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Lord of the Flies

Balthazar Getty , Chris Furrh , Harry Hook    R (Restricted)   VHS Tape
3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (100 customer reviews)

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Harry Hook's adaptation is not as faithful to the William Golding novel as you'd wish (they excised the Lord of the Flies dialogue with Simon!) and because of it, the movie is less allegorical and less resonant. A group of young men from a military academy are stranded on an island. The group quickly becomes fractious with a passive section led by Ralph, trying to get rescued, and a hunter faction, led by Jack, trying to procure meat and "have fun." Peter Brook's 1963 filming seemed to get closer to the Darwinist sense of this cultural disintegration. Here, the hunter faction seems more like Peter Pan's Lost Boys than the bloodthirsty murderers they are. The performances, particularly young Getty, don't quite carry the weight of the situation. It's still, however, sobering to slowly watch the school uniforms traded for war paint, and the little boys turn into little savages. --Keith Simanton

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1.0 out of 5 stars based on... what? Aug 18 2012
Format:DVD
This movie purports to be based on William Golding's Lord of the Flies, a great piece of literature. The makers of this movie must have figured that "based on" meant it would be a good idea to depart from the novel at almost every point it they got it into their heads to do so, with or without (and in their case without) any good reason. In every case it is for the worse, and the final result is a travestry. If you want to see how it should have been done, just watch Peter Hall's black and white version. With a version like that around anyone has to be either very good or very stupid to attempt compete. I leave it to the reader to guess to which category the makers of this movie belong.
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2.0 out of 5 stars This Movie Bugged Me To Death- Feb 28 2004
Format:VHS Tape
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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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent price, more than excellent service. Mar 19 2011
Format:DVD
This is the perfect kit to show this film to a class of highschool students, which was it's intended purpose.

Our first shipment was lost in the mail, we were sent another one free of charge by express delivery the very day that we contacted the company. It arrived safely the next day.

Fantastic service!
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2.0 out of 5 stars A MOCKERY OF A CLASSIC BOOK
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. Read more
Published on Feb 16 2004 by Chris Stone
4.0 out of 5 stars do i love it ore hate it that is the ?.
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. Read more
Published on Jan 9 2004
4.0 out of 5 stars a good enough movie to watch
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... Read more
Published on Jan 3 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars Chilling and brutal, if a little unfaithful....
...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... Read more
Published on Dec 13 2003 by Ms. Rebecca Boll
2.0 out of 5 stars Not suitable for children under 13!
To reply to another user that asked if it was suitable for a 10 year old kid, I would have to say no. Read more
Published on Oct 20 2003 by "impulse_29"
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantasic Film
I have loved this film for years, the book as well was a fantastic read the story all around is great. Read more
Published on July 13 2003 by Dustan Dennington
4.0 out of 5 stars tell me
how much blood and stuff is in this becuse i was thinking of watching it with my 10 year old
Published on Jun 25 2003 by luke26
2.0 out of 5 stars Should be titled " Director's interpretation"
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. Read more
Published on Jun 21 2003 by Kendra Combs
5.0 out of 5 stars CAN YOU SAY LOSS OF INNOCENCE
lord of the flies is one of the best books ever written if not the best. The movie strangly is just as good as the book, no better no worse. Read more
Published on Jan 21 2003 by jesterinOZ
5.0 out of 5 stars Bloody Brilliant movie!
Utterly brilliant movie, seriously not to be missed. Just an overall a very powerful, saddening, and ulitmately rewarding movie, something to be treasured...for years to come!
Published on Dec 23 2002
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