Lord of the Flies

MGM (Video & DVD) - MGM (Video & DVD)

Release date: 2001-11-20
DVD
Director:Harry Hook
Actors: Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly, James Badge Dale, Andrew Taft (II)

Action / Adventure, Action/Adventure, Adult Language, Adult Situations, Adventure Drama, Air Disasters, Allegory, Atmospheric, Color, Disturbing, Drama, English, Feature, Feature Film-action/Adventure, Forceful, Grim, Innocence Lost, Living In Exile, Movie, Not For Children


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Lord of the Flies

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This movie version of "Lord of the Flies" is a prime example of how a screenwriter can completely destroy a classic novel.

This movie is a major disappointment . So many liberties are taken with the plot that one might say that the book and the movie are shadows of each other. I've taught this book in English class for about twenty years on and off, (Mostly off) and this year decided to show the modern version rather than the outstanding black and white sixties version.

Big mistake.

The acting is not bad, but the script has been completely reworked, to the point where much of the original symbolism and dramatic impact is lost. Why? My students---juniors and seniors in high school---were universal in their condemnation that this movie does not do the book justice.

Don't buy this version. Get the original black and white version. It is true to the book.

On the plus side, the cinematography is excellent. But that's little consolation for what has been done to Golding's book. If I had been Golding, I would have sued.

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Lord of the Flies

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I purchased the movie as a supplement to the unit I taught on Anarchy. The stduents related to it and fully understood it. IT is important that we teach not only the fact that we have rules, but why they are so important and and what life would be like without rules. This movie did just that

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Lord of the Flies

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Of course there is the inevitable comparison to the original b/w film, but even in absence of that, this version just doesn't cut it as an adaptation or re-imagining of the novel.

The color photography does not help at all. The Jamaican island scenery is too pretty, given the subject matter and the boys' behavior. Changing the boys from British schoolboys to American military academy brats does nothing for the film.

Worst of all, having an adult show up at the end and ask aloud, "What are you guys doing?" just provokes unintended laughter besides being unnecessary.

Skip this and rent the older version instead.













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