, and it didn't have to be. This film's only saving grace is its superb cinematography. Until there is a good film version of this book, My opinion is that Golding's novel is only effective as a novel, not as a screenplay. Get no names like Harry Hooke (No offense Harry) out of the director's chair and replace him with someone Steven Spielberg or Martin Scorsese. Maybe the creative touch of these masters could effectively bring this classic to the screen.
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Summary: Not worth it
Review: I just finished watching this video last English class.. The book was a masterpiece and brilliant I loved it.. You caught everything and you felt like you were there.. Everything was powerful, and then our English teacher showed us the 1990 version of the video.. She warned us beforehand that it was a terrible movie, but I didnt think it would be that bad.. But I was wrong..The first few minutes of the movie I automatically found many things wrong with the movie.. Like the boys had a boat and they were all together on the island.. There was an adult on the island for crists sakes!! They were supposed to be by themselves.. And whats with the glow stick? At least they had the conch.. Also, the rest of the movie wasn't THAT bad it got a bit better, however, they missed all the symoblism and metaphors, ( ie the butterflies around Simon).. and Simon was barely a main character, and they completely missed the talking to the Lord Of the flies.. On this movie they focused more on the hunting and violence instead of survival.. The different nightmares and visiions they have just confuse people ( ie the helicopter that crashes) and some scenes don't go well with each other.. Piggys death I just laughed at since it was kinda stupid how it just bounced off his head.. The actors werent great.. Only Jack did a good job of turning into a savage and being totally outta control.. Piggy was annoying but not really smart as in the book.. And the boys were American, not British.. and they were Cadets instead of school and choir boys.. There was so much swearing it just got redicluous to the point where you didn't take them seriously anymore So to end this, if you didn't read the book, you will not understand the movie entireally.. Some parts will not make sense and you can't understand it in a deeper level as you would with a novel.. Sure some people say you can't compare a movie with a book because its not the same, but Im sure goldein is not pleased with what they did with a great book.. I only gave it 2 because of the scenery was beautiful and it somewhat gave an idea about people turning sour without civilisation.. Well thats my two cents =)
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Summary: do i love it ore hate it that is the ?.
Review: I love this movie.I read the novel and than i bot it.The first time i sean the movie 1990 verson was on tv.Know i got it on dvd.I read the book for my book report I read the part ware Piggy gets hite by the stone my 7th grade teacher said.WOW!.I wont to get the orijanol movie on dvd so i can see the commitary.The origanol black and white theakle trailr.The best drama movie ive aver seen.
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Summary: Chilling and brutal, if a little unfaithful....
Review: ...is how I would describe Harrry Hook's interpretation of William Golding's classic. This film has much more emotion than given in the book if it is a little more bloody thirsty and vicious. I watched this, and I could not believe how much they had changed it, but I was pleasantly surprised. I would recommend this to anyone, but it is not to confused with the book in anyway. Young Getty is amazing as Ralph, with truly heatfelt performance especially when Piggy is killed. Do not read this, go and watch it yourself!
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Summary: Not suitable for children under 13!
Review: To reply to another user that asked if it was suitable for a 10 year old kid, I would have to say no. Although the characters used in the movie are around that age, the lanuage used will offend you children, aswell as adults. It does not add to the story, and the language is used often. The book on the other hand is very clean, and has no bad words. I would recommend reading your son the book. Not only does it not have bad language, it also covers more information, and has more symbols. The pig's head talking is a major point in the book, and is completely removed from the movie... Hollywood has taken a book written by a Nobel Prize winning author (Sir William Golding), and has beaten it until it was dead. I would recommend you read the book before watching the movie, so that you know what it should really be like.
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Summary: Fantasic Film
Review: I have loved this film for years, the book as well was a fantastic read the story all around is great. The first film of this story lacked obviously in quality nad in acting but the second was done with much better acting and played very nice. Tons of boys stranded on a island unfortunatly breeding into chaos. Would recommend this film for anyone.
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Summary: tell me
Review: how much blood and stuff is in this becuse i was thinking of watching it with my 10 year old
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Summary: Should be titled " Director's interpretation"
Review: Seeing the 1960 version of the film actually prompted me to read the novel. Upon finishing that I thought that seeing the "modern" version would tie the package up nicely. Boy, was I wrong. Watching this version only angered me. The basic premise of the book was that these boys were alone and scared even when they tried to be as civilalized as possible. The boys in this film act as if nothing was even wrong at times. The biggest disapointment is the lost of the "fear of the beast." Reading the book (or even watching the 1960 version) you get a real feeling of fear surrounding the beast. You actually fear the beast. This film only mentions that fear in passing. Gone are the terror filled nights with the "littuns" screaming in the dark, afraid of what might be out there. Also gone is the dramtic conversation in which Simon (our "good and pure" character) meets the Lord of the Flies. This is a MAJOR part in the novel, but is only seen for about 1.5 seconds in this movie. There are other things of course which will just bother you also, the swearing, the changing of names, the changing of ages, etc... About the only thing this movie really has going for it is the beautiful slow motion scenes-the first "tribe dance" and the "hunting of ralph"- are breathtaking scenes. If anything, see the movie for that. So this movie is in color as opposed to the black and white. For this film the added color doesn't make up for its lack of content. Get the older version.
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