stranded (Lord Of The Flies (DVD))

Member Name: chickiepoo

Product:	Lord Of The Flies (DVD)
Date:	03/06/07 (226 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: good storyline can ve saddening

Disadvantages: some bad acting not all bad though

When I returned to college a few years ago, I was doing my English also; we had the choice between doing Kez and Lord of the Flies. So we all decided on Lord of the Flies.

As I had to do a lot of work on the book, I decided it may help me more if I watched the film also. So I borrowed this from the college library, which meant it never cost me anything to watch it.

So I settled down to watch this film, and expected it to be just as good as the book, as I was really enjoying it. I was not disappointed. So anyway on with the review.

The Plot.
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Now unlike in the book, where the boys were all evacuated from a war, these were all military boys aged between 6-12 years old. Their plane crashed on a deserted Island. The pilot was missing, so it was just the boys to look after themselves.

They all elected a leader, this was Ralph, and this was the first character brought into the film. Then he was joined by Piggy. They together found a Conch, and used this to attract the other boys that were on the Island. Once all together Ralph was then elected the leader.

Jack did not like this, so Ralph elected him to be the Huntsman, and Piggy who was not well liked to be his lieutenant. Piggy was not very popular with the other boys but he was the brightest out of the lot of them.

The boys then make their first attempt at being rescued by starting a signal fire, lit by Piggy's glasses.

Then Jack seems to toughen up and creates his own tribe, which leaves Ralph with the minority few that stands by him. Most end up getting forced to go to Jacks tribe, except the ever loyal Piggy. Who stays with him till the end.

I am trying not to give too much away here, as I do think it is a film worth watching, so I wont tell you too much about the plot. I mean really what is the point in watching a film if you know all the ins and outs of the film. I will describe the characters so you know who will be appearing in the film and what things represent, without giving away too much information.

Ralph
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Ralph was the eldest of the boys their, he was nominated leader, as he was the one who got all the boys back together with the conch, this worked just like a horn. He only had one thought on his mind and that was getting him and the others all rescued safely.

He was not a violent boy, but he would speak his mind and tell others his ideas, but did he get them to safety or not? You will have to watch the film to find out.

Some quotes from Ralph:

Whoever holds the conch gets to speak.

It doesn't matter who's in charge. We've just got to work together. First, we build a camp.

We can't have kids stealing and just running wild. We're going to have to have stricter rules and hand out demerits... I guess.

Piggy
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Now this was the character that really interested me in the film, and surprisingly he was in the film exactly how I had imagined him.

Piggy was portrayed as a bright boy, who had a weight problem, he is a very bright boy, that the other boys seemed envious and jealous of. Piggy is a very sensitive boy, who is easily hurt by malicious remarks.

Piggy had a lot of admiration for Ralph and really looked up to him, and stuck by him all the way through. Jack and Piggy did not get on, as Piggy would not stand down to him, and he would fight for what he believed in.

Some quotes from Piggy:

We did everything just the way grownups would have. Why didn't it work? Things would be much better here if it wasn't for him. I wish he was dead.

If we are stuck here until we get old, then we can't go on acting like kids! We've got to be sensible and make things work!

I don’t care what you call me, as long as you don’t call me what they called me at school!!! (Piggy)

Jack
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Next to Ralph, Jack is the second tallest and strongest of the boys. He does not appreciate the results of the election and eventually uses his strength against Ralph to gain the leadership.

Jack appears nice at the beginning, but this film shows that there is evil in all of us, but some of us control it better. Jack eventually takes control of the group, but can he really do a better job than Ralph, without Piggy’s intellect.

Quotes from jack:

Right on, Larry. When you other brats get older or get hungry enough, you can come join up, too.

I guess you just won the election.

Your talking too much shut up fatty!

Those are the three main characters in this film although there are more, but I would be here all day writing about them and this review would be far too long loll. So I will write a brief description on some of them.

Roger - He is Jacks right hand man, he is pure evil and a bully. He stands by Jack and admires his views.

Simon - He is a good person, who tries to help the smaller children, that can’t defend themselves. He also tries to contribute to the group as much as he can.

Sam n Eric - These are the twins, that were good and did not have an evil bone in their bodies, they tried to stay loyal to Ralph but they were forced to go with Jack.

The character list
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Balthazar Getty - Ralph
Chris Furrh - Jack
Danuel Pipoly - Piggy
James Badge Dale - Simon
Andrew Taft - Sam
Edward Taft - Eric
Gary Rule - Roger

My Personal Thoughts
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The acting was satisfactory, but I would not say it was brilliant. It was made with too many children actors in. Some of the actors were great, and some stood out more than others, but in no way did that spoil the film.

I found this film very interesting to watch after reading the book. The characters I had imagined from the book were exactly how I imagined it in the film.

The storyline was changed in some places in the film, but not major changes and it did not spoil the watching of the film.

I must say though I did enjoy reading the book more, as you had to visualize more, and imagine what it was like for the boys. It is not the type of film I would watch again, so if you were to get this I would only get it on rental, as it will probably just gather dust.

It is definitely worth watching though, and I hope I have not spoilt this film in anyway with my review; I have tried my best not to go into too much detail. I could have easily have gone on a lot more about this film, but I wont in fear of me spoiling it for you.

So go rent it today and have a watch, I’m sure you will enjoy it, even if some of the acting is amateur, they have some good acting in it to make up for the bad.

This film runs for 90 minutes xxx

Summary: why not watch it for yourself